THE FILTH IN THE STREETS 133
Chumolhari— a huge wedge of argent a mile high— puts
to perpetual shame the dirt of Phari.
The Jong-pens, or twin commandants of the fortress,
An inhabitant of the valley.
had trimmed their sails with some dexterity under the
stress of this breeze of foreign influence. They had
served us not unfaithfully, a fact which they had doubt