this canton are very addicted to the worship of Buddha,
they seek to get a little profit; yet they are sincere and just,
submissive and obedient, so that nothing, even death, can change their
natural good nature. As they have been long accustomed to the Chinese
domination, they are the more attached to it."

We rested three days at Ta-Tsien-Lou, and each day had several quarrels
with the principal Mandarin of the place, who would not consent to our
continuing our route in a palanquin. However, he had at length to give
way, for we could not bear even the idea of mounting once more on
horseback. Our legs had bestrid so many horses of every age, size,
quality, and colour, that they refused to have anything further to do
with horses at all, and were full of an irresistible resolution to
stretch themselves at ease in a palanquin. This was granted them, thanks
to the perseverance and energy of our remonstrances.

The Thibetian escort which had accompanied us so faithfully during the
long and arduous route returned after two days' rest. We gave the Lama
Dchiamdchang a letter for the Regent, in which we thanked him for having
assigned us so devoted an escort, and which had throughout kept in our
memory the good treatment we had received at Lha-Ssa. On parting from
these good Thibetians we could not help shedding tears, for insensibly,
and as it were without our knowledge, ties had been formed between us
which it was painful to sever. The Lama Dchiamdchang secretly told us
that he had been charged to remind us, at the moment of separation, of
the promise we had made to the Regent. He asked us if they might reckon
on seeing us again at Lha-Ssa. We replied that they might, for at that
time we were far from anticipating the nature of the obstacles that were
to prevent our return to Thibet.

The next morning, at daybreak, we entered our palanquins, and were
conveyed, at the public expense, to the capital of the province of
Sse-Tchouen, where, by order of the Emperor, we were to undergo a solemn
judgment before the Grand Mandarins of the Celestial Empire.

POSTSCRIPT.

After a few months journey through China, we arrived at Macao, in the
early part of October, 1846. Our long and painful journey was at an end;
and at last we were able, after so many tribulations, to enjoy a little
quiet and repose. During two years we applied our leisure moments to the
preparation of the few notes made in our journey. Hence the