T I B E T. 
SOME ACCOUNT, 6-c. 
The afFaiis of Tibet continued in a flourishing and prosperous state 
till the year 1792, when intelligence was received, that a race of 
people who inhabit the mountains of Nipal, which are situated to the 
south of Tibet, to the west of Bootan, and border on the northern 
frontier of Bengal, had commenced hostilities against the states of 
Tibet. A numerous body were reported to be then in motion, and 
actually engaged in open invasion of the possessions of Teshoo Lama; 
to whose superior power, a nation without soldiers and without arms, 
was quickly found to be an easy prey. 
The progress of the Nipalese then was rapid in the extreme; and 
though, roused by the alarm, multitudes assembled in the way, they 
could oppose no effectual resistance against the rude incursion of an 
impetuous enemy, naturally daring, and now animated with the hope 
of plunder. Their advance, therefore, against a panic-struck and 
unarmed multitude, was but very slightly impeded. No sooner had 
the alarm been given, than they appeared before Teshoo Loomboo, 
and, with great difficulty, the Lama, himself, and all the Gylongs of 
