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Yakla ; he was very polite, ordering his party to rise and 

 salute me when I arrived, and doing the same when we 

 both left. 



On our return we were accompanied by the Dingpun of 

 the Tibetans and a few of his people, and were soon met 

 by more Sikkim sepoys, who said they were sent from the 

 Durbar, to bring Campbell back to transact business ; they 

 behaved very rudely, and when still half a mile from the 

 Sikkim frontier, jostled him and feigned to draw their 

 knives, and one of them pointed a spear-headed bow to his 

 breast. Campbell defended himself with a stick, and 

 remonstrated with them on their rudeness ; and I, who 

 had nothing but a barometer in my hand, called up the 

 Tibetans. The Dingpun came instantly, and driving the 

 Sikkim people forward, escorted us to the frontier, where 

 he took an inscribed board from the chait, and showing us 

 the great vermilion seal of the Emperor of China (or 

 more probably of the Lhassan authorities) on one side, 

 and two small brown ones of the Sikkim Rajah on the 

 other ; and giving us to understand that here his jurisdic- 

 tion ceased, he again saluted and left us. 



On descending, I was surprised to meet the Singtam 

 Soubah, whom I had not seen since leaving Tungu ; he was 

 seated on a rock, and I remarked that he looked ashy pale 

 and haggard, and that he salaamed to me only, and not to 

 Campbell ; and that Tchebu Lama, who was w T ith him, 

 seemed very uncomfortable. The Soubah wanted Campbell 

 to stop for a conference, which at such a time, and in such 

 a wind, was impossible, so he followed us to Chumanako, 

 where we proposed to pass the night. 



A great party of Sikkim Bhoteeas had assembled here, 

 all strangers to me : I certainly thought the concourse 

 unusually large, and the previous conduct to Campbell, 



