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Examples
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Rahim shuddered at the sight, and at the memory of his own escape from a similar fate; and our arrival at the Chumar river where he had first seen traces of the kopas who helped him, revived the memory of how kind kismet had been to him.
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Mr. Rijnhart's return from the journey to Pekin was hailed by the natives with delight, especially by the kopas, who came to bid him welcome home, bringing
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Though the kopas come out of Tibet with yak, they usually sell these animals on the border and buy mules for the return journey, the latter commanding a high price in the interior.
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When all the ordinary lamas and kopas were seated on rugs under awnings in the courtyard, and the guests of honor were on the k'angs in the rooms, wine and tea were served in profusion, with viands that would be most relished according as the guests were Chinese or Tibetan in their appetites.
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Almost immediately on our return to our own tent some of the kopas brought us a khata, a bag of rice, one of flour, two large bricks of good tea, and a skin containing four pounds of butter with a message from their ponbo informing us that the gifts were from his hand, and that as soon as the flocks were driven in a big fat sheep would also be given us.
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Every year a large caravan of kopas, who have been trading on the border and at Pekin, leaves Tankar for home, and as the roads over the mountains are impassable in winter time, the beginning of the fourth moon is fixed as the date for starting.
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Later on some of the kopas must have visited our camp, for next morning, to our consternation, five of our best animals were gone.
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There were five branches, and while the kopas watched our passage we crossed first one then another, the horses swimming at times.
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On Sunday, much to our regret, we were obliged to part with the kopas, they going on at their usual early hour, and we remaining behind to rest for the day.
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We camped some distance from the summit, where there were indications of the kopas having stopped, and where there were food, water and fairly good grass.
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