they impeded by successive crowds of votaries, who threw themselves
before him in the- way, in humble prostration» that it became absolutely
necessary to form an intermediate camp, in which they halted
for the night, j ..
Moving, again early in the following morning, in the. course of that
day, they made their entry into the monastery of.Terpaiing. Having
then placed the young Lama in the hew. monastery, together with, his
father and mother, to whose care he was still very properly committed,
after making every necessary arrangement, the Regent and his retinue
returned to Teshoo Loomboo,
As the road lay in front of our apartments, I had an opportunity of
observing the Regent’s approach. He rode attended by two or three
hundred horsemen, the greater part of whom preceded him, and he
himself followed surrounded by a select party» principally consisting
of the officers of state. He was dressed in a garb very different from
that, in which I had seen him before. It was a yellow satin robe, lined
with sable far, and fastened with a girdle round the waist. A garnet
coloured shawl mantle, partially covering his satin rohe, according to
their fashion, passed found the body, and its end was gathered up tq
rest upon the left shoulder, leaving the right arm at liberty. He wore
upon his head a round hat, covered with a yellow glossy lacker that
glittered in the sun, and he had on red bulgar boots. From his girdle,
hung pendant a small knife case, with its implements, and a large
purse with a running string, in which he carried a tea cup, and several
other small articles, the constant appendages of a Tartar dress.
To this also are commonly added, a smaller purse for money, and
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»other filled with'tp^ooo and a pipe, together with a-little pouch for
tinder, .containing a piece -of flint, and edged at the bottom With a bahr
of steel. The home he awe, was'decorated With large crimsontassels,
and other splendid trappings,'whilst a number of bells, suspended to
a collar that filing round his neck, jingled as he "moved- along with
slow and .solemn pace. The body of A e horse, from the multitude
-of Ckowrs, or cow tails, that hungflff both sides, Could • scarcely he
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The tfelect attendants." were ©quipped nearly’’after the same mahrièry
The .dress of those of more humble rank differed" chiefly in the quality
of the materials. They were clad, for the Imbst pait, in cloth, either
yellow, or red, or striped with these .cbiw&rfc, -and they’wore upon
their heads round hats, having large flpiving itassèiS' of scarlet silk
Upon the ceiitne srf the crown. Some had narrow braids! a turned
tup, and others were hordered by broad tends of fur.'tüTtó -most
extraordinary in appearance, were those worn hy. rip KihndöWl Stóft1
mines'), "which were of vast dimensions. IsuppGSen^foSsiAahi'h^* fed
in diameter, with shallow -crowns, hut monstrous brims1;' the Who-fê
covered with long looks of wool matted together,'Asf a gaudy yelïó#
colour. Some fioseihs, wearing fafterit^and-thé Indian fo&jsif; wHa'
Moguls from the borders of Persia-, "in their natippai' press, as.vi.stal
also to compose this motley group. Theïe Were none -hi the whole
cavalcade, as far as 1 couMpe^eive; who bore any kind of arms. Heaps
of fire were distinguishable to a very remote
either side of the road, and emitting'columns of thick* smoKe. ^hc.se,
bonfires, which I havé already ndficed", ate a math -of ;Fesppofc «hewn
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