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opportunity of inspecting the Gurkha escort, and I had them
drawn up for the purpose. The Russian officer looked at them,
and then made a remark to me. The Gurkha non-com-
missioned officer, thinking that Captain Grombtchevsky must
necessarily be remarking on their small size, whispered to me
to tell him that these Gurkhas I had with me were unusually
small, but that the rest of their regiment were much bigger
than Captain Grombtchevsky himself. The Russian officer
was well over six feet in height, and the average of a Gurkha
regiment must be a good six inches lower, for Gurkhas are
a small, thick-set race; so I could not commit myself to quite
so flagrant an "exaggeration," but I told Captain Grombt-
chevsky how the Gurkha had wanted to impose upon him,
and he was immensely tickled. Altogether he was very much
taken with the appearance of the Gurkhas, and with the
precision and smartness of the few drill exercises they went
through. He said he had thought the native troops of India
were irregulars, but he now saw that they were as good as
any regulars. I think the Gurkhas were equally impressed
with the soldierly bearing of the Russian officer; but I was
surprised to see that they did not fraternize with the Cossacks,
as they are noted for doing with British soldiers, and I found
the reason to be that they rather looked down upon the
Cossacks, on account of their being less well paid and equipped
than themselves. This is a thoroughly Oriental way of regard-
ing things; but for my own part I was much struck with the
many excellent qualities of the Cossacks, and no officer could
wish for any better material for soldiers than they afford.
Finding Captain Grombtchevsky's company so agreeable,
I halted a day with him, and on October 25 set out again
towards the Tagh-dum-bash Pamir. On leaving camp I made
the Gurkha escort salute the Russian officer by presenting
arms, and Captain Grombtchevsky returned the compliment by
ordering his Cossacks to "carry swords." We then parted,
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