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T he affairs-of. Tibet .continued ip j,lJouEi<,limg aiul3 piospupus,state
f till; ft ho. year W92i, whgH,Jm |^% g^^^.a^!rtcchedA >h^aipicft10f !
•people' whb'inhabit t-he mountains ;of Nipal^ wjaicbcafte^'shuated to the
: south of Tibet, fc)*fith&, west,of. Boolrni^apdi.bordere d the. northern
^frontier.-of Bengal, had commenced, hpstjljties aga-ins^ the. statesjof
-Tibet. A numerous body were' rep(Jrted^^a4;then mprpa^iiy- ancl
-actually engaged in open invasion of the “possessioajsjpf j|^q,oi ham a;
•tmwhose superior power, a nation w ith o u lii& M ^fan d ^i^^a^MK,
was quickly found’ to be an easy’prey.
The progress of the Nipalese* them was rapid in: the ex|reme^and
’though, roused by the alarm, multitudes..assembled i%the^ayrf|lfer
eould oppose ho effectual resistance against the rude incursion of am
impel uous enemy, naturally daring, ’and now ary rqate4V.it it« the hope *
of plunder, g Their advance, therefore, against; a,jjgar^o$rpck,,ancj.1
unarmed multitude, was but very, slightly impeded. iNq^soorJeniud
the alarm been given, than they appeared before Teshoo Loomboo,
and, with, great difficulty,, the Lama;, himself, and all the Gylongs of