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Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1 |
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England, yet a modest, evenly distributed growth,
which might be called ''Asia's early and late spe-
cial,'' and which, when the years shall be old, may
grow a little in Southern Europe. A nearly related
variety may now be seen in Mexico.
The cleanest-looking people, and the handsomest,
whom we saw in Turkestan were the Hindoo mer-
chants. Of these a prosperous colony is found in
each of the three big cities—Kashgar, Yarkand,
Khotan. In the two latter, we were met by a com-
mittee of these gentle-folk, whose official leader or
Aksakol, named by Colonel Miles, prepared our
quarters, sent us fruit and sweetmeats, aided us in
purchasing horses and provisions, and in all ways
showed us as much hospitality as is permitted in a
world of caste, which builds walls between the most
loving friends.
These Hindoo merchants are the bankers of
Turkestan. Frightful as is the route which connects
Kashmir with Yarkand, it is yet so much shorter
than the lines reaching toward the far eastern centres
of Chinese wealth, that the shrewd celestial leaves
the field largely to his southern rival. Because of
the railway to Andijan, only twenty days by camel-
caravan from Kashgar, Russian goods and Russian
money are coming rapidly into competition with
Chinese and Hindoo products. A branch of the
Russo-Chinese Bank, recently established at Kashgar,
(how the world changes!) gave me Russian gold on
a New York letter of credit. This Muscovite move-
ment, however, is slow as yet to cross the sands
stretching between Kashgar and Yarkand. One
sole Russian was said to be in the latter city,—a
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