326 BASEVl's SAD FATE. 



Here we parted from Captain Basevi he proceeding on 

 his way in search of scientific lore, we on ours in pursuit of 

 the/ms naturce. How little did the dear good fellow think, 

 as, in excellent health and spirits, he cheerily bade us " Good- 

 bye," that we were the last of his fellow-countrymen whose 

 hands he would ever grasp ! Sad indeed was 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 attend- 

 ants, he was suddenly taken ill, and, after a few brief hours 

 of suffering, parsed away within eight days of his parting 

 from us. He now lies at rest in the Christian cemetery in 

 beautiful Cashmere, to which his remains were conveyed 

 from Tanksee, where .they had at first been interred. 



Tibetan (hand) Prayer-wheel. 



