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This circumstance has unhappily put a stop to all communication 
between the northern states, and the provinces of Bengal, as the Chi¬ 
nese, with their accustomed jealousy and caution, guard the station 
they were permitted to occupy. The approach of strangers, even of 
the natives of Bengal and Hindostan, is utterly prohibited. 
A most violent prejudice prevails even against the Hindoo Goseins, 
who are charged with treachery against their generous patrons, by 
becoming guides and spies to the enemy, and have in consequence, it 
is said, been proscribed their accustomed abode at Teshoo Loomboo, 
where they had been ever patronised in great numbers by the Lama, 
and enjoyed particular favour and indulgence. From this period, 
unhappily, is to be dated the interruption which has taken place in 
the regular intercourse between the Company’s possessions, and the 
territory of the Lama. 
