1 effect of securing his favourable opinion of
2 us, and of our intentions. We found in his
3 possession an old telescope, made by Pye-
4 finch, London. The Lama said it had be¬
5 longed to She great Lama, by whom it was
6 given to one of his predecessors. It may
7 have found its way to Lassa perhaps on the
8 occasion of the mission sent by Warren
9 Hastings to Tibet. The village of Marsilia
10 consisted of some very good houses, the ex¬
11 terior of which was very neat and clean : the
12 cultivated lands round it were very extensive,
13 and were well supplied with water. Opposite
14 to Marsilia, on the right bank of the river,
15 stood the village of Chumri, amidst lands
16 equally well laid out and cultivated. Upon
17 our return to our tents we were joined by
18 Abdul Latif, who brought letters from the
19 Yazir, which permitted our advance, and dis¬
20 pelled all doubts of the reception which
21 awaited us at Le.
22 Our road next day proceeded over the cul¬
23 tivated lands of the village of Changa, which
24 were irrigated by a watercourse from the
25 rivulet which divides the grounds of Marsilia.
26 As the fields of Changa have a considerably