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

BOOTAN.IS9without reproducing, except one, a cow, which bore a calf by connectionwith an Indian bull.Though naturally not intractable in temper, yet, soured by theimpatient and injudicious treatment of his attendants, during a longvoyage, itsoon became dangerous to suffer this bull to range at libertyabroad. He had at all times been observed to bear a marked hostilitytowards horses ; and, from the accidental circumstance, of a crookednail's remaining in his horn, after the knob which it had fastened, hadbeen rubbed off,he happened to gore a valuable coach-horse belongingto Mr. Hastings, which had the range of the same pasture withhim, and, lacerating the entrails, occasioned his death. After this,to prevent further accidents, he was kept alone within a secureenclosure.An Engraving of this Bull, from a picture in the possession of Mr.Hastings, painted from the life by Stubbs, is annexed ; the landscapewas taken from a scene on the frontier of Bootan, by Mr. Davis.Our road this day lay at no great distance from the river, which rolledall the way, recoiling over its rocky bed a perfect cataract ; its sprayfilling the atmosphere with vapour, and rendering it extremely chill.This region was crowded with vegetation, the offspring of damp andobscurity. Amongst the largest of the trees, hollies made the mostconspicuous show, and well accorded with the dark and dismal aspectof the surrounding objects. I never encountered a deeper gloom : theriver was seldom visible, but its hoarse roar was every where to beheard. On each side, towered steep and rugged rocks, whose highsummits shut out the rays of the sun during every hour of the day,