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

86 BOOTAN.tercmouv. They were conducted by a senior of ilieir order, siylcdGooroobah, who ledthe procession, carrying an iron pot, suspendedby a chain to the end of a long wand, and smoking with various sortsof aromatic woods: all the rest followed in his train, forming a longline, which reached from the palace-gate beyond the bridge. Theywere all uniform in their appearance, with the head, legs, and kttbare. Tijeir dress was extremely simple : it consisted of three piecesa philibeg hanging nearly as low as the knee, a short vestof woollencloth, without sleeves, and over the whole, a largeoblong mantle ofdeep crimson cloth, folded round the body in an artful, but apparentlynegligent, and easy manner.It was first passed across the breast, thenunder the left arm behind the back ; it was permitted to.descend fromthe shoulders to the feet, and the other end was collected and thrownto rest upon the left shoulder; the right arm was left bare, and unconfined,but might be occasionally drawn under themantle, which admittedalso of being lifted up, to cover the head :the left arm lay acrossthe chest, and in the right they carried their rosaries^ scanning theirbeads as they walked along with dexterous rapidity-The unsightly tumour to which I alluded, known inBengal by thename of G/ieig, and Jubi, and which in Boofan iscalled Ba, or Ke Ba,Ihe neck swelling, forms itself immediately below the chin, extendingfrom ear to ear, and grows sometimes to such an enormous size,as tohang from the throat down upon the breast. The same disorder is.known to prevail in many parts of Europe; in Italy, near the Alps;Stiria, Carinthia, the Ukraine, and the Tyrol ; it is distinguished bythe name of Goiter.It is particularly observable among the inhabitants