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he had fulfilled his contract. ..phis .plan-tlro Chow-Kuan adopted, and, having handed toy; hrim a. -signed- ma 1 sealed card for the purpose ôf comparison, I togk... [y depâ rture. This- visit was quite a success, for : Nia2 =:was . greatly impressed by the threats of :dire penalties i :case _ of mis-
behaviour. This Chow-Kuan;- Lau i; i f,,bntrasted very
favourably with other Chinese ,off 1.i.wi.vin? J had
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dealings. He was- an • :able . a n# energetic 'nian `,•a .d. 'Only. in one matter had he taken any step. which coed be regarded as unfavourable to me ; he -had never raised any y objection to my travels, and he was -:always ready to restrain or to .punish those who opposed My progress. It was without much regret that I now turned my back
on Yarkand and . set out in the track of the caravan,. which I overtook in the evening:- • The march to ,Khotan was uninteresting, and, owing to various accidents, it took longer time than I had anticipated.
On May 11th, the day after reaching Khotan, I paid.: rhy Y-fgespeçts to the Chow-Kuan, and requested such assistance
as he could give. -At first he refused tô ;help_ me in any
*ay, or even. to give me permission to . to' Polu, but
after many protests on my part he agreed to .perinit Me to travel to Polu, though he refused' to authorise the sale. of supplies to me en route. - Thus, while he seemed to.-allow my advance, he made it impossible for me to go forward ;
and when .I found further conversation through two
interpreters unavailing, I fired a parting shot, telling him that he and his brother official at Kiria robbed the gold-diggers, and that that Was the reason why he obstructed my advance to Polu. No reply was made to this, but the
. Chow-Kuan promised to refer the matter to the Taotai at Kashgar, and consented to forward a letter from me to Macartney by specially urgent post which would take only eight days on the way, going and returning. -
The Chow-Kuan.'s return visit was not paid on the same
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