dictated by the purest motives of humanity, and has hitherto pointed
with unexampled' sincerity and steadiness towards one great object,
which constituted the grand business of Maha Gooroo*s* life, peace
and universal good. The Governor General, whose attention is always
directed towards the Same pursuits, was overwhelmed .with anxiety,
upon hearing the mournful news of the loss of his respected friend;
not only on account of his regret for thejdeparture of so exalted a
character, but from an apprehension, lest the friendship established
between himself and you, might suffer interruption, and undergo a
change. Yet, solicitous for its continuance, as soon as infonnation was
brought to him of your return from China, he determined that a person'
in his confidence should repair to your presence; a measure, which
the consoling character of a friend loudly demanded, and which was
rendered still more necessary, by his desire to convey his earliest, con*
gratulations, upon the joyful tidings of the Lama’s re-appearance in the
world. In this great event, indeed, all his hopes are now revived ; and,
persuaded that the present Lama possesses the spirit of his former
friend, he has no doubt that, by your good offices, and the will of
heaven, every thing that was expected, will at length be effectually
accomplished.”
The Regent replied, by assuring me that the present and the
late Teshoo Lama, were one and the same, and that there was no
manner of difference between them ; only as he was yet merely
an infant, his spirit having but just returned again into the world,
* One of the titles of Teshoo Lama. The title is Sanskrit, and signifies the Gnat
Spiritual Master.
he was at Resent tochpablëtof^èÉifè'ri^ afM uhab'ie ,t‘8’ïëöid'fóist them
v^ih' -hik YMhëï ' and tithe,*1 Weeft solely efifè
j^byftd in thé? 'bt^è''of -ihis pëlfêohf Iffor this waS'tïiefr'dü'ty and dë-
fight), in the Hope that-he mightbO Soon al^ub.GéOfer'upörï- them his
blessing. At the same time that he lamented the misfortune of the
Lama’s decease in Rek-idj ffe assured me -of the ‘firisr unshaken attachment
viHteli TesfföÖ Lamb ’fi-ad 'entertained' for Mr. Hastings, to his
latest breath. He addeddfiat Maha Gooroo hadevéfifbegurt to open fiis
mind to .the Emperor" of China upon this confident of his
saüctioit and gntóöragémeait of thé^conmctibn;> and ‘trusting that the
concord mutually established between them, would extend its benefit
dal influeitoe oyer ail his votaries,-and all the saS>jebf's of both emjiitos.'
He then dwelt upon the great attention j and respect paid to Teshoo
l!SSia at ’the court of China; and told me that' the Emperor, immediately
on his receiving intelligence 'of-the Lama’s regeneration, lad
sent affibassadors with fetters of eongratoladfe, aöidf a »safy'of tegb
unblemished pearls, 'ëtfjöitiing thenïjfi thé Strongest terms to be careful
of the Lama’s person, to conduct his educatioh'ffi ttoê- strictest pri*
vacy, and not to suffer any strangers tp be admitted to fafe ^ s ö è e j
rBüt.Imust fotoèir entering into a minute detail
lar that passed atöUr different interviews. fr wo uld be difficult, or
rather perhaps impossible, to preserve the local idiom, arid terra öïtoto'
preston-,In a translation through two langimgespafid f am mot. certain
even that toy interpreter repeated them correctly in the Hnsdovi, which
was the language that he used .to me. Suffice it at poafem to sayytoto
the Regent was most copious in his professjons of attathment to the