«* In this country t-he 'worship ofith&Almighfeya is fheiprofessiqn of;
all. We poor -creatifre&' aïe in nothing equalit© yôu:' Having, however,,
a few things infh^Jid, I send,them,to you, a^s tofens.jof‘^remem-
hrance,, .and hope fanÿôur a.ceept's©cfemf them:”
- This letter-appears to have -bee» laid before tbe:€&amHbdtetbe:same,
day,,that it was received :> they,--yielded, -Without -hesitdfian,<'to' the
intercession ’oKiSe fyataa, and consented to-a peace with th&Booteeas;
upqnyit’he^easy terms qfV^pi^ing “fheidonamidn of -each Igovernlhenti
within« its former boundaries« • TrheiGqvernor»himself'rihdreiirhadi!ly
embracedthe"opp6ftunity,-which 'he thought this occurrence afforded’!
of-«extending the British cqnnex-ionto a quarter) bfafhehworlds.wifch
yyhNh ^ 6; had hitherto no. intercourse, and ofcqpempg mew* sounds of
commerce, of which our;provincestopd greatly ..in, need, 4b, «replace
the vast drains which were annually made, ofitheir^wealth and! ,manuj
factures, in supplying, the-wants ,qf 'our.-other. establishments
commercial investments«-of the-Compariy., Whafe^specifip articles,?^
trade might be drawn ffoin the northern, countries, EorrwhaLphsysic$
or,political,accommodations,-oj? difficulties, ;migh-trhe foundA oypromote
or obstruct it, wpre even beyondmonjeetUrp; but- unddisueh; circumstances,
it -seemed"an,object of mpph vcuriqsity>,-:Wqllfdeserving :the
attention of government, to explore an-.qnknqwn regip&Lfori the'purpose
ojhdiscovering; in the first instance, what was the- nature of its
productions; as it wCuld afterwards be, when, that knowledge, was
obtained, tp.ipq.uup^whafc>rMai|s)-.iit might be most effpctuailwpen-
' y-^|d jtg. ady^ptage,. . Tbe, cqqtjgui|y of Tibet to. the, western frontier
of,fihina^%.Apmigh ,wa knew^pot« wheto t^pyu^e^e-,joined,,yet we
knew j t|)-^ apjtyaJJy^Mp)^ Augg$sjpc|> ■ also, j a possibility of
establishing, by,^gr|es, an immediate intercourse with that empire,
through the intervention o£ a^^pn^so, reveled ^.rihe/Lamaj and by
^goute, pqi ^bjvinf su^pi^ipps^j as those ^ith
w id c ji,tbe^Clune^ pojjc^lpaci its e lf a g a in s t ,^ d 36,consequences
of a foreign ||g|gjg| by sea.
ppqon» .dftotqdxOi^dbjM.u^asi^j. byr the Liima,, two #My
Ventured to encounter the burning atmosphere of Bengal; one, a native
of T}bet„named pMma^^liJ^go^qiJ^ipilgrinis, fijpm.TIindostan, whose'
namgjjl hjye J3lneadyj ;mpiti.<?n|d, .Rcw^unghqer'Gosein. Tfl?sF - were
hq$i understandings^ and., ready, information; and front
thqm much knowledge was cojlqctfd, both, country from which
thdy'p^ie, and of the w ^ Jjfeffilrftty ik ,Eye gu|hg;,pr es e n t$, which 1
they brought from the Lama, jd4?4 9°mp thing. of infponatipn, and
even of i^erest, he.other ijeans,pf.intelligence, wlpchjthe occasion
furmshnd- Amongst these were sheets ofgilt leather, stamped with the
blaqh.^a&^e‘9f the,Russian armorial; talents^pf gold and silver, and
bulses ,of, gold; dust; bags ofgh,®djne. musknarrow .cloths, of woollen,
the manufacture of Tibet; and -silks of The, chests which contained
these*, jwege-of :nq bad workmanship* and-thft-garts, which eom-
posed them, were by dovetails.. All these circumstances