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CHAPTER Ill. 
Deserted tillages—-fatal Effects of the Small-pox—Ignorance of its 
Treatment — a serious Calamity—Occasion of the Removal of the 
Seat of Government and Monastery from Teshoo Loomboo to Cham - 
namning. — Gangarnaar—hot Bath—Surface of the Ground adja¬ 
cent—Labourers in the Fields—rude Expression of Surprise .— - 
Place of Fragments—huge Idol — Mahamoonie—a religious Rite. 
— Shoohoo. — JV'ainee—improving Appearance of the Country .— 
Tehukku .—Jhansu-jeung. —Valley of Jhansu.—Woollen Manufac¬ 
tory—Economy in Dress. — Monastery of Jhansu. — Beggars .— 
Dukque.—Cor ride.—Castle of Painom— Bridge — Town. — Keesoo. 
— Tsondue.—Distant View of Teshoo Loomboo —Enter the Mo¬ 
nastery. 
At sunrise on Thursday, the 18th of September, we advanced, still 
pursuing the course of the river, through a narrow valley. We passed 
by much cultivated ground, planted chiefly with wheat and pease: as 
a vegetable, the latter were acceptable to us, though our friends thought 
they favoured us, by gathering the oldest they could find. 
Near the road were seen the ruins of many villages, deserted, I con¬ 
jecture, during the prevalence of the small-pox, which is a disorder not 
less dreaded by the inhabitants of Tibet, than the plague. Indeed, 
