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Costume of the Russian empire : illustrated by upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings .. (1811)

Harding, Edward · London : Printed by T. Bensley for J. Stockdale · leaf 211

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nu du Toungouses: ils ne boivent que deleau, du bouillon de viande, ou de poisson, et quelques espèces de tisanes.Mais les hommes et les femmes sont accoutumés depuis la première enfanceà fumer du tabac., Les Toungouses savent supporter la faim avec patienceet ne paraissent pas incommodés dun long… … PLATE XLVII. A TONGUSIAN PRIEST, IN THE VICINITY OF THE ARGOUN. The Tongusians are pagans of the sect of the Schamans. Boa is the appel-lation given to the Supreme Being, Bougai is the name of the devil, andtheir idolatrous priests and magicians are called Schamans. (See FiâtesXXXIV and XXXV.J The…

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