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was told they were Mussal- 

 mans. The " Tu-reu " live at 

 a town called Pan-an west 

 of Siun-hua on the right bank 

 of the Yellow river. East of 

 Hochan is a Muhammadan 

 people called " Tong hiang " 

 (east villagers). A trader 

 and innkeeper at Sonanba, 

 their chief village, told me 

 that their language was the 

 same as that spoken at Tin- 

 giiening, west of the Alashan 

 on the north of the province 

 and also by the " Tu-reu " at 

 Pan-an on the west. In Stan- 

 ford's "Asia" pp. 543 and 

 584, the Mongols of Ala-shan 

 are said to be Kalkas. On 

 the map in the Chinese charac- 

 ter, prepared by the French 

 Missionaries in the last cen- 

 tury, the name Kalka occurs 

 south of the Ku-^u lake as 

 well as the Kalmuk-Mongol 

 tribes of Turgut, Koshot, 

 Choros and Koit. I hope to 

 settle the point this year by a 

 visit to West Kansu as to the 

 accuracy of my supposition 

 that the Tu-reu and Tong- 

 hiang are Kalka-Mongol. At 

 the bottom of p. 50 it is said 

 that the Doolans immigrated 

 to Kashgaria 150 years ago. 

 Whence came they ? In " the 

 Russians in Central Asia," 

 (Paul Kegan and Co.,) it is 

 stated that they are a Muham- 

 madan tribe, but not, if my 

 memory serves me right, of 

 what race. 



