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

iB OOTA N. 63lying to the northward of the palace, and at no great distance from it,situated on an eminence high above the river, -svhich runs on the otherside of a narrow road, that winds round the base of tliehill.Opposite, and not half a bowshot off, there is a very good coveredbridge across the Tehintchieu , and from our apartment, we had anextensive view, both up and down the valley, which is in a highstate of cultivation, bearing various kinds of grain, and diversified byclustersof houses. There is no regular town, nor any village, within /a mile of the palace. Upon a low hill, about a mile distant fromUS towards the south, is seen the palace of Lam' Ghassatoo, and atisomewhat more than the same distance westwards, highly elevatedupon the ridge of a mountain, stands a handsome villa belonging toLam' Rimbochay. The banks of the river are lined with willows, and!the surrounding mountains have some timber trees, intermixed withthe fir and pine, as well as a great variety of flowering shrubs; whilsta number of single houses^ and some monasteries, having orchardsand hanging fields of corn about them, ornament the finely romanticviews, with which we were delighted from every part of this valley.