He gave Bompo Tsering a full load for his Mauser, not for use, but for his spiritual comfort. All Tibetans believe Mauser pistols are the one infallible weapon. Even when the darned things jam, they still believe it. Mauser pistols are white man’s magic.
—Talbot Mundy, Old Ugly-Face (http://books.google.com/books?id=tbVo_1wxNKgC&pg=PA455#v=onepage&q&f=false), D. Appleton-Century, 1940
—George N. Roerich,Trails to Inmost Asia: Five Years of Exploration with the Roerich Central Asian Expedition, Yale University Press, 1931
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