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and he pressed me so earnestly to stay one more, on his account, 
that I could not decline the invitation. The place he named for our 
meeting on the morrow, was just beyond the borders of the monas¬ 
tery, in a small pavilion, which had been erected for his occasional 
retirement and recreation; the use of the bow, in which he delighted, 
being deemed indecorous within the limits of the monastery, as indeed 
was every kind of idle sport, that seemed inconsistent with the cha¬ 
racter of the place. 
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In the course of the afternoon I was visited by two officers of the 
Lama’s household, immediately attendant on his person. They sat 
and conversed with me some time, inquiring after Mr. Bogle, whom 
both of them had seen, and then remarking how extremely fortunate 
it was, that the young Lama had regarded us with so very particular 
notice': they observed the strong partiality of the former Teshoo Lama 
for our nation, and said that the present Lama often tried already, to 
utter the name of the English. I encouraged the thought, hoping that 
they would teach the prejudice to strengthen with his increasing age; 
and they assured me that should he, when he began to speak, happen 
to have forgotten it, they would early teach him to repeat the name 
of Hastings. 
Here let me pause a while, to mark the strong and indelible impres¬ 
sion of respect and affection, which the meek deportment and ingra¬ 
tiating manners of the late Lama, seemed to have left upon the minds 
of all his followers. To these fascinating qualities, more than to the 
influence even of his sacred character, must be attributed the higfr 
veneration with which his memory is still cherished by his grateful 
