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A wood engraving of the Teshu Lama's charmed necklace is here presented. The centre string was of bright blue and green glass beads, and it is now lost. The upper and lower strings are formed of highly-polished beads of Tibetan carnelian, red with an orange tint, and nearly opaque. To the lower one a variety of ornaments are attached. One of these consists of three beads strung together, the colour and size of green peas, terminating with a carnelian drop set in gold. Two strings are of dull pink glass beads. At one end, suspended by flat silk braid, are two ornaments of transparent blue glass; one flat