Postal service, [177], [185];
diet of couriers, [185].
Potala, mount, at Lhasa, [145], [146];
visit to, [166];
audience with Dalai lama at, [166]–169;
annual white-washing of, [262].
Potatoes, [23], [24], [26], [83], [98], [231].
Pottery, of Tanag, [66];
manufacture of, in Tibet, [66];
at Ring-la, [216].
Potentilla anserina, used as food, [264].
Prayer-wheels, [25];
turned by water, [28];
at Dongtse, [98];
at Tashilhunpo, [119];
at Potala, [166];
at Shari, [217];
meeting, [189], [262].
Presents, money and scarves usually used, [46], [49], [71];
made guests on arrival, [74];
to Chyag-dso-pa, [96];
to minister of rugs, serge, etc., [100];
to Dalai lama, etc., [104];
of green barley, [143];
to Dalai lama, [167];
New Year, [264].
Prisoners, cruelly treated, [49], [51], [62], [186].
Procession, to worship Emperor of China, [60];
on arrival of general at Dongtse, [80], [82];
escorts minister out of Dongtse, [95];
New Year’s, [263].
Property, exempted from seizure, [191];
disposal of at death, [255].