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show in return for all they went though. Now they had
been led to a remote sacred city, and had not only
reached their goal, but were also to bring back something
with them as the tangible result of their labours. Their
satisfaction was therefore great.
All the military arrangements for the ceremonial were
in General Macdonald's hands, and no one could have
arranged them with greater care and precaution. Every
detail both for effect and for defence was regarded. The
route to the Palace was lined with troops, equally for
show and for use in case of emergency, and a battery to
fire a salute or to bombard the Palace, as occasion might
require, was stationed in a suitable position.
On the political side we had to arrange the ceremonial
in detail, so that there might be no inconvenient hitch at
the last moment. The copy of the Treaty which the
Tibetans were to keep was written on an immensely long
and broad stretch of paper, so that the whole Treaty in all
three languages—English, Tibetan, and Chinese—might
be on one piece of paper. Four other copies had to be
made: one for Calcutta, one for London, one for the
Chinese Government, and one for our Minister in Peking.
All these were carried on a large silver tray by my
Bengali head clerk, Mr. Mitter, who had accompanied me
from the Indore Residency Office, and undergone all
the hardships and dangers with unfailing cheerfulness.
My camp-table was taken in to sign the Treaty on, and on
it was laid the flag which had flown over the Mission
headquarters throughout.
Half an hour before the time fixed for the ceremony
the whole of the route leading up to the Potala, and the
inside passages as well, were lined with troops. Soon
after 3 p.m. General Macdonald and I, accompanied
by the members of the Mission and the military staff,
reached the Potala. We were received in the Durbar
Hall by the Chinese Resident. The chamber was one
in which the Dalai Lama holds Durbars, and was large
enough to hold about 200 of our troops (some of whom
were formed up as an escort, while others had been
allowed to attend as spectators), and also about 100
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