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

;BOO TAN. 17'7considered asone, though I do not understand that the present Rajaever visited it.The governor of the district, styled Paro Pilo, has his residence here.This post is at present held by a brother of the Daeb's; he was absentfrom his station, having set out, I was informed, a few days before,to Tassisudon, to celebrate the great festival, as well as for the samepurpose which leads all the other chiefs at this season to the capital, toacknowledge their vassalage, and render an account of the revenues oftheir different districts. His jurisdiction is of the first importance inBootan : it extends from the frontier of Tibet to the borders of Bengalto Dalimcotta, adjoining to the territories of Segwim, or Seccum Raja ;and itcomprehends the low lands at the foot of the LuckideAvar mountains.Paro Pilo is always considered as a person of high eminence,and has his establishment of Zempi, Zoompoon, Donier, Cullum*,Zeenkaubs, Poes, and Gylongs, as well as the Daeb himself.nThe castle, or palace of Paro, known also by the appellation ofParogong, and Rinjipo, is constructed, and the surrounding groundlaid out, more with a view to strength and defence, than any place Ihave seen in Bootan. It stands near the base of a very high mountain: its foundation does not decline with the slope of the rock, butthe space it occupies, is fashioned to receive it horizontally. Its formis an oblong square ; the outer walls of the four angles, near the topof them, sustain a range of projecting balconies, at nearly equal intermediatedistances, which are covered by the fir eaves that project, asusual, high above and beyond the walls, and are fenced with parapets° CuUum, a kind of inferior secretar}^