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

TIBET. 357diem, indeed, lived to land in England, yet they were in so weak astate,that they very shortly after perished.AA'e passed tiie summit of Soomoonang, that lofty range of mountainswhich forms the boundary of Tibet on the south, and divides itironi Boot;ai, and hastened with our utmost speed to reach a milderregion.This we found at Punuicka, the winter residence of tlie Daeb Raja,who received us with every mark of hospitality and friendship. Com-•pared with the land we had Jeft, we now beheld this garden of Lam'Rimbochay inhigh beauty, adorned with groves, crowded with richloads of the finest oranges, citrons, and pomegranates.The mango and;tlie peach tree had parted with. their produce, but hoards of apples andX)f walnuts were opened for our gratification ;and this vast profusionof ripe fruit, added to the temperature of the air, most gratefully convincedus of the prodigious disparity of climate, within so short adistance.My stay with the Daeb Raja, at his favourite palace of Punukka,was not of Ions; duration. I hastened to make all the arrangements thatappeared necessary^ or expedient, with regard to the object of mymission.The Raja gave me frequent opportunities of meeting him, aswell within doors, as by invitation to walk with him in the gardens.Indeed I was treated by him with the greatest freedom and cordiality.He urged me strongly to pass a long time with him, extolling thebeauty of the place, and the mild temperature oi the weather ; hut Iwas obliged to decline the honour-On the 30th of December 1 had my audience of leave, and received,