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

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EQOTAN.. 89CHAPTER V.The Valley oj Tassisiidon.— Palace <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chief-— its extensive Accommodationconta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g all<strong>the</strong> Officers <strong>of</strong> State, a very numerousEstablishmen<strong>to</strong>f <strong>the</strong> Season— Build<strong>in</strong>gs ill<strong>of</strong> Gylongs, and a Temple <strong>of</strong> Worship.— Coldnesscalculated <strong>to</strong> obviate its Effects.— TheRajah's Stud.— <strong>An</strong>cient Site <strong>of</strong> Tassisudon.— Palace <strong>of</strong>Lam' Ghassa<strong>to</strong>o.—Mode <strong>of</strong> supply<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Valley with Water from <strong>the</strong> surround<strong>in</strong>gHills. — The sacred Sentence enclosed <strong>in</strong> Temples, <strong>in</strong>scribedon Tablets, on Flags, and on Rocks.— Brahmennee, orsacred Bull.— Artisans — Paper Manufac<strong>to</strong>ry. — Season <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ra<strong>in</strong>smoderate— general Salubrity <strong>of</strong> our Situation.— Poshtee. — <strong>An</strong> E.v~cursion.— IVandeechy. — Settlements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Religious.— A Recluse.— Caution <strong>of</strong> tlie Daeb.— Mr. Saunders taken ill — Incantations for.his Recovery.XJLAviNG at lengtli a little time <strong>to</strong> brea<strong>the</strong> from <strong>the</strong> occupations <strong>of</strong>ceremony, and <strong>the</strong> no less important concern <strong>of</strong> domestic arrangements,1 shall endeavour <strong>to</strong> give a general idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley <strong>of</strong> Tassisudon. <strong>An</strong>arrow slip <strong>of</strong> three or four miles <strong>in</strong>length, and <strong>in</strong> its widest part notexceed<strong>in</strong>g one mile <strong>in</strong> breadth, has been made choice <strong>of</strong> for <strong>the</strong> situation<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> capital. It may ra<strong>the</strong>r be termed, I th<strong>in</strong>k, a s<strong>of</strong>tened glen,which ly<strong>in</strong>g betwixt <strong>the</strong> vast mounta<strong>in</strong>s that give a passage <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> river

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