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0230 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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southwards, and now the Pamir Mountains,
instead of being straight in front of us, were
passed by on our right hand.

On August 29 we reached Yarkand, and
were met outside by the Kashmir Aksakal and
a large number of Indian traders, who had
heard that an English officer was coming to
Yarkand, and had come out to meet me. An
Englishman always receives a warm welcome
from natives of India in foreign countries. I
have been told that it is all because of self-
interest, and that they merely do it because
they hope to get something out of him.
Possibly this may be so, but I prefer to
think that there is also some tinge of warmth
of heart in it, and a feeling of kinship with
their rulers which attracts them in a strange
land to an Englishman. At any rate, that was
the impression produced upon me by my re-
ception in Yarkand, and I would rather retain
that than make way for the colder reasoning
which had been suggested to me.

In the best Chinese inn in the place the chief
room had been made ready for me by the
Kashmir Aksakal. Carpets, chairs, and tables
from his own house had been brought in, and