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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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subsequent occasion the Regent told Turner that many
letters had passed between himself and the Dalai Lama,
who was always favourably inclined towards the English ;
but he attributed the discouragement and obstruction
Turner had received to the Chinese officials at Lhasa.
The influence of the Chinese," adds Turner, overawes
the Tibetans in all their proceedings, and produces a
timidity and caution in their conduct more suited to the
character of subjects than allies." At the same time, they
were very jealous of interference by the Chinese, and
uneasy of their yoke, though it sat so lightly upon them.
And while they respected the Chinese Emperor, and had
this fear of Chinese officials, they looked upon the
Chinese as a gross and impure race of men."
And now again, as in Bogle's time, we see traces of
ii Russian influence. The Regent and the Ministers told
Turner that they were no strangers to the reputation of
t the reigning Czarina, Catherine, her extent of dominion,
and the commerce carried on with China. Many over-
tures, they told him, had been made on the part of
Russia to extend her commerce to the internal part of
Tibet, but the disinclination of the 'Tibetans to enter into
any new foreign connection, and the watchful jealousy of
the Chinese, had hitherto defeated every attempt of
that nature.
Turner spent nearly a year in Tibet, and though he was
unable to visit Lhasa owing to the antipathy of the
Lamas, he was able to obtain some substantial concessions
from the Regent of the Tashi Lama at Shigatse. He
obtained* his promise of encouragement to all merchants,
i natives of India, that may be sent to traffic in Tibet, on
If behalf of the Government of Bengal," and he reports to
0, Warren Hastings that his authority alone is requisite
to secure these merchants the protection of the Regent,
who had promised to grant free admission into Tibet
* Turner, p. 374.
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