. A visit to the Russians in central Asia. r read nor write . . hisharem consisted of five hundred women. The unhappy and uncertain character of thegreat historian may account for this singularadmiration for a monster of cruelty, but it isreally amazing to read the opinion of GeneralKuropatkin— Les deux plus grandes figureshistoriques de IAsie Centrale, Gengis Khanet Tamerlan, ont eu sur les destinees de laKashgarie une influence enorme, quoique biendifferente. Le premier la conquit sans verserune goutte de sang, y introduisit la tol^rencereligieuse, encouragea Iindustrie, le commerceet les ar
. A visit to the Russians in central Asia. r read nor write . . hisharem consisted of five hundred women. The unhappy and uncertain character of thegreat historian may account for this singularadmiration for a monster of cruelty, but it isreally amazing to read the opinion of GeneralKuropatkin— Les deux plus grandes figureshistoriques de IAsie Centrale, Gengis Khanet Tamerlan, ont eu sur les destinees de laKashgarie une influence enorme, quoique biendifferente. Le premier la conquit sans verserune goutte de sang, y introduisit la tol^rencereligieuse, encouragea Iindustrie, le commerceet les arts, et fonda ainsi la prosperite du pays,qui devint bientot floressant. Le second, aucontraire, y porta le pillage et le massacre, etdctruisit en quelque mois, pour longtemps, si cenest pour toujours, ce que Gengis Khan et sesdescendans avaient mis 170 ans a crcer. I iliink that with more justice we may lookupon the great Tamerlane as a tremendousconqueror, but also as a magnificent read of his receiving a former opponent. TOMB OF TIMUR (EXTERIOK , SAMARKAND in Central Asia 189 with all the honour due to a prince, none ofthe prescribed ceremonies being- neglected ; heand his retinue were loaded with magnificentpresents, such as gold and jewels, robes ofhonour and girdles, arms, armour, horses, camels,tents, cymbals, chargers, slaves, standards andsuch like things. The splendid buildings atSamarkand were not the creation of a savagebarbarian. We read also that Amir Timur,as he was called by the Turks and Tartars,was overwhelmed with grief at the loss of hisson, and was with difficulty roused to the per-formance of his duties to his people. Heinstituted many pious works, and gave almsto be distributed in the form of food to thepoor and indigent. It is true that the recordsof the gigantic crimes of Chingiz Khan werewritten by the victims of his conquests, butwe do not hear of any traditions that relievethe blackness of his place in history. The variety of ways of sp
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