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

(28 BOO TAN.horse, until he alights at the end of his journey, without any pause, orintermission in the sound. The faculty of prolonging the sound of awind instrument to any period, is by no means rare among the nativesof Bootan ; nor does the operation appear to be performed with pain.I have heard them, and endeavoured to mark any variation of countenance,for more than five minutes, without having been able to distinguishthe least degree of discomposure.It has probably occurred to many who have resided in India, andindeed I have myself heard a Brahmen sound his Chaunk/ with littlevariation, !ut no sensible intermission of sound, for more than aquarter of an hour. This is sufficiently explained, to my satisfaction,by the power of inhaling by the nose, and exhaling by the mouthat the same time ; an operation, with a little practice, almost ascertain, as though these members were divided by a valve, thequantity of wind which the cheeks are capable of holding betweenthem, being sufficient to keep up the vibration, that produces soundduring the act of inspiration.We were continually approaching a milder climate, and morepopulous country ; and presently, on turning round the sharp projectionof a hill, we came at once in sight of the castle ofWandipore ;a most respectable object, towering high upon the narrow extremityof a rock, which stands between the Matchieu-Patchieu, and theTahantchieu rivers, both which streams unite at its sharpened point :they then form together a river of considerable magnitude, that takes" The shell of a species of buccinum, used as a musical instrument in their religious