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0210 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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country except that in which they are at the
time living. And this habit of rubbing up
against men of so many different countries gives
them a quiet, even temperament and breadth of
idea which makes them charming company.

I engaged one of these men, a native of the
Pathan state of Bajaur on our Indian frontier,
and which I eight years later visited during the
Chitral expedition. His name was Rahmat-
ula-Khan, and he agreed to accompany me to
Kashgar, by Ush Turfan, while my cart went
by Maral-bashi. He was a good specimen of
his class, and full of adventurous projects, his
great ambition being to visit England.

Under the guidance of this man, I left Aksu
on August 10, riding one pony myself, while
another was ridden by the Turki servant, and
a third, carrying all the baggage we took with
us, was led. In this way we could travel fast,
and make long marches. Several of the
cheery sociable merchants from India accom-
panied us for the first half of the march, and
provided a lunch in a garden under the cool
shade of fruit trees. The country, for several
miles beyond Aksu, was well cultivated, and
the road good. We crossed the Aksu river,