An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

72 BO OTA N.thick frieze-Ilke woollen cloth; yet he exhibited enough of his personto shew that he was tall, and muscular in his make, but not inclinedto corpulency. His garment was of the religious order; a close vest, ^leaving the arm bare to tlie shoulder, unless when drawn beneaththe mantle, which servesoccasionally to cover the head, and reachesalmost to the feet.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; hisdelivery was accompanied with a moderate action;and the whole ofhis conduct, exhibited a degree of urbanity, that I confess surprisedme, in one separated from intercourse with the world, by a mass ofimpervious mountains, and who was almost totally secluded from thesight of any other, than his -own subjects.The next day, receiving an invitation from the Raja, Imade him asecond visit, and offered to his acceptance, a few English manufactures,and other things, which I iiad brought from Bengal. I omitthe repetition of the ceremonious part of our interviews, which, asestablished by universal custom, is invariably and indispensably thesame.An inferior, on approaching a superior, presents the white silk scarf;and, vvlien dismissed, has one thrown over his neck, with the endshanging down in front. Equals exchange scarfs on meeting, bendingtowards each other, with an inclination of the body.No intercoursei.'•; /whatever takes place without the intervention of a scarf; it alwaysaccompanies every letter, being enclosed in the same packet, however