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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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the breakfast my men had soon got ready for us, made up
his mind to visit Kashgar instead. Accepting my invitation
to share my camp, he accompanied me to Sarik-Jilga, the end
of my march.
On the way, and then at table, my young guest told me
much of interest concerning his ten days' ride over the
Russian Pamirs. Though far too rapid for close observation,
it was a performance highly creditable to his endurance. Of
outfit and provisions he had brought scarcely more than is
wanted for a few days' outing in the Bavarian Alps, but he
had soon been obliged to provide himself against the rigours
of a Pamir summer, for which he was little prepared, by pur-
chasing a large fur coat off the back of a Kirghiz. I won-
dered inwardly how he managed to get rid of the livestock
likely to be involved in this transaction. As the Kirghiz had
so far been his only hosts except at the Russian fort of
Pamirski Post, and as he could not make himself readily
understood by them, his bodily wants had found but scant
satisfaction. His two ponies were also nearly done up by the
hardships of these precipitous marches. On the other hand,
there was no need for the two revolvers which he was
carrying in his belt, and after our conversation he soon found
for them a less prominent receptacle. For, indeed, if the
Pamir region does not yet offer inns and rest-houses after the
fashion of the Alps, it may boast of an equal degree of security.
Comparing notes from north and south we spent a cheerful
evening together. Karakash Beg and his followers shared
my satisfaction at this chance meeting. For the assurance
that the unexpected arrival was after all not a 'Rus' relieved
them of all responsibility. On the 5th of July we rode down
together some fifteen miles to Ghujakbai (the 'Ujadbhai'
of former maps), where the valley turns to the north and
considerably widens. The snow-capped ranges on both sides
now receded, and the widening expanse of the valley vividly
demonstrated the importance which belongs to the Taghdum-
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