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The Emperor afterwards sent for the Lama’s brother, into another of the 
apartments of the house, and told him, that everything was nowin readiness 
for his departure, with the corpse of the Lama, to his own country; that the 
season of the year w'as also favourable, and that he hoped he would have a 
safe and prosperous journey : that he trusted in the Almighty soon to hear of 
his arrival there ; but above all other things he would impatiently long to 
hear of the Lama’s regeneration, which he strictly, and repeatedly charged 
his brother to inform him of, with the utmost dispatch, after it had happened, 
first by letters; but that he would expect that the Lama’s brother himself 
would return again to China, with the joyful tidings, as soon as the Lama 
had completed his third year, taking care to give the Emperor information 
when he intended to quit his own country, that the necessary preparations 
might be made upon the road for his journey. 
The Emperor also informed him, that a copper temple had been con¬ 
structed, by his orders, large enough to contain that of gold, in which the 
Lama’s coffin stood, as well as the coffin with the corpse, and that one thou¬ 
sand men, for the carriage of the whole, should be in readiness to proceed with 
him, to a certain distance, from whence it would remain with himself, in what 
manner he thought best to convey the corpse to his own country, as he would 
find every attendance and attention upon the road, the same as when the Lama 
had passed in his life lime ; and to obviate any doubts, that might occur to 
him, on that account/ the Emperor ordered two trusty officers, with two hun¬ 
dred horsemen, to attend him until he should reach his own country. The 
Emperor then gave him his final dismission, conferring upon him, at the 
. same time, a distinguished title : and, on the third day following, the Lama’s 
brother, with all his friends and followers, departed from Pekin ; the Lama’s 
coffin being moved, as the Emperor had ordered, within the temples of gold 
and copper. They proceeded, the first day, about three coss and a half, or 
seven miles, where the Lama’s brother gave orders that the coffin should be 
taken from within the gold and copper temples; and that they should be taken 
asunder, and carefully packed up, for the convenience of carriage, which 
was accordingly done : the coffin being then secured in many wrappers of 
