articles Idesigned for him, and which I added to thofe already prefented. After the entertainment he repaired, with the principal perfons of his fuite, to the Man of the Ampliation of Charity, and to that of Concord. He offered up prayers in the one and in the other, for the profperity of my reign, and for the benefit and happiness of every living creature. The Pan-tcban Erténi, in undertaking a journey of twenty thousand lys to contribute to the celebrity of my Quan-cheon, did more than fufficient to entitle him to all the distinctions that could evince my fenfe of his kindnefs. But the air of fatisfaction and pleasure which diffufed itself on all around him, and which he himself manifefted whenever he was admitted to my presence, impreffed on my mind one of the most exquifite gratifications it ever felt. I remarked, with a peculiar fentiment of affection, that he never once fpoke to me on the fubject of his retura. He feemed difpofed to fix his abode near my perfon. But, alas! how uncertain is our depen dance on the events of this life! On the twentieth of the tenth month the Pan-teban Erténi felt himself indifpofed was informed of it, and initantly fent my physicians to vifit him. They reported to me that his complaint was ferious, and even dangerous. I did not hesitate to go to him in perfon, in order to judge myself of his fituation. He received me with the fame tokens of pleasure that he had ever hewn when admitted to my prefence; and from the words full of fatisfaction with which he addrelled me, I might have conceived that he was in the complete enjoyment of health. It was, however, far otherwife, and the venom of the fmall-pox had already spread itself through all parts of his body, do The second day of the eleventh month his diforder was pronounced to be in curable The Pan-teban Eriéni Juddenly changed bis corporeal dwelling. The afflicting intelligence was immediately communicated to me: the fhock over came me. With a heart full of the moit poignant grief, and eyes bathed in tears, repaired to the Yellow Chapel, where, with my own hand, I burned perfumes to him, Although I am well aware that to come and to go are but as the fame thing to the Pan-tchan Ertént, yet when I reflect he made a moft long and painful journey for the fole purpofe of doing honour to the day of my Ouan cheon, and that after having fulfilled that object, it was not his fate to return in tranquillity, as I had hoped, to the place of his ufual abode-this reflection, I fay, 'is diftrelfing to me beyond all expreffion. To confole me in fome degree, or, at least," to attempt fome alleviation of my grief, I have refolved to render memorable the day of his regeneration. I named for the guard of his body, Chang-tebao pa, Sour-boune gue, and fome other Grandees, and gave them particular orders for, the conftruction of a receptacle for it, worthy of fuch precious remains, which lie in the interior of the Yellow Temple. I gave directions alfo for making a fhrine of gold, in which fhould be deposited the cbarin 1 of Ertini. This was ex-, ecuted by the twentieth day of the twelfth Moon, I then regulated the hundred days of prayer, counting from that day, on which he disappeared. It was only to alleviate, however little, the grief in which my heart was overwhelmed that acted fo. I alfo caufed feveral towers to be erected in different places, which L contidered as fo many palaces that he might have planned himself for varying his abode, or fuch as I might have a figned to him for his recreation. I be towed bounties on his behalf to the moft eminent of his difciples, and to the principal Houtouk-tous. I gave them Jou-tchons of pearls, with permition to wear them, and I particularly diftin guished the brother of Erténi, by conferring on him the title of Prince of Ecient Prayer. I did not neglect the Tha fak Lamas in the diftribution of my gits. Several amongst them were decorated with honourable titles, and received from me fou-ichons of pearls, pieces of filk, and other things with which they appeared to be gratified. This is the confecrated term to fay, "that he ceafed living, or that he died. P. Amige. This is the confecrated term to fay, " that he ceafed living, or that he d ed. P. Amiot, I know not whether by this is meant the portrait, or a little ftatue: chain is explained in the Dictionaries by the words effigy, portrait, Ratue, &c. P Amict. It appears from passage in the "Alphabetum Tibetanum, that it was customary to depofit a ftatue of their holy ren tw What is termed Weboren, the description of which corresponds with our idea of fortains PlAmide renders it by the word tour, and employs the fame word for the buildings erected by the Emperor.—Tranflator. ་་་ My My defign in entering with you into shis detail, is to prove to you the eftimation in which I hold whatever is connected with you, and the profound regard I have for your perfon. The number of an hundred days allotted to prayer was completed on the thirteenth of the fecond Moon of the prefent year. I iffued my orders for the departure. The body was conveyed with due pomp, and I joined the proceffon myself in perfon as far as it was proper that I fhould go. I deputed the fixth Ague, now the eldest of my ions, to accompany it to the distance of three days journey from this capital, and I nominated Pe-tchin-gue, Mandarin in the Tribunal of Foreign Affairs, and Iroul-ton, one of my guards, to accompany it all the way to Teba-che-loum bou. Although the Pan-teban Erténi has changed his abode, I have full confidence that, with the aid I have rendered to him, he will not long delay to be fixed in another habitation. Lama, it is my defire that you fhew kindness to all the Lamas of Tcba-cheloum bou, and respect them on my account. From the conduct they have obServed, I judge them worthy of being your difciples. I recommend to you ef pecially thofe who accompany the body, and who will perform the number of prayers that you fhall regulate, for the completion of the funeral rites. I hope you will chearfully execute what you know will be agreeable to me. It only remains for me to add, that I fend to you Pe te in-gue and his fuite, to falute you in my name, and to inform themselves of the state of your health. They will deliver to you a feu ichon of coral, to be fed on grand festivals, a tea-pot of gold weighing thirty ounces, a bowl of the fame metal and fame weight, a tea-pot and bowl of filver, thirty fou-tehons of various different-coloured beads, and twenty purses, great and fmall, of various colours. The The fhort time I had poffeffion of the original Letter, which was confided to me by the Mandarin who tranflated it into the Monghou language, in the Office of the Minifters of State, did not admit of my bestowing more pains on the transla-' tion. If not elegant, it is as faithful as poffible, and it will fuffice to give an idea of the Emperor's manner of conducting himself towards the Talai-Lama. THE LONDON REVIEW A ND. LITERARY JOURNAL, FOR NOVEMBER 1796. Quid fi pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. A Journey from Prince of Wales', Fort, in Hudfon's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North-Weft Pallage, &c. in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, and. 1772. By Samuel Hearne. Illuftrated with Eight Copper-Plate Engravings. Fp. 458. 4to. 11. 7s. Cadell and Davies. 1796. THERE is not any fpecies of compo- afpect of external nature, and the view of men, tribes, and nations, placed in a variety of circumftances, and the cor refponding customs and manners ariung ❤ The date of 1779 is added, but incorrectly, as the Lama died on the 18th Nov, 1730. from From thence: All these circumstances, phytical and moral, offer a rich harveft of knowledge to the intelligent and cultivated mind: and to every reader, the beauties of an ever-varied landscape, and the charms and intereft of human nature, contemplated in a far greater variety of attitudes and fituations than can be devited by the moft fertile imagination. Thus the pleasure of fiction is blended with the profit of truth. As no two minds are exactly alike, but that men fee the fame objects in different points of view, and under different aflociations of ideas, even the fame routes and diftricts; defcribed by different hands, furnish diverfity of entertainment; but when a yait unexplored and indefinite region, prelenting at every turn new objects, is delcribed both by the pen and the pencil of a candid, intelligent, diligent, and perfevering Explorator, then are we entertained with a rare and piquante literary banquet. Such an entertainment is that before us; Mr. Hearne being qualified to make judicious and interesting obiervations by natural talents and acquired accomplishments, on the Geographical Situation, the Topography or Contour, the Mineral, the Natural, and the Animal Productions of the region he explores; the Nature, Cuftems, and Manders of the Tribes among whom he fojourned; and, what was one of the principal cbjects of his miffion, the articles in which they might be induced to premote the commerce of the Hudson's Bay Company. The great end or object he had in view appears from the inftructions he received Vom the Governor and Council of Prince of Wales's Fort, on behalf of that Compary, and dated in 1769. "ft. As it is the Company's earnest defire to embrace every circumftance that may tend to the benefit of the faid Company, or the nation at large, they have requested you to conduct this expedition; and as you have readily confented to take the following journey, you are defired to proceed, as feen as poffible, with Wil ham Ifbefter, failor, and Themas Merriman, landiman, as companions, they both being willing to accompany you; alio two of the homeguard Southern In dians, who are to attend and affitt you during the journey; and Captain Chaw chinahaw, his Lieutenant Nabyah, and fix or eight of the beft Northern Indians we can procure, with a imall part of their families, are to conduct you, proVOL. XXX. Nov. 1796. "2dly. Whereas you and your companions are well fitted out with every thing we think necellary, as alfo a fample of light trading goods; thefe you are to difpofe of by way of prefents (and not by way of trade) to fuch far-off Indians as you may meet with, and to imcke your calumut of peace with their leaders, in order to eftablish a friendship with them. You are also to persuade them, as much as poffible, from going to war with each' other; to encourage them to exert themfelves in procuring furs and other_arti-. cles for trade; and to affure them of good payment for them at the Company's factory. It is fincerely recommended to you and your companions to treat the natives with civility, fo as not to give them any room for complaint or disgust, as they have ftrict order's not to give you the leaft offence, but are to aid and affift you in any matter you may request of them for the benefit of the undertaking. ar "If any Indians you may meet with, that are coming to the fort, fhould be willing to truft you with either food or cloathing, make your agreement for those commodities, and by them tend a letter fpecifying the quantity of each ticle, and they fhall be paid according to your agreement. And, according to the Company's orders, you are to correfpond with me, or the Chief at the Prince of Wales's Fort for the time being, at all opportunities. And as you have mathematical inftruments with you, you are to lead me, or the Chief for the time being, an account of what latitude and longitude you may be in at fuch and fuch periods, together with the heads of your proceedings; which accounts are to be remitted to the Company by the return of their fhips. "3dly. The Indians who are now appointed your guides are to conduct you to the borders of the Athapuícow Indians country, where Captain Matonabbee is to meet you in the Spring of One thousand feven hundred and feventy, in order to conduct you to a river reprefented by the Indians to abound in copper ore, animals of the fur kind, &c. and which is faid to be fo far to the northward, that in the furner the fun does not fet, and is fuppofed by fome Indians to empty itself into the ocean. This river, which is called by the Northern Indians Neethes fanfan-dazy, or the Far-off Metal River, you are, if poffible, to trace to the mouth, and there determine the latitude and longitude as near as you can; but more particularly fo if you find it navigable, and that a fettlement can be made there with any degree of fafety or benefit to the Company Be careful to obferve what mines are near the river; what water there is at the river's mouth; how far the woods are from the fea fide; the course of the river; the nature of the foil, and the productions of it; and make any other remarks that you may think will be either neceffary or fatisfactory. And if the faid river be likely to be of any utility, take poffeffion of it on behalf of the Hudfon's Bay Company, by cutting your name on fome of the rocks, as alio the date of the year, month, &c. "When you attempt to trace this, or any other river, be careful that the Indians are furnished with a fufficient number of canoes for trying the depth of the water, the ftrength of the current, &c. If, by any unforefeen accident or dilalter, you should not be able to reach the before mentioned river, it is earnestly recommended to you, if poffible, to know the event of Wager Straight; for it is reprefented by the laft Ditcoverers to terminate, in fmall rivers and lakes. See how far the woods are from the navigable parts of it; and whether a fettlement could with any propriety be made there. If this fhould prove unworthy of notice, you are to take the fame method with Baker's Lake, which is the head of Bowden's, or Chesterfield's Inlet; as alfo with any other rivers you may meet with; and, if likely to be of any utility, you are to take pofletion of them, as before mentioned, on behalf of the Hon. Hudfon's Bay Company. The draft of Bowden's Inlet and Wager Strait I fend with you, that you may have a better idea of those places in cale of your visiting them. 4thlyAnother material, point... which is recommended to you is, to find out, if you can, either by your own travels, or by information from the Indians, whether there is a paffage through this ContinentalraA avob ml 10 2 Our Traveller, having drawn a generat Map of the Country, according to the beft information he could obtain, from every fource of intelligence - having made the neceflary preparations for keeping his journal and chart, and provided ammunition, ufeful iron work, fome tobacco, a few knives, and other indifpenfable articles, fet out on his journeys As to himself, he only took the shift and clothes he then had on, one fpare coat, a pair of drawers, and as much cloth as would make him two or three pair of Indian stockings, which, together with a blanket for bedding, compofed the whole of his stock of cloathing. As the nature of travelling long journies in thofe tourtries admits not of carrying clothes, travellers are obliged, on a journey likely to laft two years, to depend on the countries through which they pafs, not only for clothes, but alfo for provifions. Mr. Hearne divides his Journey into ten chapters. Chapter 1. Having received wrong information concerning the diftance of the woods, after various hardships, and fome little adventures, he was obliged to return to Prince of Wales's Fort. Chap. II. With a few Indians only he fets out again from Prince of Wales's Fort. Hunting-Fishing-HardshipsExceflive Fafting. Meets with feveral families, or gangs of Indians, particularly a Chief called Keelfhies. guide not being willing to proceed farther north, and his quadrant being broken by an accident, he fets out on his returns to the Factory His Chap. III. Transactions from the time the quadrant was broken [a great era in our Author's Travels] till he arrived at the Factory. Several Indians joined him | from the northward, fome of whom plur." dered him and his companions of almost every useful thing that they had, ameng which was his gun. The manner in which they committed this robbery is worthy of attention. They do it not abruptly, but gradually, under pretence of borrowing and begging; and they temper their rapacity with foine degree of concern for those whom they plunder. (To be continued.) Mood to Buigaz edya rung la 2044 The Charge of Samuel Lord Bishop of Rochester to the Clergy of his Dioceft. Delivered at his Primary Vifitation in the Year 1796. ' 4to. 2s. Robfon. AT a period when Infidelity has ob.when a perfusion of the inutility of Fe tained fuch an aluming tpread as to clefiaftical establishments feems to have have made a confpicuous appearance even - gained a very extensive influence upon the among the common claffes of meny and public mind, the most-active exertions are necellary neceffary on the part of the Dignified Clergy, in whom to confiderable a truft is placed as the Government of the Church of God; and the most regular conduct and demeanour on the part of the interior body of the Priesthood, to ftem the threatening torrent. It will be infufficient to look for fecurity in human legiflation in the day of trial, from the full tide of popular oppofition and therefore nothing short of their own timely zeal and excellence can act as a prefervative against destruction. We are feriously difpofed, to lament the decay of Chriftian piety, and the conie quent increase of that proud fpirit of uncharitable and vindictive Scepticifin which to remarkably prevail in this age: and we feel it incumbent upon us to point out, when we have opportunity, the quarter where the breach is most likely to be made, and to call upon those who are ftationed there to the zealous performance of their duty. The watchmen of our religious establishment have a great charge upon their hands at this important crifis, when the figns of the times prove the hour of peril to be at no great dif tance. The venerable wand zealous Prelate whole Charge lies before us, is clearly under the influence of the fame fentiment, and therefore addreffes his Clergy in a manner peculiarly impreffive, and affect ing. We are fallen," he says, "upon times, which, more perhaps than any which the Chriftian Church hath feen, fince its first ftruggles with the Powers of Darknels in the three first centuries, require, in the Preachers of the Gospel, thole two qualities in particular, which Our Lord told the Twelve he required in them, when firft he invetted them with their high commiflion, the policy of the ferpent, united with the harmleisnels of the dove, Preachers of our Religion found them- `felves oppofed.” The fituation of Chriftian Ministers at the prefent period is then fully confidered, and though the change of circumstances," fays the Bishop, with be found much to our advantage, în refpect to our eafe and comfort in the prefent world, yet it is fuch as not much to leffen the difficulty of our work, if we would do it well, but rather to render the objects of our policy more complex.' The treafures of philofophy are very much in our poffeffion, and the weapons of learning in our own hands." This leads him to the confideration of the important advantage hereby obtained, and he repeats and amplifies what he observed and publifhed fo long ago as the year 1787, in an Ordination Sermon at Glou cefter. "Learning," he fays, is to us the best substitute for that præternå.... tural illumination of the understanding, which was the privilege of the firit Preachers.” The duty that lies upon the Clergy of affiduously applying themselves to the ftudy of thofe branches of literature that are neceflary to render them competent Expofitors of the Word of God, is very admirably explained and enforced. And the neceffity which there is of calling the Clergy to the serious consideration of their duty in this refpect, is evident from what his Lordfhip mentions of the too prevalent conduct of our younger Ecclehafties, who neglect every other learning for what they gravely call the study of men. "So far as it has fallen in my way," fays the Bishop, "to obferve the good effects of this study of men, they amount not certainly to what thofe, who addict themfelves to the purfuit, tell us we might expect from it. I have never perceived, among thefe juvenile Divines, any extraordinary unction in the ufual ftrain of their preaching; nor His Lordship then proceeds to point have I difcovered any thing more feemly, out the peculiar difficulties that at- in the fashion of their lives, than the tended the fist Preachers of Chriftianity commen polifh of good breeding in their work and among other formi all that wear the garb of Clergymen, they' dable oppofitions, ne oblerves, The have certainly the leaft about them either of pride of philofophy too was wounded, the policy of the ferpent, or of the harmby pretentions to difcoveries which were lefsnefs of the dove. And if the tafte for beyond its reach, in fubjects which had this ftudy of men, with a neglect of books, been thought to be most within its pro-and the true study of men, fhould become vince.The Philofophers ranged themferves on the fide of the popular fuperftition a and the learning, the rhetoric, and the logic of their schools, were added to the look of adverfarics to which the fire Of general among our youngern Brethren (which God avert!), the enemy in the next generation would be likely to regain the advantageous post we have for centuries maintained. |
