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Rh the religious system of the Buddhists. Thence he made his way along a route, by tremendous precipices, into Nepal ; crossing the Kuti pass, which is several times mentioned by Mr. Bogle, the intrepid travellers reached Kathmandu, and eventually arrived at Agra, 214 days after they had left Peking. Dorville died, but Grueber continued his journey on foot through India and Persia, and embarked at Smyrna for Rome. Father Grueber died, in 1665, on his way back to China ; and the only record of his wonderful journey is contained in a few meagre letters which have been preserved in a small volume. An abstract of those addressed to Kircher was originally published by him in the ' China lUustrata,' and all were reproduced in the collection of Thevenot. Indeed, it would appear that Grueber was not