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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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ments of the art of looking after a 'Sahib's' kit and of
serving at table.
Niaz Akhun, a Chinese-speaking native of Kashgar, whom,
after several unsuccessful experiments with other individuals,
I managed with Mr. Macartney's help to secure for the com-
bined duties of 'Tungchi' (Chinese interpreter) and pony
attendant, was outwardly a person of more imposing appear-
ance and of manners to match. He had accompanied Mr.
and Mrs. Littledale on their great journey through Tibet
and China, and not unnaturally assumed an air of superiority
towards the rest of my Turki followers who had not seen
'Bajin' (Peking) and the other wonders of Cathay. It is
only fair to record that they were ever ready to retaliate
by artfully conveyed doubts whether he was truly to be
reckoned among faithful followers of Islam or not rather
among his much-extolled paragons, the heathen Chinese.
His relative intelligence made him useful for his particular
function, and as an interpreter he served me honestly.
Perhaps it was just as well that during the weeks of our stay
in the well-ordered surroundings of Chini-Bagh he had no
opportunity to display before me those little personal failings,
such as his inordinate addiction to opium and gambling, and
his strong inclination to qualified looting, which subsequently
caused occasional trouble. Two young 'Tugachis,' or camel-
men, were engaged with less difficulty through the traders who
had sold me the camels. Neither Roza Akhun nor Hassan
Akhun had seen much of the world beyond the caravan routes
northward. But young as they were they well knew the
difficult art of camel management, and prompted perhaps by
youthful curiosity and love of adventure, proved readier to face
the hardships and supposed risks of desert journeys than their
elders. It mattered little that they made up for their cheerful-
ness and steady conduct on the march through the sand-wastes
by an irrepressibly pugnacious disposition whenever the varied
temptations of a Bazar were near.
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