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0058 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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are better frontier governors, generally, than the
man from Boston or Moscow. Whatever may have
been their birthplaces, General Medinsky at Samar-
cand, and Colonel Saitseff at Osh, remain in my mind
as fine types of the Californian, less one-tenth of his
verve and nine-tenths of his political instinct.
The Smith and Wesson, silent so long, exploded
into a political discourse which now is ended, leav-
ing us free to take train again for Kokand—the first
big town beyond Samarcand. Here the Russian
quarter is again found; avenues poplar-shaded and
wide; substantial white houses; public carriages at
the station offering a somewhat rickety service, but
cheap and rapid. No monuments here to beguile
us, but we meet a most agreeable Frenchman, one
of several engaged in purchasing silk for shipment
to Lyons. Besides the Russians, they seem to be
the only Europeans having business interests in
Turkestan. The very sharp discrimination of the
Government in favour of its own subjects makes
commerce an up-hill work for the foreigner. The Ko-
kand bazaar is less interesting than that at Bokhara,
but in a fairly good Russian shop we were able to
make some purchases of dry groceries and canned
goods, none of fine quality, all quite expensive and
very Russian. Joseph assured us that Osh—though
thirty miles beyond the railway terminus, would be
found to offer superior stocks because of the large
garrison there, and the fact that it was a point of
distribution to distant troops. So it was that we
passed on to Andijan,—poor tumble-down, earth-
quake-shaken Andijan,—southwestern terminus of
the great Trans-Caspian Railway.