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

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TIBET. 217produce. Its climate is cold and bleak <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> extreme, from <strong>the</strong> severeeffects <strong>of</strong> which, <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>habitants are obliged <strong>to</strong> seek refuge <strong>in</strong> shelteredvalleys, and hollows, or amidst <strong>the</strong> warmest aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rocks.Yet perhaps Providence, <strong>in</strong> its impartial distribution <strong>of</strong> bless<strong>in</strong>gs, hasbes<strong>to</strong>wed on each country a <strong>to</strong>lerably equal share.The advantages tha<strong>to</strong>ne possesses <strong>in</strong> fertility, and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> richness <strong>of</strong> its forests and its fruits,are amply counterbalanced <strong>in</strong> tiie o<strong>the</strong>r by its multitud<strong>in</strong>ous flocks,and <strong>in</strong>valuable m<strong>in</strong>es. As one seems <strong>to</strong> possess <strong>the</strong> pabulum <strong>of</strong> vegetable,<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r we f<strong>in</strong>d a superabundance <strong>of</strong> animal, life. Thevariety and quantity <strong>of</strong> wild-fowl, game, and beasts <strong>of</strong> prey, flocks,droves and herds, <strong>in</strong> <strong>Tibet</strong>, are as<strong>to</strong>nish<strong>in</strong>g.In Bootan, except domesticcreatures, noth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sort is <strong>to</strong> be seen. I recollect meet<strong>in</strong>gwith no wild animal except <strong>the</strong> monkey, <strong>in</strong> all my travels, and <strong>of</strong> game,Isaw only a few pheasants, once near Chuka.

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