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lie was visited, the next morning, by the prince, the Emperor’s eldest son, 
who informed him, that many of the Emperor’s favourite women were in a 
palace, in a distant part of the gardens, and that they had expressed much 
anxiety to see the Lama, and receive his blessing; and that it would be 
agreeable to the Emperor’s wishes, that he, the Lama, should visit them, 
which he accordingly did : and being placed opposite a door of their apart¬ 
ments, upon an exalted seat, a purdow, or skreen, of a yellow kind of gauze, 
being dropt before the door, the ladies approached it, one by one, and having 
just looked at the Lama, through the gauze; each, according to her rank, and 
abilities, sent her offering, or present, by a female servant, who delivered it 
to one of the Lama’s religious companions, that were allowed to continue 
near him ; and upon the present being delivered to him, and the name of the 
person announced, he repeated a prayer, or form of blessing, for each ; all the 
time bending his head forward, and turning his eyes directly towards the 
ground, to avoid all possibility of beholding the women. This ceremony, 
which took up four or five hours, being ended, the Lama returned to the 
place he had occupied for some nights past, where he continued that night, 
and the next morning returned, with the prince, and his attendants, to the 
gardens, where they had left the Emperor. 
The next morning the Lama visited his Majesty, and was received with 
the usual respect and ceremony. After conversing for some time, respecting 
the curiosities that the Lama had examined for some days past, the Emperor 
told him, that he had still a greater to shew him, than any that he had yet 
visited ; and, added he, it shall be my own care to carry you to see it; where¬ 
upon, rising from their seats, the Emperor took the Lama by the hand, and 
leading him to a temple, in a different part of the garden, he shewed him a 
magnificent throne, and informed him, that it was an ancient, and invariable 
custom, of the emperor’s of China, to seat themselves upon it, at certain 
times, to hear and determine all matters of complaint, that might be brought 
before them : and that such was the extraordinary virtue of this seat, that 
according to the justice, or injustice of the Emperor’s decrees, his existence, 
or immediate death depended. This temple, and seat of justice, he said, 
