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Among the Celestials : vol.1 | |
天の間で : vol.1 |
CHAP. VII.] ANDIJANI MERCHANTS. 159
passed through the street there was a murmur
of " Oroos," " Oroos," and a small crowd of
Turkis and Chinese collected in the inn yard to
see me. My boy was told there was a Russian
shop in the Turk city, so I immediately went
over there hoping to meet some Europeans.
We dismounted at a shop, and I was received
by a fine-looking Turki who shook hands
and spoke to me in Russian. He then took
me through a courtyard to another courtyard
with a roof of matting. On the ground were
spread some fine carpets, on which sat some
fair-looking men in Turk dress. But I was
disappointed to notice that none of them looked
quite like Russians. They spoke no language
that I knew, and matters were rather at a
standstill, when I heard the word "Hindustani."
I said at once, "Hindustani zaban bol sakta "
(" I can speak Hindustani "), and they sent off
for a man who could speak that language.
When he appeared, I had a long talk with him.
He was an Afghan merchant, he said, and he
explained that the men of this house were
Andijani merchants from Russian Turkestan,
and were therefore called Russians. He had
travelled through a great part of India, and
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