Within the grounds of an old Buddhist temple, about half a mile from Peking, is a magnificent marble monument. A hundred years ago, or more, the Teshu Lama of Thibet, a man of great sanctity, died. He died of the small-pox. While his body was embalmed and sent back to Thibet, over his clothing was built this great mausoleum. It is built of beautiful marble, and from the base of the terrace to the large gilt ball on the top is about ninety feet in height. Scenes from the life of this Lama, distinguished for his piety and devotion, are sculptured in _bas-relief_ on the monument. These include his birth, his conversion to the Buddhist religion, his teaching his disciples and his death. The carving is executed by the Chinese, with a high degree of artistic taste and skill. On the top of the monument is a neat marble urn, and on this a lotus-flower and a gilded marble globe. Not only Chinese Buddhists, but even the Thibetans, greatly venerate this monument. Often they may be seen measuring their length on the ground, and in this way proceeding entirely around the monument. CHINESE BUDDHIST BONZES. The priests often go in companies of thirty and forty, dressed in loose, yellow robes of cotton or silk, with a wide collar, with beads around their necks, begging for the support of their monasteries. The people will give them rice, or oil, or, perhaps, “cash,” which is the name of the common round Chinese coin, having a square hole in the centre. The priests shave the hair from their heads, and often spots on their heads are burnt with coals of fire so that the hair will never grow again; this is a badge of their profession. They never marry, and they leave their homes forever. They never even sleep in dwelling-houses with other people. They make no friendships, but shut themselves off from the rest of mankind. They profess to have given up the world and all its pleasures. They pass their time in chanting from the Buddhist sacred books. They are employed in private families to pray for the sick and dying, or for the dead, for which they are paid. The ranks of the priests are recruited by buying boys who are trained for the priesthood. Often, mandarins tired of business, or shop-keepers unsuccessful in trade, or scholars failing to pass the examinations, will enter the monasteries and become monks, or, perhaps, priests. There are often priests who retire from the world altogether, for a time; who receive their food through a hole in the wall of their cells. These profess to give themselves entirely and only to meditation, and so hope to become Buddhas when they die. The bodies of the priests are usually burned with great ceremony and are not buried as is the custom prevalent with us. BUDDHIST DEVOTEES.