BOOTAN. 
language of Bengal, persons of this description are distinguished by 
the term Poshtee, that is, eaters of opium, which is considered as a term 
of the highest reproach. 
Our walks about Tassisudon were not very various, but we now 
ventured on one, longer and more laborious than any we had yet taken. 
We very early conceived a desire to visit some of the highest moun 
tains by which the valley was bounded; but it appeared to be so 
tremendous an undertaking, that we long meditated upon the scheme 
before we executed it. At length, however, the day was fixed ; and 
having taken an early dinner, under favour of intervening clouds, Mr. 
Saunders and myself set out on the expedition, anxious to explore 
what new and interesting objects they might yield, as well as to 
indulge our curiosity, in contemplating these admirable scenes, on 
which Mr. Davis, the companion of our travels, was at the same time 
most successfully employing his pencil. His subjects indeed, in them¬ 
selves, are not more remarkable for their grandeur and beauty, than for 
the judgment, fidelity, and taste, with which he has seized on and 
recorded their features. To such as find satisfaction in contemplating 
nature, in its most gigantic and rudest form, what an inexhaustible 
fund of delight is here displayed ! Gratification waits on every step, 
and the mind is animated with the sublimest sentiments, while the be¬ 
holder, fascinated with the ever-varying beauties, pauses to enjoy the 
rich repast, insensible of fatigue, and turns his eye with reluctance 
from so magnificent a prospect. 
Our route lay by the Raja’s villa, Wandeechy, where we rested 
awhile, and drank of the clear spring, which fills a reservoir behind 
