254 BASEVl's SAD FATE. 



his fate. In that inhospitable region to which his labours 

 in the cause of science had led him, with not a friend, near, 

 and far, far beyond the reach of any aid save that of his 

 native attendants, he was suddenly taken ill, and, after a 

 few brief hours of suffering, passed away within eight days 

 of his parting from us. He now lies at rest in the Chris- 

 tian cemetery in beautiful Cashmere, to which his remains 

 were conveyed from Tanksee, where they had at first been 

 interred. 



Tibetan (hand) Prayer-wheel. 



