CHAPTER I IL
PAGM
Deserted Villages-rrfatal Effects of the Small-pox— Ignorance of its Treatment—
a serious Calamity— Occasion of the Removal of the Seat of Government and
Monastery from Teshoo Loomboo to Chamnamning»—Gangamaar—hot Bath—
'n .Surface óf,the Ground adjacent—Labourers in the Fields—rude Expression of
Surprise;— Placé of Fragments—huge Idol—Mahamoonie—a' religious Rite.—
ShOohoo.—Nainee—improving Appearance of the Country;—'rthukku.-Jhansu-
jeung.— VaHeyof Jhansu.—Woollen Manufactory— Economy in Dress.—Monastery
of Jhansu.— Be^ars.—Dukqhe.— Corricle.— Castle óf Painom—Bridge—
Town.-—Keesoo.-r-Tsondue.— Distant View of Tfeishod Loomböö—Enter the
Monastery. i Kjgf - -V,,aft i.,-. ■ j . 2Ig
CHAPTER IV,
Messages of Compliment and Congratulation from: the Regent and Soopoon •
Choomboo— Custom of presenting a white Scarf—favourable Tokens of a frïênüly ~~
' Dispoation.— Preparations for our - Reception— Ha ll' of Audience— Lama’s
Throne— I ntroduction to the Regent— The Regent’s Assurance- of'..the -Identity5
of the. Lama—liis Friendship for the Governor General- in:;hïs preiexistènè
i State—Attention and Respect paid him at the Court ofChijih—-his Regeneration -
acknowledged by the Emperor—Satisfaction-'derived from-the Receipt-of’the’
Governor Gbheral’s Dispatches.— Projected Removal of the Lama WTeipalftig'*' |
C%-the Monastery prepared for his Reception— Tea—Dismission;— Sketch of-thé':
Person—Manner—Dress of the Regent.— Bells, a Summons*to Demotion.—Visit
to SodpSori Choomboo.—Emperor of China~his Influence—a'Votary o f the Tibet
Faith.— Umbas—Jasoos—Gesub Rimbochay— Dalai Lama— Soopoon Choomboo. *■
Sadeek—honoured by the -distinguished Attention' and Favour Ttp .the late Lama -
— promoted by the Emperor—Ills Character held in high Estimation—important
Period in the Annals of. Tibet.—First public Tribute of Acknowledgment and: •
Allegiance to the regenerated Lama— Preparations for his Removal' from Kyleè -
to Térpaling—Offer to attend the Ceremony»— Party proceeds to escort thé •
Lama—Homage paid by his Votaries on the Way—Entry into Terpaling— - • •
Return of'ithè Regent— Cavalcade—Bonfires—Chinese.— Correspondence with
- Dalai Lama.—Hostile Disposition of Gesub Rimbochay. ’ajte?
« : jOHÂPTER Vi
, - ’ . >" - '-1'- p a o )
Permission from the Regent,to,, view the; Interior o f the Monastçiy.— Gorgeous ’
Temples»—Solemn and; mysterious^, Qetempruesf—Numerous Assembly of the
- ,Gylongs.—periods foe Devotion.— LoÜdVociferation.— ClamorousNoise attending
the Performance of f fi^ 'r e lig i ik s^ ^ S ^ i^ à is Attention to the Duties of
their Faith.— Profound Respect fdr^eir- spvercjign Lama.,— Visit the Mausoleum
dedicated to thé Memory o#S?e Ste Teshoo ’Lapa.—Cursory View of this
highly venerated’ Structure»- - v - , _ , _ _ ^ 5
’ *, -qp4HTEk fÉfp|l
The Regent.— Soopoon. Choomboo.'— Countries coSQguoust; taj Tibet_Bengal :}
endeared to- the Tibetiatis* by.'religious, Bièjû.drcëss-v.Gimgai.Sagur_the Confluence,
of the Ganges with.the,Sèa.^J%rndüf‘.^Për£Q>bâaDCe-,.of Pilgrimage:,
by,T j® c y.-A Devotee — Geography— Astronomy.— Pr'anpooree— hjsi, extra- : i
.ordinary Course ofcMftrtifieatiUns:—Russia—the Çzarihâ.-^TaranautLama.— ;
- Kharka-—] ntercouïse between ftUssiai and.China^— pilgrims.from Khutfibak.— t <J
Gallery;of- .Ijdols—Means bj^wtel^lj^^me^J^oasionalljSghugmented g
Teshoo Loomboo faffied-for t^é Manufacture- ôf fi/Î3^siTrLgtpa of Luddquk.— £
War ^between Eng^d,—^njetica ^andÆ^ttysej -— C omm'ejce«—-of Jthej Ebgüsh î et
'■Nati®, — SpijjUj,sfn Inquiry io # Research. 4 JSiberiaTi'Bdikal-,TOWanderingO
Tàrtarsï^Nb*.Tradition^Sxtarit’^ 4 ^>^en#Pbôplé. iniabïtmg th ird s the
North. General* Belief oFme dï^vn from the
„ Sinulaïîty of the Sanscrit ,nd I iK t rflr 1 n.r m which thur sicrtd
Wqtipgs^ ag& Rge,sgryed„ ahd f f p f e . g - y ^ Cotrespaiidencg. andjrBusiness.—,„r 33
R e ge o^u ot^^ ^li^ig^ ofîJ^vâ^i^Mona^tefyâiG^^ ènfl^me to the-CareV/ of .QhpP“\hoq in,his,4l3s|ppe^^lfs‘;^^^pjr^ ?nts^aoc^mp ^ (jcj'1gyyo
S°5BS9fi) Lama, of.Luddauh—g 'l^ ^ iB a lm ir try»—Attar , K SI 111 m m
CHAPTER V L L r ^
D epa^iire,^,^^ Regent—^i% ’fW re; toj travel^p.obseJvetl’.-iEgypt _ EumTni— J(,
Singhi rtkJsesçf ft» SymbpljiAhe, L ip *,« Tib^.aqd Egypt-superstitious« »
Regard.fof.c^I.e^I^h^J^ena^SkillÿînlScîebèM^^jtfflA-Court! b f China—, J
Spectacles -/of the.Entertainment. ^ * e , Lama—Sbôft^W^Coiheîdence with—
, the Hindoos.in scientific Knowledgé-Benâres esteemed the-sacred : Seat of alfoq
iu 5P .^ t% ^ ^ij^iÇ p ?h 9âr6paîB ^P?fe^^phic, Site^-j^r^aula.r, De^ajption Î
‘ of-C7rP1? i ^ £ ^ , ^ 20.lÆû^p^Shig^z^-j,eung—Luddapk—q.ashmee^Nipal'jr,
k f clllpa-;^SsSÂ'^É’^ a4Cî-#.nlptne^ of tfaeiHills—loaÿ^'feflbrft — 0f