TIBET. 
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At the time of Mr. Bogle’s deputation, Tibet was in a state of per¬ 
fect tranquillity: Teshoo Lama was then exercising the functions of 
his office, respected and obeyed through all the region of Tartary; nor 
was his influence bounded, but by the limits of the extensive empire 
of China. The Tartars who live in tents, and the natives of Kihnak 
and Khumbak, continually resorted in multitudes, to pay their ado¬ 
rations at his shrine. Even Taranaut and Dalai Lama held him in so 
great deference and respect, that their votaries looked up to him, as 
the head and protector of their common faith. 
The sanctity of his character, and the wisdom of his administration, 
had so far diffused his reputation, and exalted his name, that the Em¬ 
peror of China, anxious to see so renowned a personage, repeatedly 
solicited him to make a visit to his court. The Lama would willingly 
have excused himself, but he could not evade the importunity of the 
Emperor, who had made the most magnificent preparations for his 
accommodation on the journey, and his reception at Pekin. He 
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accordingly set out, though, from the concurrent testimony of all his 
people, it was with extreme reluctance; but he arrived in safety in 
China, where he was received with the highest respect, even the Em¬ 
peror himself advancing from his capital to meet him. During his 
residence at the Emperor’s court, both his brother, the Regent, and 
Soopoon Choomboo, his favourite and cup-bearer, who accompanied 
him, assured me, that the Lama was not unmindful of his connection 
with the government of Bengal; on the contrary, he took several 
occasions of representing, in the strongest terms, the particular amity 
which subsisted between the Governor General and himself. They 
