.1713, after a gap of two years, missionary effort was
again attempted, and in 1715 we find the mission once
more established in Lhasa. But these were troublous
times, and the active hostility between the Dalai Lama
and the Chinese Emperor prevented that tranquillity in
which alone lay any hopes of successful work for the
worthy friars. They were in continual danger, and even
the valiant claim of Father Della Penna to have half con-
Scene in Lhasa. The Meru gompa rises in the distance to the left.
verted the Dalai Lama himself does not convince the
student that any serious ground had been gained. Mr.
Sandberg gives in full the terms of a document granting
permission to build a Christian chapel to the Capuchins.
Unfortunately a flood in Lhasa in the following year,
1725, was attributed by the people to the desecration
