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XXV. An Account of the Kingdom of Thibet. In a 
Letter from John Stewart, Efquire , F. R. S. to Sir 
John Pringle, Bart . P. R. S. 
London, 
S I Rj March 20, 1777. 
Read April 17, 1 'VQRING my late refidence in India, a 
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■* — * tranfadtion took place in Bengal, 
which, in its confeqnence, led to a new and more inti- 
mate knowledge of a vaft country, hitherto unexplored 
by Europeans, and hardly known to them but by name. 
As every difcovery of this fort tends to the advancement 
of natural knowledge, I have thought a fhort notice on 
the fubjedt might prove no difagreeable communica- 
tion to the Society ; and therefore take the liberty, with 
your approbation, to fubmit it, in this manner, to them. 
The kingdom of Thibet, although known by name 
ever lince the davs of marco paolo and other travellers 
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of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, had never been 
properly explored by any European till the period of 
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