£54 T . I B E T .
kind of profanation, for they look upon, the Chinese as a gross and
impure race of mean They were evidently impa tient, during their stay,,
and assumed an unusual aar of secrecy, to prevent their obtaining a
knowledge of any dung relating to their affairs, until tire day of their
departure, which was announced to me, by many persons belonging to
the monastery with, much apparent satisfaction.
T - EfflS.T’, £5 5
C H A P T E R V.
Permission from the Regent l# npr iha Interbr of the MonAStery^-
Gorgeous Tempies.—^Solemn and mysterious CereMonies.-^Wutne-
| rottsAssembly df the GylOngS— Periods ipr R eM tm .^M u d
Votipratiow.— Clamorous jm & am dihgjke Perfommee Am |
religious Rites.^Serbas Attention la the JCbMea aft ikeir
Profound Respect for their sovereign Lama.^-V'isU ike Mausoleum
dedicated to the Memory o f the late tfeshoo Lama^CursOifMew
ex tnf this highly venerated Structure.
H aving pfeldousty obtained a
'eonvefnifefft opportunity, before tes return fro*# Terpailngy to- ate®***’
plish aar object I had Harsh at fettpr«/ w® cOftsje^«tett«fy
«^iwiw from me, very minuto and' particufer «ttegtfea
Front- the first day of my arrival at Teshoo Lomfcleoy $W%s extremely
desirous- of viewing the1 irtte#M># ®£ Setaf^cWa of these magnificent
edifices, iff the* fftidst- of which * had taken up-^y abenfe and
which continually excited my curiosity by the profuse and -cosily <#-
namentst besto wed upon1 their ont8$db>
The frequent recurrence of solemn- sounds from a- vtfficty of deep
ttmed ittstmmfettts-, after short pauses' of profound- sileftOc; the- few
hum of invocation', durfog both night and-day;. andbfctasioiMly die