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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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so many different countries gives them a quiet, even tempera-
ment and breadth of idea which makes them very charming
company.
I engaged one of these men, a native of the Pathan state
of Bajaur, to accompany me to Kashgar, by Ush Turfan, while
my cart went by Maral-bashi—Rahmat-ula-Khan was his name.
He was a good specimen of his class, and full of adventurous
projects. His great ambition was to visit England, but as he
wanted to do so by land and not by sea, which he was afraid
of, he wished to know how he could work his way there; and
said he had often thought of taking over some white camels,
which another merchant had told him could be obtained on
the borders of the desert. On my questioning him about these
camels, he said he was not sure that they were actually white,
but they were of a very light colour, and quite peculiar animals,
which would make a sensation in the Zoo.* He asked me,
however, whether, I had any better suggestions to make as to
how he could make a journey to England pay. I told him that
if he would search about among the old ruined cities of this
country and those buried by the sand, he might find old
ornaments and books for which large sums of money would be
given him in England, and before he left me I wrote for him
letters to the directors of the British Museum, and of the
museums at Bombay and Calcutta.
Under the guidance of this man, I left Aksu on August
10. I rode one pony myself, and another was ridden by the
Turki servant, and a third, carrying all the baggage we took with
us, was led by him. In this way we could travel fast, and make
long marches. Several of the merchants from India accom-
panied us for the first half of the march, and provided a lunch
in a garden under the shade of fruit trees. Here it was very
cool and pleasant, and the merchants very cheery and com-
panionable. The country, for several miles beyond Aksu, was
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