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0302 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
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caused damage of all kinds. So the saddler, blacksmith, and
tailor were kept busy under my eyes. Vendors of antiques,
bringing seals, coins, old pottery, and similar small objects,
mostly from Yotkan, frequently presented themselves. But
of the "old books" none were offered. It seemed as if the
particular "treasure-seeker" to whom I had reason to trace

them, credited me with a more inquisitorial turn of mind than
was convenient for him—and his factory.

But my days at Khotan were taken up not only with these
avocations. There had been since I returned an increasing
rush of people seeking benefit from my medicine case.
Patients from among the local Begs and the Chinese officials
could not be denied, and though my "Tabloids" could
scarcely effect the wonderful cures expected by these visitors,