[Sidenote: 38. The Bazaar, Darjeeling.] [Sidenote: 39. The same—Nepali Vegetable Sellers.] [Sidenote: 40. Man carrying Fodder, Darjeeling.] [Sidenote: 41. Sikkim Peasants.] [Sidenote: 42. Native Loom, Darjeeling.] [Sidenote: 43. Village in Sikkim.] [Sidenote: 44. The same.] Here we have a typical market scene in Darjeeling. Notice the women doing coolie work. Next are vegetable sellers in the Darjeeling Bazaar, and here is a man carrying fodder. The man with his back turned is a Lepcha of Sikkim. Then we have a group of Sikkim peasants drinking the native beer, made from marwa, a kind of millet. They draw it up through straws from cups made of bamboo. Next we see a native working a hand loom, and then a village in Sikkim. Here in the same village we see a woman carrying baggage. [Sidenote: 45. Lama Monastery, near Darjeeling.] [Sidenote: 46. The same—Devil Dancers.] [Sidenote: 47. The same—interior.] [Sidenote: 48. The Amban Dance, Darjeeling.] [Sidenote: 49. The same—another view.] Near Darjeeling there is a small Buddhist monastery, a two-storey building of which we have here a view. Notice the semi-circle of tall poles, with linen flags, on which prayers are inscribed. By the entrance are a number of prayer-wheels fastened to the wall. Outside the monastery are men wearing the costumes of devil dancers, such as are used in Buddhist religious ceremonies of these parts. There are long trumpets placed against the door post. Let us glance for a moment within this monastery, and see the hideous wooden masks, and the silk dresses of the priestly dancers. Two scenes follow, from Darjeeling itself, of an elaborate dance by Tibetan peasants called the Amban dance. The lions and dragons are each made of two men, whose bodies are hung with white yak hair and tails. They have grotesque heads, with enormous eyes and gaping mouths, from which hang large scarlet tongues. So we obtain some idea of the stage of barbarism in which the hill tribes remain. [Sidenote: 50. North Bengal Mounted Rifles, Lebong.] [Sidenote: 51. The same—Sword Pegging.] [Sidenote: 52. Coolies at Darjeeling.] In contrast with these scenes are now two slides illustrating the volunteer service of the white tea planters. Of these the second shows tent-pegging on the Lebong parade ground, above the Rungeet river. This form of tent-pegging is with a sword, and not with the more usual lance. Here is a scene showing Darjeeling coolies returned from work in the tea gardens.