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

134 BOOTAN.too bad, for us to attempt to visit it. After the usual complimentsof tea, trays of fruit were introduced, and among them abundance ofripe peaches.Taking an early dinner, we proposed a long walk towards thenorth. The hill of Wandipore is completely covered with a fine eventurf: it has a moderate acclivity, as it increases in breadth, for abouta mile and a half from the castle, where it joins the side of a very loftymountain. We struggled some way up it, but found the task tooarduous to attempt to reach its summit. It was totally void of largetrees, but crowded with clusters of barberry bushes.We discovered snow, on Sunday the 6th of July, upon the mostdistant mountains towards the north;but the clouds hung about them,and they were only a short time visible. In the hollow below thecastle, on the eastern side, was a large garden ;a situation judiciouslychosen for its uncommonly fine shelter. "We found orange, citron,pomegranate, peach, apple, and even mango