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456 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
all along had ridden at my side and willingly given me
any amount of information, said good-bye, and went away
with his men.
Upon reaching the western end of the lake Tsollo-ring-
tso, where we reached the frontier of Rudok, we found
seven tents and the governor of Chok-jalung awaiting us
with a hundred armed men. That gentleman assumed
great airs of authority and arrogance, and swore that we
Our Lama Quarrelling with the Leaders of the Yak-Caravan.
should not travel through Rudok, but would have to return
the same way we came, unless we showed him a pass from
the Dalai Lama. My Cossacks simply boiled with rage,
and asked to be allowed to answer with their repeating
rifles. But I took the matter coolly, and informed the
governor that I would next day go back to Lassa, but at
the same time gave him to understand that he must furnish
me with a document to the effect that he had refused to
allow us to march through Rudok. "Oh, yes, he would do
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