Note 1421 — Chapter VII · INCARNATE HUMAN GODS

Huc, Souvenirs d’un voyage dans la Tartarie et le Thibet, i. 279 sqq., ed. 12mo. For more details, see L. A. Waddell, The Buddhism of Tibet (London, 1895), pp. 245 sqq. Compare G. Timkowski, Travels of the Russian Mission through Mongolia to China, i. 23–25; Abbé Armand David, “Voyage en Mongolie,” Bulletin de la Société de Géographie (Paris), VIme Série, ix. (1875) pp. 132–134; Mgr Bruguière, in Annales de la Propagation de la Foi, ix. (1836) pp. 296 sq.; Father Gabet, ib. xx. (1848) pp. 229–231; G. Sandberg, Tibet and the Tibetans (London, 1906), pp. 128 sqq. In the Delta of the Niger the souls of little negro babies are identified by means of a similar test. An assortment of small wares that belonged to deceased members of the family is shewn to the new baby, and the first thing he grabs at identifies him. “Why, he’s uncle John,” they say; “see! he knows his own pipe.” Or, “That’s cousin Emma; see! she knows her market calabash” (Miss M. H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa, p. 493).