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0048 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
中国砂漠地帯の遺跡 : vol.2
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jawed face which expressed jovial good-nature and some
character. At times he looked delightfully angular, like a
figure from some early Flemish painting. His manners
were pleasingly bluff and hearty, with just an occasional
touch of quaint stiffness when he remembered what he
owed to his present station and—prospects. His recollec-
tion of services went back to the time when he had tramped
into Turkestan as a corporal in Liu Chin-t'ang's reconquer-
ing army. For many years he had remained a humble
petty officer until the débâcle of 1900, when he had the
good fortune to get attached to the Empress's escort, and
riding by her chair on the flight to Hsin-an-fu to attract
the imperial notice.
Promotion had been rapid since, and Lin Ta-jên seemed
well pleased with himself and the way in which the world
had treated him. He did not lay claim to much education
nor to any particular interest in things dead and buried.
But he seemed to cherish greatly the recollection of his
early years spent in Turkestan, and would chat away gaily
about such of his old haunts as Chiang and myself knew.
He had read and heard a good deal about Japanese
prowess in the late war, and seemed full of respect for
the Westerners whose teaching had helped on their success.
Our prolonged visit to the district was evidently welcomed
by him as a pleasant diversion, and the help of his myrmidons
which he pressed upon us as a safeguard against the ob-
structive indolence and occasional turbulence of the Tun-
huang people in general, soon proved useful in more than
one way. That Lin Ta-jên enjoyed more authority in his
own sphere than Wang, the newly arrived civilian, did in
his, was quite clear, and under the guidance of his men
good grazing was soon secured for my camels. Luckily
the two dignitaries were on excellent terms, and the
magistrate was only too anxious to let me benefit by the
predominant local influence of his military colleague.
From the Muhammadan traders there was information
to be gathered about ruined sites in the vicinity of the
oasis and along the great routes to the north and east.
One among them, Zahid Beg from Urumchi, after many
a venture north and south of the T'ien-shan, including