GOMPAS AT HIMIS MONASTERY 



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trust each other impHcitly in these matters, and arrange 

 amongst themselves without any difficulty the proper 

 payments to each. I handed over Rs.6, at 8 annas per 

 parao for each pony, to one of the men from Likcha, 

 and was assured that every one who had worked or given 

 a pony would receive his proper share. If some system 

 like this were not in operation, a traveller would be 



Images in a Gompa in Himis Monastery (p- 372). 



detained an intolerable time settling up accounts when- 

 ever there was anything complicated to arrange. 



We reached the great Monastery of Himis a little 

 before dusk, and my tent was pitched on a small patch of 

 level ground near the buildings. We had covered about 

 20 miles. I took a photograph of the extensive structure ^ 

 from this spot, just as it was getting dark, and then did 



1 See illustration on p. 367. 



