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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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In fact, afterwards, in the bazaar at Hami, I could easily dis-
tinguish a Kashgari from an inhabitant of the eastern end of
Turkestan.
As I proceeded westward I noticed a gradual, scarcely per-
ceptible change from the round of a Mongolian type to a
sharper and yet more sharp type of feature. Whether this is
accidental, or whether it is brought about by the commingling
of separate races, I know not; but I think I am not wrong in
stating that the further east one goes, the rounder and broader
are the faces of the inhabitants, and the further west one goes
the longer and narrower they become.
This may perhaps be accounted for in this way. As is well
known, Mongolia was formerly occupied to a large extent by
Turks (Uigars), but these were driven out by the Mongols, who
finally, under Chingiz-Khan and his successors, overspread the
whole of Turkestan and the countries to the west. Manchuria,
however, the original home of the Tartars, was never inhabited
by Turks; and in Eastern Mongolia we see the truest type
of Tartar feature. In Western Mongolia the features are
somewhat (though not very much) longer and narrower.
In the eastern part of Turkestan there is a decided change
towards the Turanian type, but still the round, broad Tartar
features are very prominent; and then as we proceed west-
ward, and get further away from Mongolia into the lands where
the Mongols, or Moghuls, as they are also called, and Turks
have lived together, and are now merged into one race, we
notice that their faces become gradually longer and narrower;
and further west still, among some of the inhabitants of Afghan
Turkestan, numbers of whom may be seen in Kashgar and
Yarkand, we see that the Tartar or Mongol type of feature is
almost entirely lost.
Here at Morgai, too, I saw the Turkí women. Very different
they were from the doll-like Chinese women, with painted faces,
waddling about on contorted feet; from the sturdy, bustling
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