C H A P T E R III.
Deserted Villages—fatal Effects o f the Small-pox— Ignorance o f its
Ireatment^M Serious Calamity— Occasion o f the Removal o f the
Seat o f Government and Monastery from Feshoo Loomboo to Cham-
namfdng.—-Gangamaar— hot Rath—-Surface_of the Ground adjar
cent— Labourers in the Fields— rude Expression o f Stirprise?—
Place o f Fragments— huge Idol— Mahamoonie— areUgfMS "RUk
— Shoohoo. — Kainee— improving Appearance o f the Gountry
‘Tehukku.—Jhansu-jeuMg.^-^illey ofjhansu.— FVoollen Manufactory—
Economy in Dress.-— Monastery o f Jhansu. — Beggars.^
Dukque.—Corricle.— Castle o f Painom—Bridge—Town.—Keesoo.
—-Fsondue. —-Distant View o/ Teshoo Loomboo — Enter the Monastery.
A x sunrise on Thursday,, the 18th of September, we advanced* still
pursuing the course of the river, through a narrow valley. We passed
by much cultivated ground, planted chiefly with wheat and pease: as
a vegetable, the latter were acceptable to us, though our friends thought
they favoured us, by gathering the oldest they could'find.
Near the road were seen the ruins of many villages, deserted, I conjecture,
during the prevalence of the small-pox, which is a disorder not
less dreaded by the inhabitants of Tibet, than the plague. Indeed,
where it rages, it is hktffl^lb^fa^^f6ihthe^'hcitljFciWikhow-,"'nbB-'tfse
an\ leftiedies to: obv’fate its^ile'cls j. ‘buttasftsooff asp iheifiist appearand©*
;#!!t; is publickly -known in any village, the heAHylBast’e%1fti^ ^ it‘if,
■ and leajve>-the infected1 ttbandonedKtO clifnceuand. to the natmal (.otiY|e
bf-the didfehpeJ?i»>Atthe satnc tipiereWyvvcnue to the p laced ^id ly
barred against *the adm.issidrWbf*‘strang^rs^. and? the flight of; thpse, whp <
ar^cbn&fefl-^hJnder such? dh?ckmstances,v it wbnd^ m ^ft instances
«Recovery hre jh f e t^ ^ I lte Teshjao Lama* wh^^pei^pall-pox^had
dSrpken out among the Gylougs, onceimovc'd' hisi court aho'ghtjtg^fb
Chamnamning; and the capital.,Tcshb^,odpdjo<>,-drt,m uucckloi
years without inhabitants, until it was.jsu^posecji ,^®|,fprapletely
purged of the pestilentiahinfeotiop. -• The Eama\hi|p^ijf^iad neve» had'
the disorder, and it was the t cause ,oh,luls‘death» at-t%*eail).pGijosdjqf
rforfif^ix years of age, while/oh ai^sit^toivthe'Em^rg^.at the; court
'of’China;.1
We crossed the river at a ag^f-belonging toythe 'goverp1-
meiit of Teshoo Loomboo, and dismounted upoulfeTie-dpposite.baiikjto
partake? of some warm tea, prepared byAtfe^ni^^pal^p'e^^mjinithis
neighbourhood, who was waiting by ‘the* road^si4^|^ejt|^cijiftgi oifr
approach.
After a short halt, we pursued our journey, and came to-GaPgam.aaJr,
situated upon an eminence. Here a complete relay o|hbr^es,' and .cattle
for our baggageibwas ready for our.accommodation.f<; ‘
During the arrangement of this exchange, we joipedpbur friends- at
"Gangamaar, and partook with them, H&raHggS hJ^^^tjpal, ^hich
afforded both them and 9urselves, an a^pi^f OQcasionfetJilwender Jjg tbs . RRH