42% A JOURNEY TO LAKE 



a very Impofing afpec\ though built of ftone. Over the door a large 

 dog was tied, which eyed us with attention but did not attempt to mo- 

 left us. We palled through feveral pafTages and (mall anti-chambers full 

 of people, into a low ioom of about 18 feet fquare, in the middle of 

 which was a f mall carpet for us to lit on*. Immediately in front of us 

 on a ledge rai fed about a foot, fat two young men, one of whom was; 

 reprefentedas the Wazers fonand the other as the Deba, each upon their 

 cufhions;. on their right, and forming, the upper end of another line of- per— 

 fons extending from one fide of the room to the other, the Lama was feated 

 upon a leather cufhion, next to him a prieit, andthen an interpreter;. 

 'The Seydnas of Niti formed an oppofite line \-. and we were feated in the; 

 esntre of a fquare of people, who, if not very clean,, were at leaft 

 orderly and re-f pe&fuL in their behaviour* The young men were large 

 in, their perfons, the Wazers fon particularly fcj and about twenty- five- 

 ^ears^of age;;theD<?i>tf was fome what older \ in thefeaturesofboththe Tatar 

 character was obfervable,. though not in any very great degree. ThtLama 

 wasabout fixty with a (haven. head, dark complexion, ierious and wrink- 

 led countenance, and, features of a common cadi The prieft be fide him- 

 wassftill darker, moreugly, and more greafy in his-clbthes, reclining partly- 

 0n-the floor, and partly on the ledge on the upper part of. the room;, 

 near to the Deba: was a young woman of pleafing face,, wife to the- 

 Deba.&ndi daughter to the- Wazcr, with a pretty child' m her arms, 

 and the left returning line from the Deba was begun, by a writer of" 

 cUrk countenance. The W-azer's fon was drefT^d'in an large loofe coat orr 

 nownof woollen fluff, ilnped.blue,, yellow, green,. and red- alternately 

 about a finger's breadth, and fai'd-to be manufactured ztGuimmk the capi- 

 tal .of Clunefe Tatary. His hair was. collected into one large plait which; 

 hung down his back, and he had no beard. The Deba had on a dark 

 <;reen woollen gown, and his hair was plaited in the iike manner.. 

 His. beard was plucked out^ but he had refer ved a thin muila- 



