I received a letter on Monday the 19th of May, from the Daeb, to
signify hk having given particular injunctions tu all his offic^r^al the
different stations, that they should exert their utmost efforts to forward
me with all possible convenience and dispatch; intimating at the same
time that I must expect much difficulty and hardship from the badness
of the road, which I might also learn from Pçorungheer1.
As the Daeb Raja had sept no people for our afçomm®dation, the
Soobah proposed the expedient of dispatching thirty men, with part
of 'our baggage, the same day, to Murichom ; upon their return, he
promised to be able to provide for our immediate departure, and-I vefy
eagerly-accepted his proposal. -
The Soobah dined with us, and partook very heartilyrpfj our meal.
He drank but litdc, although he seemed to relish our wine 1'
understood that his countrymen considered him as partrcularly*abste-
mious. His inclinatioh seemed principally directed to Id*!8
After dinner he invited us to fire at a mark ; and..as both himself; and
his people seemed to have been much practised in this d&eisÇpn, our
f A Hindoo Gosein, a kind of religious hermit, or pilgrim, who .formerly accompanied
M r. Bogle to Tibet, and who now attended me on my journey.
Motives of religious duty, which, among the order of Goeeinj^ more especially,
attaches peculiar respect to every kind and degree of penance, having occasionally led
Poorungheer among the different tribes of Tartars, he had acquired, during his reritfenee
amongst them, a very competent , knowledge of their manners, and of their language,
- Which he spoke with apparent ease ; and by the exemplary regularity of conduct he had
uniformly preserved in his intercourse with the inhabitants of these" regions, I found
that he had strongly recommended himself to their notice, and obtained the favour of all
tijeirchiefs.