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0298	The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1

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The Pulse of Asia : vol.1

アジアの鼓動 : vol.1

called bad only in a mild way. The people do not seem to
care to learn to do anything new. They might learn much
from their Chinese masters, but no one has sufficient ambi-
tion. For instance, more than once I held conversations like
the following:—
"Do you smelt copper here?"
"No; we don't know how, but the Chinese do."
This, be it remembered, is after the Chantos have had an
opportunity to learn during many centuries of Chinese rule.
The curiosity of the Chantos is of as mild a type as most
of their other characteristics. They often marveled at our
queer clothes and way of living, but they were never obtru-
sive, and rarely showed any inclination to examine things
closely. At Karaki, one day, on the way from Khotan to
Keriya, an unusually curious crowd collected around my
door. Though I asked them many questions, no one seemed
inclined to ask any in return, until two blear-eyed Chinese
workmen, with faces bleached with opium, appeared. When
I asked where they came from, they replied, "Urumchi,"
and at once wanted to know if I had been there, and where
I came from. Then two better-educated young Chinese
merchants came in. They questioned me so rapidly and
intelligently that I almost became vexed at their turning
the tables so completely and treating me to my own med-
icine. When they had admired the lightness of my glasses,
the texture of my coat, and especially the convenience of
a pen which carried its own ink, all of which it had never
occurred to the Chantos to notice, I hinted that I was busy,
and both Chantos and Chinese departed most politely.
The Chanto is by no means a hard-hearted man, but he

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