was no less surprised to hear that, with us, almost every quarter of
tlic globe, contributed .to a very moderate repast. “ My food,” says, he,n
consists of the simplest articles; grain, roots of the earth, and fruits;.
I never eattof. any thing that has had;jbreath for sso I should be the;
indirect cause, of.putting, an end,#!, the existence, of animal life, which,
h,y. our.religioh,^s sfrictlyiforbidden.";
■ After, his. meal, lie drank tea^out .of a. sort of china cup, which only
the sovereign.Lama has a right.to use:-it would be lin.fr .foss than-
sacrilege, were any other .person to. drink .from one of theg.jsanj.fe form.
He favoured us with some dried coagulated milk, fried in butter, but of
so stubborn a substance, that I suppose nq process.could ever tend- to
raqllify it; I did, not deem it safe,, therefore,, to. submit at .tq^he poweris
of digestion. He sent us also a piece of some boiled root: it was
small, white, and knotty, of a sweetish taste, and, .reckoned nutritive.
A small quantity of honey, that accompanied this .present, gaye rise
to a conversation on bees.. I described to him the mode of hiving
them in England, and our profitable management of that industrious
race;__
He said, that-.the .common people, in his country, were at some
pains in the encouragement of bees, and at a proper season, collected
their, honey and wax. We had repeatedly seen large cakes of the
comb, pendant from the projecting balconies, to the bottom of which
they were attached, hanging always clear of the wall. Their thickness
seldom exceeded six inches: every subsequent addition, contributed to
increase .their breadth or length. The form was irregular, but I think I
have seen them three or four feet long. Their being allowed to remain
lôn'g mMnttlesfed is, TbëïieVe, 'fheioël-yâtïèntion -paid- to bées in Boolart.
Ifey'appeared to me eT the sâme species - with the English, small,
Short, and yellow.- The Rajh-aÜHéd, “’But’thèse,-by my direction, are
nevèr- dis fürbed ; theft- labour- is'-éftïployéd for the benefitf oft the community,
in- feyirig up a Mock, which Serves f ©ÿëafrSMir yeühg,“aiîd:ùs
a food abroad. Were I,-availing
ôïyseif of superior power, to- deprive them of this' 'stmtj accumulated
for thefr foture support, how eoiddl expect to-èUjôÿ ûnMiJestfcd, that
of which I am myself possessed-?” His Corrvfersatidndbdiinded with
similar observations, mtfodueedas frequently as thbSsùbjëct will admit,
and they breathed Sentiments highly honourable to the humane spirit’df
tHMr tëfigfous feith. It grew laté ; Ihe^ëVenihg: approàchëd; Wfe retired
to take our walk, and left the Raja to his customary devotions.
TheGylongs assemble in their chapèls threé times a day, for the
performance of religious • service ; in the • morning, at noon, arid at
night. We were regularly roused at the earliest dawn of day, by the
clamorous noise of numerous instmraentsptowhose sound; they chanted
their orisons. At twelve, the Gylongs1 met again to perform their devotions,
and the evening closed with their prayers. The gates of the
palace were then shut, as well for the sake of tranquillity and Safety,
as to prevent a Vfolatioh of their rigid rules of dhastity; Tifreen hundred
Gylongs are contained within these wails, and not a femafelodges
under the same roof. The religious, (from their-first introduction into
the order,.; are boundbyits laws-to-celjbaey,»and are-interdicted, by the
severest penalties, from all connexion withthe female sex : the benefit
of some friendly offices they are, nevertheless, not denied; and I
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