But the Chahar was in the saddle in a second without a murmur and galloped to his place in the file.

During this exit of the Chahars all the people were hidden in their houses, anxiously peeping through cracks and corners of the windows.

But the Chahars passed peacefully out and only when they met a caravan carrying Chinese wine about six miles from town did their native tendency display itself again in pillaging and emptying several containers.

Somewhere in the vicinity of Hargana they were ambushed by Tushegoun Lama and so treated that never again will the plains of Chahar welcome the return of these warrior sons who were sent out to conquer the Soyot descendants of the ancient Tuba.
The day the column left Uliassutai a heavy snow fell, so that the road became impassable.

The horses first were up to their knees, tired out and stopped.