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

BO OTAN. 75ever accidentally stamps, upon the perishable materials of the humanform.The Raja produced many unbroken seals, carefully cut from letters,and observed how much he prized every thing he liad receivedfrom the Governor's hand. I cannot pretend to follow him throughthe variety of expression, by which he strove to testify the strengthand sincerity of his friendship; but it all tended to convince me,that he knew atleast very well, what belonged to gratitude and affection.He asked me many questions about a view of the palace ofPunukka, his winter residence, which he had sent to Mr. HastingsI had seen it in Calcutta, and assured him that it was received. Heexpressed his wishes for a picture of the Governor's habitation ; anda question arose, if either of us could draw.My interpreter (with thatfalse policy which is inseparable from a suspicious mind), eagerly graspingat an evasion, began to answer, that an Englishman was master ofevery art and science;astronomy, geography, mathematics, mechanics.I stopped him; for no vanity could allow such indiscriminate andpreposterous praise ; and I told the Raja in plainer terms, that drawingconstituted in England a branch of education; and that as we madeimequal progress in the art, I could boast but little skill in it, but thatmy friend Mr. Davis had attained a great degree of perfection. Mr.Davis happened tohave with him, a view of Calcutta, which he hadtaken from Fort William, comprehending the line of buildings thatskirt the esplanade, and the shipping on the river : it had sustainedsome damage from the carriage;but he promised, as soon as it could berepaired, to present it to the Raja. The employment of an mterpreterL