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CHAP. vii.] M. PETROVSKY. 189

room I was occupying made respectable to

receive him in, and he immediately darted

off in his usual impetuous manner, saying he

would arrange everything. Shortly afterwards

good carpets, chairs, a table, teapot, cups,

saucers, and plates, came pouring in, and the

room was in a few moments transformed into

a civilised abode.

On the following morning the consul, with

an escort of sixteen mounted Cossacks and the

Russian flag, rode into the serai. We had

another long conversation together, and I

found it a great pleasure to talk again with

a European, after so many months of travel.

M. Petrovsky is an especially interesting man

to talk with, and I was sorry I could not stay

longer in Kashgar to see more of him.

But, Liu-san having arrived with the cart, I

had to start off again for Yarkand. Liu-san

had fulfilled his contract, and landed everything

in Kashgar exactly in the time stipulated

forty days from H ami a good performance,

with which I was very much pleased. Between

Kashgar and Yarkand there was nothing of

special interest that had not been noted by

previous travellers. We had made the turn

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