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

:25 8 TIBET.The love, the veneration, the unanimity I saw expressed, effectuallyconvinced me that they were happy. But to return to my narrativethe room in which I wrote, and the suite of apartments allotted to theaccommodation of myself, and the companion of my travels, wereerected by the lute Teshoo Lama for his own private residence, wheneverhe chose to retire into uninterrupted solitude. In an adjacentbuilding, upon the right hand, are lodged his mortal remains ; in another,upon the left, those of a former Lama, whose spirit exchangedits corporeal residence more than a century ago. The Teshoo Lama,I was told, had lavished upon this shrine of his predecessor, immensewealth ;yet his own, which was nearly completed before his visit tothe Emperor of China, had been sincegreatly enriched by the tributaryofferings made to him on that journey, and was now considered ,as the most splendid and magnificent of the two.When Ibecame acquainted with these particulars, situated as I wasso near the mausoleum of our departed friend, Iwanted not an excellentpretext for desiring to visit it ; and having waited for a favourableopportunity, I urged my plea with such success, that the Regent,Chanjoo Copshoo, immediately signified his most willing acquiescencein my wishes.Early in the morning my faithfid attendant Gooroobah, came toconduct me.Proceeding from my apartment, along the corridor, wedescended two flights of stairs, and passing through some passages,without any communication with the street, came to a small gate,which we entered, and found ourselves in the inclosure immediatelybefore the grand mausoleum. Three sides of this court yard, which