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Transcaspia, and Madame Ussakofski entertained us socially. And all the
details connected with organizing and continuing our work at Anau were
carefully managed by General Ussakofski and the district Natchalnik Colonel
Kukol-Yaznopolski, while the required government supervision was cour-
teously executed by Mr. A. Semencf.
At Bairam-ali (Merv) the Director of the Imperial Domain, Mr. Yere-
mief, gave us a house for all the members of the expedition, and Madame
Yeremief made our stay pleasant socially in their beautiful house.
Here, too, we were aided in many ways by Herr von Brandt, assistant
to the Director. At Bokhara we had, as on the previous expedition, reason
to be grateful to Baron Tscherkesof for aid in visiting Old Bokhara and for
aid in obtaining from the Ameer permission for R. W. Pumpelly to travel in
the remote parts of the Khanate and in taking the steps that insured for him
the hospitable reception extended to him throughout his journey.
We shall never forget the unbounded kindness shown us at Samarkand
by General Medinski, the Governor, and Mademoiselle Collins, who took
Mrs. Pumpelly and Miss Brooks and myself at once into the charming Gov-
ernment House and in every way made our stay delightful. And after our
departure General Medinski perfected the arrangements for my son's expe-
dition.
To Professors Hoernes, of Vienna; Heierli, of Zürich; Pigorini and
Colini, of Rome, I am indebted for kindly given aid in examining the col-
lections in the great museums of those cities. And in Paris I have to thank
Mr. Hubert, of the Museum of St.-Germain-en-Laye, not only for guidance
through the collections, but also for undertaking to have the metallic imple-
ments from Anau reproduced in wax, which was most artistically executed
by M. Champion.
To Professors Sayce and Flinders Petrie and Mr. Reissner I owe many
thanks for instructive interviews in connection with Babylonian and Egypt-
ian archeology. And to the many hours spent with Professor Sergi during
repeated visits to Rome and the deep interest taken by him in our work in
Turkestan I owe not only much encouragement and instruction, but also his
important contribution to these volumes.
Dr. William James, Jr., very kindly volunteered his services in prepar-
ing from Mr. Langdon Warner's photographs and sketches of the skeletal
remains the drawings that are reproduced in Mr. Warner's report.
No small part of the success of the expedition of 1904 is due to the vol-
unteer work of Mr. Warner and of Miss Hildegard Brooks. Miss Brooks, in
addition to other duties, acted as assistant to Dr. Schmidt, recording the
lists of finds and assorting the great mass of fragments of pottery that were
collected daily.