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450 APPENDIX. 
AncI in those days the Khavvkawn of mighty power, in the abundance of 
his faith, and his love for the truth, exhibited unbounded proofs of his 
obedience and submission, and paid the duties of reverence and respect. 
And the Maha Gooroo, on whom be - the continued blessing of the Al¬ 
mighty! instructed many of the sages of China, and of the sages of Kilmauk, 
in knowledge; and he caused their heads to be shaven, and received them 
into the number of the obedient: and he conferred innumerable blessings on 
die inhabitants of that land, and they received joy and happiness from his 
presence. 
And down to this time the Maha Gooroo was well in health; but the 
water and the air of China proved adverse, and were as pernicious (to him) 
as the pestilential and hot blast to a cold and frozen body; and the maladies 
and the distempers which were produced were many and various. And at 
this time, such was the will of God, eruptions of the small-pox came forth, 
and our earnest endeavours, and the application of numerous remedies, 
availed nothing; for the predominating star of our happiness was reversed 
and obscured, and the shadow oTour protector was withdrawn, and we were 
excluded from his presence, and the only remedies which remained were 
resignation and submission. The measure of his existence was filled up, and 
the lip of the cup of life was overflowed : and lie retired from this perishable 
world, to the everlasting mansions, on the first day of the month of Rujjub, 
in the year of the Hejera, 1 1 9 4 *: and to us it was, as if the heavens had been 
precipitated on our heads, as if the splendid and glorious orb of day had 
been converted into utter darkness. 
The multitude lifted up, on all sides, the voice of sorrow and lamentation ; 
but what availed it? for fortune, treacherous and deceitful, had determined 
against us. 
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And we all bent down on the knee of funeral affliction, and performed 
the holy obsequies, such as were due. And we now supplicate, with an 
united voice, the return of the hour of transmigration; that the bodies may 
be speedily exchanged, and our departed Lama again be restored to our sight. 
c 5th.of July, A. D. 1780. 
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