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

BOOTAN. 101language of Bengal, persons of this description are distinguished bythe termPoshtee, that is, eaters of opium, which is considered as a termof the highest reproach.Our walksabout Tassisudon were not very various, but we nowventured on one, longer and more laborious than any we had yet taken.We very early conceived a desire to visit some of the highest mountainsby which the valley was bounded; but it appeared to be sotremendous an undertaking, that we long meditated upon the schemebefore we executed it. At length, however, the day was fixed; andhaving taken an early dinner, under favour of intervening clouds, Mr.Saunders and myself set out on the expedition, anxious to explorewhat new and interesting objects they might yield, as well as toindulge our curiosity, in contemplating these admirable scenes, onwhich Mr. Davis, the companion of our travels, was at tiiesame timemost successfully employing his pencil. His subjects indeed, in them- >(.selves, are not more remarkable for their grandeur and beauty, than forthe judgment, fidelity, and taste, with which he has seized on andrecorded their features.To such as find satisfaction in contemplatingnature, in its most gigantic and nidest form, what an inexhaustiblehmd of delight is here displayed ! Gratification waits on every step,and the mind isanimated witii the sublimest sentiments, while the beholder,fascinated with the ever-varying beauties, pauses toenjoy therich repast, insensible of fatigue, and turns his eye with reluctanceii"om so magnificent a prospect.Our route lay by the Raja's villa, Wandeechy, where we restedawhile, and drank of the clear spring, which fills a reservoir behind