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

250 TIBET.they impeded by successive crowds of votaries, who threw themselvesbefore him in the way, in humble prostration, that it became absolutelynecessary toform an intermediate camp, in which they haltedfor the night.Moving again early in the following morning, in the course of thatday, tliey made their entry into the monastery of Terpaling. Havingthen placed the young Lama in the new monastery, together with hisfather and mother, to whose care he was still very properly committed,after making every necessary arrangement, the Regent and his retinuereturned to Teshoo Loomboo.As the road lay in front of our apartments, Ihad an opportunity ofobserving the Regent's approach.He rode attended by two or threehundred horsemen, the greater partof whom preceded him, and hehimself followed surrounded by a selectparty, principally consistingof the officers of state. He was dressed in a garb very different fromthat, in which I had seen him before. It was a yellow satin robe, linedwith sable fur, and fastened with a girdle round the waist. A garnetcoloured shawl mantle, partially covering hissatin robe, according totheir fashion, passed round the body, and its end was gathered up torest upon the loft shoulder, leaving the right arm at liberty. He woreupon his head a round hat, covered with a yellow glossy lacker thatglittered in tiie sun, and he had on red bulgar boots.From his girdle,hung pendant a small knife case, with its implements, and a largepurse with a running string, in which he carried a tea cup, and severalother small articles, the constant appendages of a Tartar dress.To this also are commonly added, a smaller purse for money, and