WITH TEESHOO LAMA. 



VII. 



199 



Copy of an Account given by Mr. Turner, of 

 his Interview with, Teeshoo Lama at the 

 Monajlery of Terpaling, enclofed in Mr. 

 Turner's Letter to the Honourable the Go* 

 vernor General, dated Fatna, 2d March, 

 1784. 



/~\N the 3d of December, 1783, I arrived at Terpa- 

 ^^ ling, lituated on the fummit of a high hill ; and it 

 was about noon when I entered the gates of the Monas- 

 tery, which was not long fince erected for the reception 

 and education of Tetffwo Lama. He refides in a 

 Palace in the center of the Monaitery, which occupies 

 about a mile of ground in circumference, and the whole 

 is encompafTed by a wall. The feveral buildings ferve 

 for the accommodation of three hundred Gylongs, ap- 

 pointed to perform religious feryice with Teef/ioo 

 Lama, until he fhall be removed to the Monastery and 

 Mufnud of Tee/Jioj Lcomboo. It is unufual to make 

 vifits either here or in Bootan on the day of arrival; 

 we therefore refted this day, only receiving and fending 

 meffages of compliment. 



On the 4th, in the morning, I was allowed to vifit 

 Tee/Iioo Lama, and found hi!; , placed in great form 

 upon his Mufnud. On the left fide flood his father 

 and mother, on the other the officer particularly ap- 

 pointed to wait upon his perfon. The Mufnud is a 

 fabric of filk cufhions, pi'ed one upon the other until 

 the feat is elevated to the height of four feet from the 

 floor; embroidered filk covered the top; and the fides 

 were decorated with pieces of filk of various colours, 

 3 fuipended 



