day, as politeness: régiiired it should be, but on the following day, :vslhén l while informing .me with a show of goodwill that .Î -ght await the arrival of the reply from Kasligar Ett -Pölu, made it clear that he would render me no assistance: I prôduçed mÿ passport and asked him why he would; not'. xè pe c at formal document ; but my remonst. ân =wàs- f--fio âvaLil, for he only talked round
and round the matter, giving long explanations from which no information could be gathered.
It was clear that I must wait at Khotan, so, instead of delaying to make my purchases till I reached Kiria, I began at once to buy stores. Forage and corn being now • scarce and dear, I followed the example of the natives, and, without any order, applied to the Government stores, where the surplus Government stock was being sold at prices much below those of the open market. My
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