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0186 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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bright red cap which effectively set off their
prominent features, the appearance of the
Turki women was strikingly picturesque.

Hami I found to be a town of some five or
six thousand inhabitants, with all the bustle of
life customary to a trading centre. There were
fairly good shops and a busy bazaar where men
of many different nationalities met together—
Chinese, Mongols, Kalmacs, Turkis, and others.
Large heavily-laden travelling carts come lum-
bering through the town from Turkestan, and
strings of camels from across the desert. Euro-
pean cotton goods, cloth, native manufactures,
and produce, and all the necessaries of life
were obtainable here. I even bought a bottle
of English sweetmeats.

I was looking out for a shop where it was
said Russian goods could be bought, and, on
finding it, noticed Russian characters above.
I looked behind the counter and was both
surprised and delighted to see a Russian, who
shook hands heartily with me, and asked me
to come inside. He spoke neither Chinese
nor English, but only Russian and Mongol;
and as I could speak neither of those languages
we had to communicate with each other through