student of
affairs,
in the way
the valley
population
was
governed;
it
appeared,
on
examination,
to be a
rather
loose and
elastic
autocracy
operated
from the
lamasery
with a
benevolence
that was
almost
casual. It
was
certainly
an
established
success,
as every
descent
into that
fertile
paradise
made more
evident.
Conway was
puzzled as
to the
ultimate
basis of
law and
order;
there
appeared
to be
neither
soldiers
nor
police,
