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

442 TIBET.This circumstance has unhappily put a stop to all communicationbetween the northern states, and the provinces of Bengal, as the Chinese,with their accustomed jealousy and caution, guard the stationthey were permitted to occupy. The approach of strangers, even ofthe natives of Bengal and Hindostan, is utterly prohibited.A most violent prejudice prevails even against the Hindoo Goseins,who are charged with treachery against their generous patrons, bybecoming guides and spies to the enemy, and have in consequence, itis said, been proscribed their accustomed abode at Teshoo Loomboo,where they had been ever patronised in great numbers by the Lama,and enjoyed particular favour and indulgence. From this period,unhappily, is to be dated the interruption which has taken place inthe regular intercourse between the Company's possessions, and theterritory of the Lama.