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- C H A P T E R IX.
Return o f the Regent— Time appointed, fo r my Departure— rapid
Advance o f PVihter— Audience o f Leave ^Soopoon Choomboo-—
' farewell Visits from numerous Friends-—prepare to leave Teshoo
Loomboo— previous Observance o f some superstitious Ceremonies.
— Beggars—Mohammedans— Hindoos — Benevolence displayef at
Teshoo Loomboo.— Tsondue.'— Skating.— Terpalirig.^—Interview
with Teshoo Lama— Manner and Conduct o f the Lama— his Age
P f—Parents— Gyeung— her splendid Dress— Gyap— Invitation to
an Entertainment— Officers o f the Lama's Household —fritpres-
- sion ofprofound Respect^-Veneralion entertained fo r the Memory
o f the late Lama— his humane, intelligent, conciliating Character,
— Amiable Manners o f Mr. Bogle.— Parents o f the Lama-—Pavilion—
Entertainment.— Gyap— his Delight in manly Sports—
his superior Skill—polite Offer to instruct me inthe Arts he practised.—
Repast— raw Meat—■Gyeung, particularly abstemious.
- —Music— Vocal—Instrumental.— Conclusion o f the Entertainment.—
Wait upon the Lama— Votaries, o f the Lama— Calmuc
Tartars— liberal Offerings.— Last Visit to the Teshoo Lama, and
his Parents.
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Tn e Regent atetuBiiddi toi theipalaeejf® »Wednesday, the 'Ne4,
y ember, after? ansabsence>1^'naa^%^nr®nfh^iijIihard|a^£f^£)1telyieYy with
him the foIlowing^^^Mh'aiGhmsBer adioiflmAitM ilMga>M&r?,w<ofhddIs.
Congratulation^, ornrhis ^turn* i#h&'m!miuaJt Gom|i^ent^yidnqufties,
engaged mttch.,of^^tixHtejV%!t^®0*;Ais,,meetiiig»|i5is,
I, had;,suffered a slight> , du^hf^jhi^aj^^qe,; and-, his
attentiv^ftiquh 1 thj, the a Heel 1 o 15 a^ilcoj i qet;n v he oxprtj^edli^qii4^
.ymogS.H^that n<i,yydht c/L the^in\dlef.t^im^)J5tkn(!lc.c^ul{iho(3pnr^cfiii mg
his absence, without, his being immediately. at qua'mf edJw,i th» it .1. He
rejqicqdvthat I had so{s4onj‘r.eco,ve);ed; *»an‘d, said, naaiUi oft
ef the qold in the country, hq hadhvisijtfsd, whichhaetijCqmjiejjed. him dot,
change-jhisfhabit^, and put on warmer.-,clothing. “ jdjih^ 5-1 ‘ I
became, a.Dukba, or'citizen »of thegvy|ijldq<;.n.Gv\, B am again djGjJongd*
The next, time I had an opportunity of I&gen6ir<^ap-t
peared anxious, from apprehensions oL,|jie>se^eEifr^pfi the,appSqaehipg8
season,, to fix a time-for my ret'ur^to R'ehgaljrie?t ,apl exdjssspe'fall ofi
snqw, should, put a^qpito,- all,; communication- ^hfeween.- Tibelijaudi
Bppiap> and render travelling- impracticable;* He-thought! it»*p^iper,»
t^irefpilsj noil to .delay appointing -ant early period for my disiai s^ioir.i
I had afterwards .the- opportunity^ of ftrany; ift^vihws Mbut - as% these
chiefly related to the public bus-ine^on; which*,kname, the» result Swill*
be. better seen in. the report of my mission, transmitted» to *|fte;Gavernor
General..
I waited upon the Regent vpp- Sunday, the 30th p f Novembers in the
hall of audience,^ where, op (the first* day aftei^gy arrival, Ifhadbeen