Book contents
- Frontmatter
- DEDICATION
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATA
- INTRODUCTION
- NOTE ON THE MAPS OF TIBET, NEPAL, SIKKIM, AND BHUTAN
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE BOGLE
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS MANNING
- NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION OF MR. GEORGE BOGLE TO TIBET (1774)
- CHAPTER I MISSION TO TIBET
- CHAPTER II FROM KUCH BAHAR TO TASSISUDON
- CHAPTER III TASSISUDON, THE CAPITAL OF BHUTAN
- CHAPTER IV HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN
- CHAPTER V BHUTAN: NEGOTIATIONS
- CHAPTER VI SUGGESTIONS RESPECTING BHUTAN AND ASSAM
- CHAPTER VII THE JOURNEY TO TIBET
- CHAPTER VIII AT DESHERIPGAY
- CHAPTER IX RIDE FROM DESHERIPGAY TO TESHU LUMBO
- CHAPTER X TESHU LUMBO
- CHAPTER XI A VISIT TO A TIBETAN COUNTRY SEAT
- CHAPTER XII AN ACCOUNT OF TIBET
- CHAPTER XIII TRADE OF TIBET
- CHAPTER XIV NEGOTIATIONS
- CHAPTER XV CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TESHU LAMA AT TESHU LUMBO
- CHAPTER XVI THE EPISODE WITH THE CHAUDURI
- CHAPTER XVII RETURN FROM TIBET TO BENGAL. NEGOTIATIONS IN BHUTAN
- CHAPTER XVIII GENERAL REPORT BY MR. BOGLE ON HIS RETURN FROM TIBET
- CHAPTER XIX JOURNEY OF THE TESHU LAMA TO PEKING, AND HIS DEATH. PROJECT OF MR. BOGLE FOR MEETING THE LAMA AT PEKING
- JOURNEY OF MR. THOMAS MANNING TO LHASA (1811–12)
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER XVII - RETURN FROM TIBET TO BENGAL. NEGOTIATIONS IN BHUTAN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- DEDICATION
- PREFACE
- Contents
- ERRATA
- INTRODUCTION
- NOTE ON THE MAPS OF TIBET, NEPAL, SIKKIM, AND BHUTAN
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GEORGE BOGLE
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS MANNING
- NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION OF MR. GEORGE BOGLE TO TIBET (1774)
- CHAPTER I MISSION TO TIBET
- CHAPTER II FROM KUCH BAHAR TO TASSISUDON
- CHAPTER III TASSISUDON, THE CAPITAL OF BHUTAN
- CHAPTER IV HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN
- CHAPTER V BHUTAN: NEGOTIATIONS
- CHAPTER VI SUGGESTIONS RESPECTING BHUTAN AND ASSAM
- CHAPTER VII THE JOURNEY TO TIBET
- CHAPTER VIII AT DESHERIPGAY
- CHAPTER IX RIDE FROM DESHERIPGAY TO TESHU LUMBO
- CHAPTER X TESHU LUMBO
- CHAPTER XI A VISIT TO A TIBETAN COUNTRY SEAT
- CHAPTER XII AN ACCOUNT OF TIBET
- CHAPTER XIII TRADE OF TIBET
- CHAPTER XIV NEGOTIATIONS
- CHAPTER XV CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TESHU LAMA AT TESHU LUMBO
- CHAPTER XVI THE EPISODE WITH THE CHAUDURI
- CHAPTER XVII RETURN FROM TIBET TO BENGAL. NEGOTIATIONS IN BHUTAN
- CHAPTER XVIII GENERAL REPORT BY MR. BOGLE ON HIS RETURN FROM TIBET
- CHAPTER XIX JOURNEY OF THE TESHU LAMA TO PEKING, AND HIS DEATH. PROJECT OF MR. BOGLE FOR MEETING THE LAMA AT PEKING
- JOURNEY OF MR. THOMAS MANNING TO LHASA (1811–12)
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
As the time of my departure drew near, I found that I should not be able to bid adieu to the Lama without a heavy heart. The kind and hospitable reception he had given me, and the amiable dispositions which he possesses, I must confess had attached me to him, and I shall feel a hearty regret at parting. In spite of all my journeyings and wanderings over the face of the earth, I have not yet learnt to take leave, and I cannot reconcile myself to the thoughts of a last farewell.
When I look on the time I have spent among these hills it appears like a fairy dream. The novelty of the scenes, and the people I have met with, and the novelty of the life I have led, seem a perfect illusion. Although my days have been spent without business or amusement, they have passed on without care or uneasiness, and I may set this down as the most peaceful period of my life. It is now almost over, and I am about to return to the hurry and bustle of Calcutta.
Farewell, ye honest and simple people! May ye long enjoy that happiness which is denied to more polished nations; and while they are engaged in the endless pursuits of avarice and ambition, defended by your barren mountains, may ye continue to live in peace and contentment, and know no wants but those of nature.
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- Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibetand of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa, pp. 177 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1881