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

TIBET. 537and he pressed mc so earnestly to stay one more, on his account,that I could not dechne the invitation. The place he named for ourmeeting on the morrow, was just beyond the borders of the monastery,in a small pavilion, which had been erected for his occasionalretirement and recreation ;the use of the bow, in which he delighted,being deemed indecorous within the limits of the monastery, as indeedwas every kind of idle sport, that seemed inconsistent with the characterof the place.In the course of the afternoon I was visited by two officers of theLama's household, immediately attendant on his person. They satand conversed with me some time, inquiring after Mr. Bogle, whomboth of them had seen, and then remarking how extremely fortunateitwas, that the young Lama had regarded us with so very particularnotice : they observed the strong partiality of the former Teshoo Lamafor our nation, and said that the presentLama often tried already, toutter the name of the English. I encouraged the thought, hoping thatthey would teach the prejudice to strengthen with his increasing age;and they assured me that should he, when he began to speak, happento have forgotten it, they would early teach him to repeat the nameof Hastings.Here letme pause a while, to mark the strong and indelible impressionof respect and affection, which the meek deportment and ingratiatingmanners of the late Lama, seemed to have leftupon the mindsof all his followers. To these fascinating qualities, more than to theinfluence even of his sacred character, must be attributed the highveneration with which his memory is still cherished by his grateful