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0681 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2 / Page 681 (Color Image)

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[Photo] 307 TURDI, MY DAK-MAN FROM KHOTAN. The saddle-bag across Turdi's shoulder served to carry small mails.
[Photo] 308 CHIANG-SSŬ-YEH AT WORK ON ANCIENT CHINESE RECORDS, IN NAR-BAGH. This photograph shows my devoted secretary just recovered from a short attack of illness.

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ment of tin plates for packing which h
thereby draining the whole Turkis
prized commodity. Then follo
toil for me, absorbed entirely by th
of my archæological collections.
the oasis seen such making o
went on in the courtyard of my s
ing hot weeks (Fig. 306). There ve
'Ustads' to direct in a more or le
the dozens of men who w
trunks and planing boards t
repacking of the antiques in th
be done entirely by my own han
the frescoes from Miran and els
with glued strips of cotton and th
between layers of reeds, as alrea
The results of my minute ca
taken have been gratifying indee
even when composed of the mo
terials, have safely survived all th
were exposed on a total journey o
being carried across high mounta
aks, and ponies, and subsequently
and steamer. But it was a wea
lled thus during the hottest seaso
at any interruption from daybreak
a little refreshment in walks or ride
through the village tracts northwa
I had deputed Naik Ram Sing
mentary task, mainly photograph
had been long at Khotan he returne
ey eastwards suffering from comple
news whatever had reached me fro
and the shock was great when I sa
once so stalwart and strong, broug
travelling rapidly to Charklik wh
efficient and experienced of m
was attacked by severe pains in th
had suggested the approach of th