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0229 Among the Celestials : vol.1
Among the Celestials : vol.1 / Page 229 (Color Image)

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room I was occupying made respectable to
receive him in, and he immediately darted
off in his usual impetuous manner, saying he
would arrange everything. Shortly afterwards
good carpets, chairs, a table, teapot, cups,
saucers, and plates, came pouring in, and the
room was in a few moments transformed into
a civilised abode.

On the following morning the consul, with
an escort of sixteen mounted Cossacks and the
Russian flag, rode into the *serai*. We had
another long conversation together, and I
found it a great pleasure to talk again with
a European, after so many months of travel.
M. Petrovsky is an especially interesting man
to talk with, and I was sorry I could not stay
longer in Kashgar to see more of him.

But, Liu-san having arrived with the cart, I
had to start off again for Yarkand. Liu-san
had fulfilled his contract, and landed everything
in Kashgar exactly in the time stipulated—
forty days from Hami—a good performance,
with which I was very much pleased. Between
Kashgar and Yarkand there was nothing of
special interest that had not been noted by
previous travellers. We had made the turn