regard Iii£Ve for y o nr person., ' The number df'one hundred days, allotted
to: prayer,1 HM foHipleted Oil -the thirteenth of the SeCfthd moon o f the present
year. I issued m y orders for the departure: the body was conveyed w ith
due pom p; and I joined the processio» inyself, in person, as far as it was
prOpeV 1 should go.' P-deputed the sixth Agile,'-now the eldest of'nty sons;
to accompany it to the distance o f three days journey from this capital; and
1 nominated Petchingtie;. ^mandarin in the tribunal of foreign affairs; and
Iroiiltou, one of my guards, to accompany it all the way to TeShoo LoOmboo.
Although the Punjun Irtinnee, has changed his abode, I have full confidence
that, with the aid I-have rendered to him , he will not long delay td be'fixed
in another habitation.
Lama, it is my desire that 7you shew kindness to all the Lamas of Teshoo
Loomboo, and respect them on my account': from the conduct they have
observed,-I judge them worthy of being your disciples. I recommend to you,
especially those who accompany the body, and who will perform the number
o f prayers,-that ytm shall regulate, lor the com pletionofthe funeral rites. I
hope you will cheerfully execute what you know will be agreeable'to me. It
only- remains for me to add, that 1' send you Petchingue and his suite, to
salute you-in m y name, and inform themselves o f the state of your health.
T h ey will deliver to ydu a soutchou o f coral, to be-used on grand festivals ;
a tea-pot o f gold, weighing thirty ounces; a bowl of the same metal, and the
same weight; a tea-pot' and bowl of silver; thirty soutchous oPvaribus
different coloured' beads, and twenty purses, great and. small, of Various
. colours.
The fourteenth of the second moon, of the forty-sixth year of the reign o f
Kienlong. -
449
II.
Translation of a Letter from. CKahgooi'Looshbo>>Punjtm Irtinnee Keimblievm, Regent
of 7'eshoo Loomboo, td Warren'Hastings, 'E^qTTrovemor ‘CrenePall‘
T o th^jfopnjijijm of ^gpefits,. afogpiyling jr^excdlencies, , orngpient. ofij'he
;gfgvepand pfj^fatnessj; sheddi^jAPj^^ourton theJIeadeM'af
ny^yiapimjt»; ^vahfd# im^nterprize ;
<1 [ i ^ Q 3y^P 9^fam audm ^Q w lah.„ Maa a i ff^fortitude,and
his existen<ge,he-ggrpetuat?d by)thetbouEty^g£.AJmighty^ G.od' .
1, Jyne : before this, tthe-I^ha^ykayvjpj ofjQhina c^fctLTOto^indjeflqrd of
4le world, Maha^got^Q, ^ithjea^ei^&lieit^-
flflfflHflfiljdlfefffftfijllM^fji^^ ps a. u n^ e- y ea y .o ^ tl n e Hejera,
*filf’jjft^eyL^1^,^^p^^g^jq^^e^m enL s^re^gdL his^steps.tow ards the-
l^BpB-QC Chiba., „j^n^ ;whejj;hs!Passsd his asa£ted^fqot thisjand,
486 S8F*y^ hwR jfM nrtjm ;
?ft4^.,9fiy8^s.te%‘pT?p^54vAff4Jc?pl;hifl. 5^^P?si^-^^Kflto'# a4ig°fi^his
baggage, and conveyances and tents, and necessaries, pf every .denbpiination.
And there is a Soobah, and they c.alQiatJaud'S.euij JI)pq^^ullah-,3Md.>gn,the
^Sffdsflftfe TOofh^vuhhef, u ^ u n je , jn th e ^ e jj^ o f^ ^ ^ e ra jiJim ^ ^M ah a
Khaw^avfp.ofpQjujifi, met each other in' ^la^Soobah, ip joy
apd satisfaction; and they continued there for the space of one mopth; and
flW-TTPSeefited o n ^ p m ^ ^ q jjtp ^ g cpy p^IJiqhegi, that is_ tojsay, the royal
phy> dfiUfe@a ejsaljtpd thrpne of. the Empqjorj ,apd in t^iat city they
remained for six months.
* COTreSjjohilihg’to the'fyth'ot June, A '.' J K ^ f p .
b Corresponding to the nth June, A. D. 1780.