4 8o Mr. stewart’s Account of 
purpofes ; and they truft altogether for warmth in their 
houfes to their furs and other cloathing. The Lama, who 
is compleatly converfant in what regards Tartary, China, 
and all the kingdoms in the Eaft, was exceedingly inqui- 
litive about Europe, its politics, laws, arts and fciences, 
government, commerce, and military ftrength ; on all 
which heads Mr. bogle endeavoured to fatisfy him, and 
actually compiled for his fervice a brief flats of Europe 
in the Hindoftan language, which he ordered to be tran- 
flated into that of Thibet. The Lama being born at 
Latack, a frontier province next Caflamire, is fully matter 
of the Hindoftan language, and always converfed with 
Mr. bogle in it; but the people, who are perfuaded he 
underftands all languages, believed he fpoke to him in 
Englifti, or, as they call it, the European tongue. The 
Ruffian Empire was the only one in Europe known to 
him : he has a high idea of its riches and ftrength, and 
had heard of its wars and fuccefs againft the Empire of 
Rome (for fo they call the Turkifh ftate); but could not 
conceive it could be in any wife a match for Cathay. 
Many of the Tartar fubjects of Ruffia come to Thibet; 
and the Czar has even, at various times, fent letters and 
prefents to the Lama. Mr. bogle faw many European 
articles in his hands; pictures, looking-glafles, and 
trinkets of gold, filver, and fteel, chiefly Engliih, which 
he 
