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Islam, and denouncing all those who did not 

 follow the Prophet, to eternal perdition. 



The shops or stalls which lined the way ex- 

 posed all sorts of wares : in some, cottons, prints, 

 and bright- coloured handkerchiefs from Man- 

 chester ; in others, gorgeous cJwgas and silks 

 from Khotan and Andigan in Russian Turkistan. 

 Then there were furriers selling furs, poshteens, 

 and the huge otter-skin hats which the women 

 wear, boot - shops, fruit - shops, shops of cheap 

 Birmingham hardware goods, butchers, bakers, 

 and confectioners. After the solitude of the 

 Pamir the bustle made us feel quite giddy. 



From the north gate we crossed the bridge 

 over the ditch which surrounds the fortified Yangi 

 Hissar, and found ourselves in the Chinese 

 quarters. Here the same scene met our eyes. 

 We had expected to find nothing but Chinamen ; 

 but with the exception of a few mixing with the 

 crowd of Turkis, and some keeping shops, there 

 was nothing to distinguish one quarter from 

 another, except that the shops were perhaps 

 better built, and the main street broader than 

 the one in the old city. 



About a quarter of a mile up the street we 

 turned into a large courtyard through a pair of 



