was neal and airy, and We déemfed it an inviting ®tuatfed;tó rest nür*
selves awhile. We had not been long seated, -when the steward ö£ thé'
■cilia spread before us a vast profusion of ripe and green apples,
Oranges, kV-* Tea and whisky also made a part of the offering, and
fresh curdled milk. Our host (who was very eonnnunicatiyp) sat down,
and partook'with us of the potable part of his treat. When we were
a little refreshed, he led us about the garden, and afterwards through
every apartment in .the palace: nor was he at all scrupulous an
exhibiting to our view thé fine display of gilded, gods, that occupied
the recesses in several rooms. Our attendant, who was an active
cheerful young ,-mamabout eighteen years, of age, and who just before^
had been as mferry as unclouded spirits and rude health could niake
him, in a moment became ias grave as one of the group of idols-, and
irpproacked them wifi devout solemnity to make his nine prostrations.
-- This palace is similar to all -those of the secondary; Order : its exterior
form is a square: in the centre of the front is a quadrangular
building, which forms the body of the house, gleyated three floors
above the three other sides of the square, in which Bnja.contained
offices for servants, and rooms for all sorts of lumber. The "entrance
was'-by the side of the house, through a narrowpassage.into the area,
where a flight of wooden steps conducted us to .the -first floor ol the
centre building. The rooms were lofty and spacious ; to. some,-there
were projecting balcoiiies, whence might <be seen the garden,, and a
part of'thè valley -; but fie prospect was limited on all side» by high
mountains, a circumstance which- rendérs-Zemrigatchee rather a 'gloomy
retreat..
. The i obliging and attentive assiduity of the good man vkIjp Jiv-id
here, and bisjsplicituh^.to jgj&W us every part.pf^hi.pxtewivp charge
drew- ujs inadvertently to loiter- away mqj;p ptffnp than in prudence we
ought tnhavedone; and, though night wa^jfioipjqg on apgcpj we could
not part till he had .carried ^intea;dptSChed,,gar49n3<'^9W4wg'.whh
biarige and pfier trees, and on. fie bprdprs of which wa? % large pond
.Covered with the jlotps {nymphcea bloom : a hoy ei for
Which the inhabitants ha'yeta religious esteem,) and; which thpy often
pla^e beforp fipir idols, deeming it to be peculiarly acceptableho them.
It is held in the same religious estimation in India, as it w*as in Egypt«.;
and serves, ’among other evidences, to pojpt out a rcmqt^gpnnsptinP
between the pepple of Egypt and India^ and,the religions of bpth.
Jt was long dark, before wp reached our own habitation; and, though
no visible danger obstructed our way, yet it was not unfrequently
necessary, to appease the Dewtas (genii loci) at several stages, with
the occasional offering of a few narrainees; nor was I inattentive; to the
advice-of our guide, notwithstanding.ithat I believed, him to haye:,no
small interest in these oblations.
The narrainee is a base .silver coin, struck in Gooch Bahai, of the
value of about ten-pence, or one third of a Sicca rupee The commo-
diousness of this small piece; .the profits the people of Bootan derive
from their commerce with Cooch Baliaf, and some local prejudices
against the -.establishment of a mint, ha-v-e H en the narrainee m these
regions, as well as in those where it is struck, ,a ipqmmon, currency,
though both countries are perfectly independent o-f .each other, -and
totally different in their language and manner. The -name of the coin is