"Have a care of them." However, he was not willing to give their names, explaining his refusal by citing the Law of Buddhist lands against pronouncing the name of one's father, teacher or chief.

Afterwards I found out that in North Tibet there exists the same custom as in North China.

Here and there bands of hunghutze wander about.

They appear at the headquarters of the leading trading firms and at the monasteries, claim tribute and after their collections become the protectors of the district.

Probably this Tibetan monastery had in this band just such protectors.
When we continued our trip, we frequently noticed single horsemen far away or on the horizon, apparently studying our movements with care.