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0349 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
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[Photo] 205 LARGE FRESCO COMPOSITION ON SOUTH WALL OF PORCH IN CAVE-TEMPLE CH. VIII., 'THOUSAND BUDDHAS,' SHOWING BUDDHA ON CAR. For details see ii. p. 229.

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ws from India and Europe, and now st
hing the shower of letters which surp
spent me was refreshing like summer r
last most of those from Europe went f
months of the previous year scarcely
ained touch with dear friends. Nothin
ularly elastic under changed condition
g after midnight opening and rapidly
of settlem, close upon two hundred
ished at last, the violent gale blowing
ound sleep—until it was daylight and
oth work.
afterwards another small diversion wa
from Wang, the learned district magis
lane to adjust my transaction with the T
that assuredly I might count on my
dularly sympathy. But I could not hel
here I learned confidentially through Ch
-ha-yei's visit had been caused much by
arrived from the Lang-chou Viceroy, an
made me with all diplomatic politeness
excavations. The idea apparently was t
gical activity would necessarily turn u
ne only find-places of ancient remain kn
collectors of antiques, and that popula
I might expose me to personal risk—
d government, its inconvenient trouble.
part, summoned from the Ya-mên of the Re
commanding at Su-chou, and responsibl
the northern portion of Kan-su, was said
this official perturbation. My privilege
sing district had evidently given him
long known better, and could in all thi
ious nature of my work, which lay all th
hope to assure that public official obs
otherwise permit a far more serious obsta
ous any chance of my exciting popular res
olution I took care to send Chiang to me
days, and to assure myself through his
anded to the Viceroy put my case in a