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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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of gratitude to the first impression of good feeling which he
established for us there.
And, relation of mine though he be, and biassed as I may
be thought towards him, I do not think that in this place I
ought to omit a mention of my uncle, Robert Shaw, the first
of all Englishmen, together with Hayward, to visit Yarkand,
and the officer selected by the Government of India, in Yakoob
Beg's time, as Political Agent to that prince. Schlagent-
weit, the only European who had ventured into Chinese
Turkestan from India before Shaw and Hayward, had been
murdered. Nothing was known of the country. It was hidden
in mystery far away beyond the Himalayas. Alone, in the
capacity of a merchant, he set out with a caravan to penetrate
into the weird unknown. On the confines of the country he
was overtaken by Hayward—an explorer as bold as himself,
who was afterwards murdered in Yasin, a valley of the Hindu
Kush. Together they were escorted on to Yarkand—together,
but separated, for they were always kept apart, and communi-
cation between them was forbidden. After many trials and
dangers, these two returned safely to India, with a favourable
report of the country. A year or two afterwards the Govern-
ment of India sent there an imposing mission under Sir
Douglas Forsyth, and subsequently Shaw again visited the
country as Political Agent. He stayed there then for more
than a year; he composed a valuable grammar and vocabulary
of the language, and also a history of the country, which is
now with his relatives, in manuscript. During this time he
instinctively attached himself to the people, and to illustrate
the lasting effect of the devotion which he evoked, I will give
one story. Two years ago the servant of an English officer
was travelling alone on the borders of this country, and
unexpectedly found himself in a peculiarly awkward position,
which placed him absolutely in the hands of a native official
This man could have ruined the servant, but, knowing he was
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