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Our host dispensed sherrub de minat, the wine of the country, made from grapes; the little dome-shaped pewter teapot was there, with its fond associations of Morocco, together with the copper tray and circle of diminutive painted glasses; a gorgeous indolent sun poured down beyond the patch of shade; the hum and hover of insects vibrated in the air; and presently musicians were summoned girls wearing pale green jellabs and silver ornaments, with yellow handkerchiefs twisted round their heads, men in bright colours.
Sitting down between us, each was given a glass of sherrub de minat, and by-and-by they began to play. Weird and wild music it was, that of the tareegea, the gimbi, and the tahr, quaint native instruments of the roughest construction, and yet, as music, possessing fascination not a little.
In consequence of its not coming I was unable to go to Urga with Lobsung and Sherrub in February. Here again I have to praise God for not giving me my own way. "Thy way, not mine, O Lord; However dark it be." 'Then, again, I had long desired to visit the scene of the former Siberian Mission, and through the mercy of Providence I was permitted to do this.
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