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

148 BO OT AN.the water, as if expecting to be fed ; and there is a merit in givingthem a supply.They assemble round the Hindoos when performingtheir ablutions ; and, as they are by the strictest law, guarded fromdestruction near the city of Muttura, they have been guided, as itwere by instinct,to crowd to its vicinity, as to a safe resort.Not long after we had passed by the herd of monkies, we fellin withthe road which led us from Tassisudon, and passing below the castleof Symtoka, arrived at our habitation between six and seven. Uponour return we heard fhc report of a recent victory, which had beenannounced in the afternoon, by guns fired from the castle.The nextday, visiting TasseZoompoon, I learnt that the last remaining remnantof the rebels, had been overtaken by the Raja's forces upon the banksof the Taantchieu, where they had just pitched their tents,and werepreparing to regale themselves, when first discovered. They wereinstantly attacked and gallantly defended themselves, until the appearanceof very superior numbers induced them to betake themselvesto flight. The chief, with most of his adherents, escaped; but hisZempi lost his life in the affray, being transfixed with two arrows;oneentering his temple, the other his throat. His head and right handwere immediately cut off, and carried in triumph to Wandipore.