China, through which his journey lay, had prefers to have tents, 8cc. in
readiness, at all the different stages, and that horses* carriages, mules, money,
and provisions, for his whole retinue, should be in constant readiness, at all
places, and times, during his journey. The Emperor sent, with his letter,,
one string of very valuable pearls, and one hundred pieces of curious^ silks,
by the hands of Leamabaw, a trusty person, whom he sent to attend the
Lama in his journey.
-At the same' time, letters.were written by the Emperor to the Lama of
Lassa, and .to several principal inhabitants of Bhote, or Tibet, desiring them
to add their entreaties to his, to prevail upon Teshoo Lama to visit him.
. They accordingly assembled, and waited upon the Lama, who was, at
length, prevailed upon to give his consent to proceed to China; at. the same
time observing to some of his confidential friends, that he felt some internal
repugnance, from an idea that he should not return: however, all things
being put in readiness, he began his journey, upon the *d of Sawun, in the
1836 Sumbutt, or a?ra of Rajah Bicher Majeet (answering, according to.Qur
sera, to the 15 th of July, 17 7 a), from his own country, attended by about one
thousand five hundred troops, and followers of different kinds, careying with
him presents for the Emperor, made up of all the rarities of his own, and the
neighbouring countries.
After forty-six days of his journey, he arrived at the town of Doochoo, on
the banks of a river of the same name, where he was met by a messenger,
named Woopayumba, from the Emperor, with a letter, and presents of pearls,
'silks, and many other valuable articles, with a rich palanquin.
A boarded platform, about the height of a man’s breast, was always set up
where the Lama’s tents were pitched, or wherever he halted on the road; this
was covered with a rich brocade, and a cushion of the same, upon which he
sat, whilst the people were admitted to the honour of touching his foot with
.their foreheads. The seat was surrounded by a kinnaut, or tent wall, to keep
at a distance the crowd, who continually followed him for that purpose.
After journeying for twenty-one days farther, during all which time the
Lama, and his attendants, met with every attention from the people on the
road, and. fix®?:/ kind of epfertaipmept.,Jf a? prpvided for them, ,hc /jrrjv^d.at a
plape called Thooktharing, where he was, met by, g L .t,x n e p ,p T tjJ> D , o f
the country <diKalmauk. with.about two thgusjred ,t,roops, who .yrere fo attend
hire,Vhy the Em peror’s pjders,;. huhjftee,,their,pref^Pfs>
jp jd ,.jilse r, horses, ,mnle's,,sijiks,t,fcci.,twe>res,re9eivsd„ the
them, not, hAring.ot^as.ion|#Jh#ij: atfendreice, and hej^pntinued hjsjpu^ney
nineteen days, at the end of winch he came to, a place. £^IJedy(pp|1iSjbfi9
Gporehaw, a populous city, .where thej-e.stands, near
'pfld famous 1’utawJaw, orfempfo of public worship, to.whi^h manythousapd
Khdseong,,or devout men, annually ,rewt, 'hhispj?ce is,alsn thnirtn?id^PB?
pfogreat numbers of these, poor devout, pepple. Jn a..d^y. ,95 tJ^Q^aftgr Jn?
arrival here, the winfer commenced, and the snow fell SOjhfpfTyx^nd inj.s^gh
quantities, that the whole face of the ground was'coyered,,feo.de£P forfjfoc
Lama to proceed up6n his journey, for the space ft>%ioiar months.' Durjpg
his stay at this place, a messenger from the Emperor, arrived with a letter,
together with many presents, afmdngst which' were five strings pjj pearls,: a
curious watch, snuff box, and knife, all ornamented with, jewels,-.Iwsides
many curious brocades and silks.
At this place, as well as during the Lama’s jqurueyithrqi^h
was continually. importuned, by all ranks of pgople,, for hand,
which, being coloured with saffron, he extended, and made a full print of it on
a piece of clean paper. Many thousand ofjthese, were p^fttgdjoff, in th||ik?
manner, for themiultitude that daily surrounded him,^liich^iey carefully
preserved as the most sacred relics. At this,pl|ee, the ghig^pf the* province
of Lanjoo, named Choondoo, with ten thousand jtrqops, waited|pppn, t^g
Lama, by the Emperor’s orders, and presented, him >with a very rich palanquin,
a large tent, twenty horses, several mules, 8cc. the .whole;aI1 ounting, in
value, to upwards of twenty-five thousand illeung: andjlgiingsof silver weighs
srs. 4 as, equivalent, to about 7s.
During the Lama’s stay at„this place, he was also visited hy;a;e,hief> named
Choondaw, with five thousand attendants t a man of pinch -consequence, and
a religious character, in his country, who tarried with him many days.
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