X. Note on the white Satin Embroidered Scarfs of the 
Tibetan Priests. By Major T. H. A. Lloyd. With a 
translation of the motto on the margin of one presented 
to the Asiatic Society. 
[J.A.S.B., Vol. V, p. 383 (1836).] 
Having received lately, with a letter from Butan, one of the 
silk scarfs mentione TURNER as in use in that country and 
Tibet, which, though rather dirty, is of a superior manufacture 
and more highly ornamented with figures of deities than those 
I have heretofore met with, I°think it may be presented as a 
specimen to the Society. I can fully confirm TuRNER’s account 
of its general use in all intercourse, and am sorry I have not had 
any opportunity of ascertaining the origin of the ey which 
is, I believe, peculiar to Tibet, Batan, and Si 
to Mr. Csoma Kérést for an explanation of the peneentbe woven 
in at the ends of the scarf, and that gentleman has kindly trans- 
cribed and translated them. I enclose his notes on the subject, 
and to save you the trouble of a reference, I shall copy what 
TURNER says on this subject ; to whose account I can only add 
that these scarfs are almost indispensable i in all religious offerings, 
as well as on the occasions he mentions. 
Titalya, 31st May, 1836. T. H. A. Luoyn. 
Extract trom Turner’s Embassy, 4to. Edition, 1800. 
Page 67. ‘‘ We each advanced, _gertiaye f one after the 
other, a white silk scarf, or long narrow piece of pelong, fringed 
at both ends, as is the custom in these countries, to the Raja, 
who, keeping his seat all the time, took them in his hand, and 
assed them to his zempi. 
Page 71. We delivered to the zempi, or master of the cere- 
monies, a silk scarf for each of us, which being thrown across 
our shoulders, he dismissed us, 
Page 72. An inferior, on approaching a — presents 
the white silk scarf ; and, when dismissed, has one thrown over 
his neck, with the ends hanging down in front. ias exchange 
scarfs on meeting, bending towards each other, with an inclina- 
tion of the body. No intercourse whatever takes place without 
the intervention of a scarf; it always accompanies every letter, 
being enclosed in the same packet, however distant the place 
to which it is dispatched, Two colours are in use for this manu- 
facture, which is of China, white and red: the latter is rather 
