thick frieze-like woollen cloth; yet he exhibited enough -of. his person
to shew- that he was tall, and muscular in his. make;/but hot; inclined
to^.corpüléncy. His garment was of the religious.order; . a. close rvest,
leaving the arm bare to the shoulder, unless, when drawn .beneath,
the mantle, which serves occasionally, to cover the head, and reaches
almost to the feet. , i
His reception of us, was supported with dignity and good humour;
he Was grave,.but animated; his behaviour collected and composed.
He;spoke rather in a low tone of voice, but very articulately-; his j
delivery was accompanied with a moderate action;, and the whole of
Ins conduct, exhibited, a degree of urbanity, that I eonfess usurprised
me, in one separated from intercourse with the world, by a mass,-jof
impervious mountains, and who was almost totally secluded from , the
sight of . any other, than his own subjects.
«- The next day, receiving an invitation from-theIRaja, I made Bim a
second visit, and offered to his acceptance, a few English
tures, and other things, which 1 had brought from Bengal. I omit
die repetition of the ceremonious part of our interviews, whfehn as
established by universal custom, is invariably and indispensably the
same.
An inferior, on approaching a superior, presents the white silk scarf;
and, when dismissed, has one thrown over his neck, with the ends
hanging down in front. Equals exchange scarfs on meeting, bending
towards each other, with an inclination of the body. No. intercourse
whatever takes place without the; intervention of a scarf; it always
accompanies every fetter, being enclosed in the same packet, however
distanrt'h"@*|rt£'oe? fo iMircli>*i'f' i's^dispatefted. Tw6 colours1 are in use
for 'this manufacture,!which i»to^Clli'iffi“,'whitC;'aiid;fed'r ■ the.latter is
•'rather ?cbnfMdu*Wo^-fhfe!: orders': fhe^white is'.' respectful in proportion.
tdiHisVpuBrt^!’ajid^M'ene'ss :%tlidre 'areivaribtts; dfe*greeS;4in both.
1 'am’yelri^noran t<pf, the^.^ifrrofrtMsrhilstompb'ut! shall * endeavour,' at
'sohietlfiiture' tirfjSfl throbtain ani Explanation oPirfijdig
'-.^AilorigifCdnyersation ensued with ‘dM Raj Ml ofr* 'the. dress.arid customs
dF'thfe English.- He ^’d&ire'dy arid1 'minutely'examined,.every,part qf>
©ur ,clothes^,/ricir did the pockets-'fea^^^alllfexbite his 'Wcrrider.and
'surprisepbiypreseriting such’*harhher,dt'€onipref}’®ri'siveVand-'concealed
-resource's.- He^g^e*drie*ctedit to thej ,6o,fryehfep£'©, o { | ouf,'-drCssf*;its
'lightness,-and the liberty-it left; tot'the limbsY-but I' cohldspjainly.ger,-
oefv&rhe3: judged; its! sStrufturg defect|v,^-^S - differing, from; hrs\pjwn*,|-in
shewingtoo plainly theigenelalfou'tftff#oi0 n^'hll'dy-i>n rPjhus<it}is;ithat
ffie^fessr'enIightened'’*BootCea,V‘hteustomed' to-’ahseEye. dignity .of
Iminaft'character-exist in factitious c'hhGealmerft^iKoksl'.fort-irri^ortance
•in exterior ornament: di^ie&lr hi# sacred superior ©f: thh'.jdhaiof-st-a^.
and his pontifical insignia,. and he would,' hot 'dotfht, poAclirde tall arir
thoritytmef teligion tri. bh'fent-irely att*.a‘ri''s^ridl5o j
^' ;Ehe Raja exercised-his>fancy in.endeayburing, tojrach a re§>enib&^ee
betweeh the natives of Bootan §$d,'Ehglishmeh‘;/hdt' thefb^aS/riiprp;
of ingeriuity, than* truth in the picture, ^o'erllenjelbths;for^taimenfe,
meat,! spirits,»and tea,'it is'traev-arb in-equal! u&e^dmoBgsfc’us; arid'the
Booteea, like ourselves, is'-ari utter stranger to: the subtle jri'idqtieSi’aind
refined distinctfohs £ of the Hiiidoo, Yfehictb. constituted.the’;diafiftitely
Absurd perplexity’that' resu'lts'from('Gast‘; ::ye'fc'n6thing can, bet more