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

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450 APPENDIX.<strong>An</strong>d <strong>in</strong> those days die Khawlcawn <strong>of</strong> mighty power, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>abundance <strong>of</strong>his faith, and his love for <strong>the</strong> truth, exhibited unbounded pro<strong>of</strong>s <strong>of</strong> hisobedience and submission, and paid <strong>the</strong> duties <strong>of</strong> reverence and respect.<strong>An</strong>d <strong>the</strong> Maha Gooroo, on vt'hom be -<strong>the</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>ued bless<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Almighty',<strong>in</strong>structed many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sages <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a, and <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sages <strong>of</strong> Kilmauk,<strong>in</strong> knowledge ; and he caused <strong>the</strong>ir heads <strong>to</strong> be shaven, and received <strong>the</strong>m<strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> obedient :and he conferred <strong>in</strong>numerable bless<strong>in</strong>gs on<strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>habitants <strong>of</strong> that land, and <strong>the</strong>y received joy and happ<strong>in</strong>ess from hispresence.<strong>An</strong>d down <strong>to</strong> this time <strong>the</strong> Maha Gooroo was well <strong>in</strong> health ; but <strong>the</strong>water and tlieair <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a proved adverse, and were as pernicious (<strong>to</strong> him)as <strong>the</strong> pestilential and hot blast <strong>to</strong> a cold and frozen body ;and <strong>the</strong> maladiesand <strong>the</strong> distempers which were produced were many and various. <strong>An</strong>d atthis time, such was <strong>the</strong> will <strong>of</strong> God, eruptions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>small-pox came forth,and our earnest endeavours, and <strong>the</strong> application <strong>of</strong> numerous remedies,availed noth<strong>in</strong>g ; for <strong>the</strong> predom<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g star <strong>of</strong> our happ<strong>in</strong>ess was reversedand obscured, and <strong>the</strong> shadow <strong>of</strong> our protec<strong>to</strong>r was withdrawn, and we wereexcluded from his presence, and <strong>the</strong> only remedies which rema<strong>in</strong>ed wereresignation and submission.The measure <strong>of</strong> his existence was filled up, and<strong>the</strong> lip <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cup <strong>of</strong> life was overflowed : and he retired from this perishableworld, <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> everlast<strong>in</strong>g mansions, on <strong>the</strong> first day <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> month <strong>of</strong> Rujjub,<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> year <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hejera, 1 1 9 4* : and <strong>to</strong> us it was, as if <strong>the</strong> heavens had beenprecipitated on our heads, as if <strong>the</strong> splendid and glorious orb <strong>of</strong> day hadbeen converted <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> utter darkness.The multitude lifted up, on all sides, <strong>the</strong> voice <strong>of</strong> sorrow and lamentation ;but what availed it? for fortune, treacherous and deceitful, had determ<strong>in</strong>edaga<strong>in</strong>st us.<strong>An</strong>d we all bent down on <strong>the</strong> knee <strong>of</strong> funeral affliction, and performed<strong>the</strong> holy obsequies, such as were due. <strong>An</strong>d we now supplicate, with anunited voice, <strong>the</strong> return <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hour <strong>of</strong> transmigration ; that <strong>the</strong> bodies maybe speedily exchanged, and our departed <strong>Lama</strong> aga<strong>in</strong> be res<strong>to</strong>red <strong>to</strong> our sight.' 5th <strong>of</strong> July, A. D. 1780.

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