. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GGG EXPLORATIONS IN MONGOLIA AND TIBET. were sold or otherwise disposed of when good-looking, and Tankar, with a remaining population of a few thousands or so, enjoyed quiet once more. At Hsi-ning, for several years after the rebellion had been suppressed, no Mohammedan was allowed to enter the city (none of them could live in it) without having a stamp impressed on his cheek by the guard at the gate; and even now, after twenty years of pea
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. GGG EXPLORATIONS IN MONGOLIA AND TIBET. were sold or otherwise disposed of when good-looking, and Tankar, with a remaining population of a few thousands or so, enjoyed quiet once more. At Hsi-ning, for several years after the rebellion had been suppressed, no Mohammedan was allowed to enter the city (none of them could live in it) without having a stamp impressed on his cheek by the guard at the gate; and even now, after twenty years of peace, none of them may have a knife, even the usual small one which is carried by all travelling Chinese in a little case with their chop-sticks.* On the 29th of February, I was back in Lusar, but though I used all diligence and expended a vast amount of energy, it was the 14:th of March when we made our final start for the Kokonor country, the first stage of our journey to Fig. 4.—Chinese comjiosiiig Mr. Kockliill's iiarty. My party, as finally organized, comprised four Chinese, three of them frontiersmen from near Lusar, and one, a cook, engaged at Kuei- hua Ch'eng, and a native of Tung-chou, near Peking. We had two small blue cotton tents, and our saddle blankets formed the bulk of our bedding, for the very heavy sheep-skin garments we wore were enough covering for the coldest weather. * In the narrative of tlie journey of Benedict Goes (1603-1607) it is said that the Mohammedans at Su Chou (northwest Kan-su) were shut up every night within the walls of their own city, which was distinct from that inhabited by the Chinese. See H. Yule's Cathay and the Way Thither, p. 582. ,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Re
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