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mentions having sent two letters round to the West by Peshawar 

 and says that he has received no answer. Col. Edwardes received one 

 of the letters and it is printed in the collection of Official Reports 

 circulated by the Messrs. Sehlagintweit. Vide No. 10 in the list. 



A small leather bag accompanied the letter; the bag contained 

 four very thin old copper coins and an instrument for cutting leather, 

 with an awl, the two latter I understand to be of the kind used by 

 Bhistees. 



The letter does not throw any new light on Mr. Schlagintweit's 

 fate and does not entirely agree with the letter sent to Col. Edwardes 

 but, being of a later date, it may be interesting. The writer says he 

 has not managed to secure either the boxes or the property of the 

 unfortunate Mr. S. 



I enclose the statement made before Mr. Civil Assistant TV. H 

 Johnson by Kunj Khan of Yarkand, the bearer of Mahomed Ameen's 

 letter, who says he was taken into Mr. S.'s service the day before he 

 was imprisoned and declares he was present when Mr. S. was murder- 

 ed. This man states that Mr. Schlagintweit's property is in the 

 possession of Shaidarwag of Baclakshan and that it includes a large 

 folio of drawings and other papers. Kunj Khan thinks that the pro- 

 perty might be recovered. 



I did not myself see Kunj Khan and have not the means of form- 

 ing an opinion as to his veracity or as to the feasibility of the plan lie 

 proposes. The man was given a present and told that a suitable re- 

 ward would be given for any drawings, papers, or other property re- 

 covered. The folio is no doubt the most valuable. Jnst before leav- 

 ing the Hills, I heard that Lieutenant-Colonel Irby of H. M.'s olst 

 foot had met another man from Yarkand with Mr. Schlagintweit's 

 skull. As to the truth of this I have not as yet heard. The hopes 

 of reward are no doubt, likely to produce a good number of impostors. 

 During the hot weather I heard that Mr. S.'s bones had been carried 

 into Kuta. 



I propose forwarding the bag with copper coins, &c, to the care of 

 Major H. L. Thuillier. I will of course avail myself of every op- 

 portunity that there may be to get further information on the subject. 

 Should any be forthcoming I shall again address you. 



(Sd.) T. G. MontgOxMeete, Cap. Engrs. 



First Asst. G. T. Survey of India. 



