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

BOOTAN. 77the most polished manners; but what was wanting in this respect, wasamply compensated, by an abundant share of good humour. The Zoondonierwas tall and athletic, and gave striking indications of a betterunderstanding than his associate in office : he possessed at tl'.e sametime an easier and more, spirited address. In the beginning of hiscareer in life, he had been employed somewhere on the skirjLs of tiiemountains, and had picked up a few words of the Bengalee. language,which he was fond of repeating.The ceremony of exchanginga pelong scarf passed between us: tea, of course, we were obligedto partake of, which is never omitted, let visits be made ever sofrequently, at any hour of the day. There was nothing worthy recapitulation,in these visits; mere common-place offers of civility ontheir part, acknowledgments on mine, and mutual wishesto be betteracquainted.The day was far advanced, when .we leftthe Zoorapoon and Zoondonier,so that we were obliged to postpone our visit to theZempi, untilthe following day.We then found him occupying apartments adjoiningto that in which we were introduced tothe Daeb, to whom he isnearly related.He was a well-formed young man, neither tall nor corpulent,about twenty-four years of age; remarkably mild in his manners,and of an open and ingenuous deportment.He had less reserve thaneither of the other ministers, and seemed as yet to have contracted noneof the austere habits of high office. He expressed himself earnestlysolicitous to cultivate a friendly and familiar intimacy; urging as aninducement, his relative situation, and his age;observing, that in thislast respect, there was not much disparity between any of us.