T I B E T.
THE
HON. WARREN HASTINGS, ÈSQ.
GOVERNOR GENERAL, & c& c .t^ u
H on ou rable Sir , ■ P a tw , s i March, i78».t
B eing now returned from the service on whichîyôu^'kWé pleasedto
direct me to proceed, I take tho earliest opportunity of" communicating
tp the progress and result of my missionvirîliope that m / conduct
will be favourably judged, with aft’ the'"' indrf^en'ce^ d®^>‘ to a- limite'd
experience,, and the'-novelty oh the'tfegioris wKw I^was^commanded
to visit.
I will not presume to occupy your time, -by -a* treatise oAtheiancient
state of Tibet, or an unimportant'detail-of thé peculiar manners arid
customs of the people; bâJS shall beg leave to folloviHthe example! of
my predecessor, byyenumeratingi Srich events as haÿ£\{ïappened sirice
his return to Bengal, and which seem connected with; or in thèir nature
calculated to affect, your designsfin'this quartern. e ,
