at, this time, a strong je ^ o u s y o f all intercourse w ith thèÉ inh abitants.
o fH in d o sfa rt, prey ta iKu p^e ra^lly f aniopgst |th<| n atives ;
fiontier. F iom Boutan, indeed, a c a ia van n ow an n ua lly v isits tijg
d i s t r i c to fR o r ig p O T é r in B e n g a l ,''ta g g in g with', it; orange^ w a ln u ts ,
an d the course woollen maniuSctücb&^f jhi® > é o j f n t e y w ith th e h o is e s _
tk a P e te y - th em i fo r f c a le^ a n d it rettftnsi Etfter a«tïferithVsêaf;-iwith the
t4tt0fiii’«l0th^*salt,wand « th d t f a r t ie k s , :’ó fsB ï|p g il.
'Bilt iÉie«am&pr'!vMe|@&8®Jnfeve^bedn f lo w e d b y fheigdVerhment^oF
Bobten t#!h tM & h ab fta iïts} óP B e h g^ l^ P e ?h a p s a ' ï p e ^ é ’W b te tg ö fe f -
prizingdhan th é fetter^migM-havbiïaiitrivèd- to’1 oW$>mët®ls ^FHöüIty ,
s ineë som é tM liv id d a ls ' o f -thê r ë l l ^ ë ü ^ ^ s - o f c c f e t ó ^ n d ^ K # -
w a y b o th 'in to Fodtari^ rid Tibét.- tD a è -o k ire sh ^ n ê ir fëd ^ d ru figK a é f ,
'aceompankdith&fiVsfMë^tatTO#frb‘i#^lh;ett'b'’Bèngat,''m't4e y e'a i1il17:7’3,
and afterwards' attended the Lania3ëfMiö% $$siè“6)l'Pékiri. Softföthing,
tteefin?èk,,%?'ë|ÉtWS%^riih the-pc3itiëid'-êausé1ab0t»b'fesi§iied-r to produce
the sanfe eSect/may tövè
and of atmosphere,of thé' two countries'-ï(4smOt£©ïribte tb'^örfteivë'a
^»krediësïéhitóritybetweeh themostrr&lM«! mtöbittets of»ïhe-globe,
t hte' that #MehidfetingüishfcS fëhfe'feajlié ‘bSÜie'd I and unfeëk spferiited (natives
ö? Bengal,1 and théié ^Mtö awd Herculean J neighboütsrthe'éroun-
taineers öf'Bootafi. tTdigir«eligiorf?iwhieh'.firight be supposed to ha-Ve a
pnwerfhl influence on.their.manii^, ^as.,tp|,|ll,y -felled o^^o^ncing
«MeNÜfffeetswthe ^ ie rtf-ly ^ w ti ftem
the same source. The provmcenflobtan is,frotofts'eiraïióri^ so tató,
that few of its southern neighbours could endure its severity; while
its natives,' clad in-woollens, and little accustomed to the purifications
whick;prevaUso rmivefsallyamang; thé. fermer, suffer nearly as much
from .’the sültJ-y amis: humid atmosphere of Bengal. Nor do the two
countries-differ Jess insalubrity. To the same cause, therefore, may
fee asoribedïtfee.' difference in the bodily cons true tionof the two people,
and in their moral character, which is,- in a great* degree, the result of
that/construction.
The mountains of'Bantam: ijfbrin a part of, the great, chain, rtvhich
geographers, call -by the' gerierafcappellarion of Moms Ima-us, and of
which frequent mention is made, in the mythological histories of the
B^hnimq^y.hy of Himalaya. .At theirféet^â wide and;ë*teàr
siMérpjkin^^^^iMi^l^ogdssftïid 'sunk in morasses,,.iferps a natural
division 'between-Bengal andBo;otan» beiqg .nearly unfit for theisUpporf
of human fife, aiid almost .leritirelydesjitute of inhabitants. Yet in the
Ra^a of Boot&n, with'what plea, orftem tsçhat provqGa-
tion, Irhaste-not been able to learn, laid claim tctjthe. district.of Godofe
Bahar, -which adjoins -to ,i|£,\pmy$hei side of Bengal-; and, meeting with
little res is t an ee, from thejuatjlyes, rapidly gained possession of it. This
app'eass,; to.' ;fave,j been the first instance;pfj;hostilify-s.between' the two
countijest. îàtidif had proceeded to its last extremity, before the government
of Be'ng,aJ^hj<:h«had fiitberto derived .BOjbenefitfrom the contested
territory, ;wa£.well apprized of what had befallen it. The example,
however, wasrdtH^jerous, and a detachment ofit^fi^;plantrjr,gradualIy