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0102 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
中央アジア踏査記 : vol.1
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crumbling stone walls enclosing a wide area around a
tumbledown Chinese fort and what has now dwindled to
a mere little village (Fig. 17). Then I moved on to Kash-
gar north-eastwards by the direct route across the high
Chichiklik plateau, close on 15,000 feet high. It led past the
flank of the great Muz-tagh-ata massif and over a succession
of minor passes. Rapid as my marches had to be—I covered
the distance of close on 180 miles in six days, in spite of
difficulties caused by melting snows and flooded streams—
I traced unmistakable topographical and archaeological
evidence which showed that the route was the same which
Hsüan-tsang, my Chinese patron saint, had followed more
than twelve centuries before.
At Kashgar, under the hospitable roof of my old friend
Mr. (now Sir) George Macartney, the representative of the
Indian Government, I was kept exceedingly busy by a host
of practical tasks connected with the organization of my
caravan, purchase of ponies and camels, etc. Mr. Macart-
ney's kind offices, supported by his great personal influence,
secured the goodwill of the provincial Chinese Government
for my explorations. But it was a service of quite as great
importance when he recommended to me a qualified Chinese
secretary in the person of Chiang Ssŭ-yeh (Fig. 20). It had
not been very difficult for me before to acquire a fair col-
loquial knowledge of Eastern Turki, the language spoken
by the people of Chinese Turkestan. But for a serious study
of Chinese, the language of its rulers and administrators, I
regret I never had had needful leisure.
It was a piece of real good fortune which gave me in
Chiang Ssŭ-yeh not merely an excellent teacher and secre-
tary but a devoted helpmate ever ready to face hardships