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The weather continued rainy and bad, with occasionally 

 a few hours of sunshine, which, however, always rendered 

 the ditch before our door offensive : we were still pre- 

 vented leaving the hut, but as a great annual festival was 

 going on, we were less disagreeably watched. Campbell 

 was very unwell, and we had no medicine ; and as the 

 Dewan, accustomed to such duplicity himself, naturally 

 took this for a ruse, and refused to allow us to send to 

 Dorjiling for any, we were more than ever convinced that 

 his own sickness was simulated. 



On the 2nd and 3rd December we had further con- 

 ferences with the Dewan, who said that we were to be 

 taken to Dorjiling in six days, with two Vakeels from the 

 Rajah. The Pemiongchi Lama, as the oldest and most 

 venerated in Sikkim, attended, and addressed Campbell 

 in a speech of great feeling and truth. Having heard, he 

 said, of these unfortunate circumstances a few days ago, 

 he had come on feeble limbs, and though upwards of 

 seventy winters old, as the representative of his holy 

 brotherhood, to tender advice to his Rajah, which he 

 hoped would be followed. Since Sikkim had been connected 

 with the British rule, it had experienced continued peace 

 and protection ; whereas before they were in constant 

 dread of their lives and properties, which, as well as their 

 most sacred temples, were violated by the Nepalese and 

 Bhotanese. He then dwelt upon Campbell's invariable 

 kindness and good feeling, and his exertions for the benefit 

 of their country, and for the cementing of friendship, and 

 hoped he would not let these untoward events induce 

 an opposite course in future ; but that he would continue 

 to exert his influence with the Governor- General in their 

 favour. 



The Dewan listened attentively ; he was anxious and 



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