The horses in these paintings were gifts presented to Emperor Chien Lung (1736-1796) of the Ching Dynasty (1644-1911) by chieftains from Chinese Turkestan where the uprisings of Western Mongols and Moslems in 1750's had just been suppressed. Chien Lung cherished those horses so much that he ordered his court painter, Castiglione, to portray them on silk.

Up to now, the irenological perspective has only been dealt with in passing. Just as for polemology, irenology must be systematically pursued as a necessary complement to what has so far been the exclusively polemological orientation of research. Peace itself, and different forms of peaceful coexistence, must be subjected to a greater degree of systematic documentation and analysis.

Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.

After a long talk between these two, and a little broken English from the Frenchmen, our visitors took leave; but Father Murphy had hardly gone a dozen rods when back he came, inquiring whether we were in want of anything.