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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
22 BOGLE'S MISSION, 1774
Fringies or Moghuls, and not to allow them into the
country, but to follow the ancient custom, which he was
resolved likewise to do." A Fringy had come to him
upon some business, and was now in his country, but he
intended to send him back as soon as possible, and desired
the 'Tibetans to do the same with Bogle.
Thus were Bogle's difficulties still further increased.
And in one respect, at least, we have advanced since his
day ; for the Mission to Lhasa in 1904, instead of being
hampered, was warmly supported by the Nepalese. The
Dewan of Nepal wrote strongly to the Lhasa authorities,
urging them to reason, and his agent at Lhasa was of the
greatest assistance to me in my negotiations with the
Tibetans.
Besides China and Nepal thus entering into this
Tibetan question, there was also some mention of Russia
even so far back as that. The Tashi Lama had already
questioned Bogle about the Empress of Russia. He now
told Bogle that there was a quarrel between the Russians
and the Chinese over some Tartar tribe. The Russians
had not yet begun hostilities, but he imagined they would
soon go to war about it. Bogle told him that as the
Russians were engaged in a very heavy war with the Turks
—how far back that other story reaches !—he supposed
they would hardly think of entering into another with
the Chinese. He said the Russians were a very hardy
and warlike people, capable of great efforts, and he
doubted whether the Chinese would be able to cope with
their troops.
Bogle then had conversations with the Kashmiri
traders, who had been sent to him by the Tashi Lama,
and who wanted to be allowed to trade with Bengal
through Bhutan. They stated the difficulties which the
Bhutanese placed in their way, and said that the Chief of
Bhutan would soon remove these if the Company would
threaten him with war, as after the last war he was in
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