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Among the Rank and File of the Mongolian Population
Modern Descendant of Jenghiz Khan

AMONG THE RANK AND FILE OF THE MONGOLIAN POPULATION

MODERN DESCENDANT OF JENGHIZ KHAN

Social differences in Mongolia are usually defined by the size of a man's herds or the number of his servants. Though sparing by nature, hospitality — according to their means — is the outstanding virtue of the Mongols, but a childlike simplicity in their dealings with neighbors is apt to be abused, and astute Chinese succeed in winning their confidence, usually to their detriment His thick winter overcoat of silk with its embroideries and fur cuffs, and his handsome boots, proclaim him a man of means in Mongolia. He belongs to the Lama Church, and devoutly practises all its easier observances