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His son, Gafur Khan, who accompanied him in 1852-53 from Kash- 
mir vid Ladak to Yarkand, Kashgar, Kokan and back by Kabul, is 
now in Kashmir; both father and son have, in their clerical character, 
considerable facilities in moving about Turkistan, where the mass of 
the population is Mahomedan, and where the Shah (the son) tells 
me they have a good many followers (mureed) of their own, and 
would consequently not be likely to be interrupted in their travels. 
I should propose that either the father or son should be asked to 
undertake the guidance of two trained native explorers, and I under- 
stand from the son that they would be willing to undertake such a 
charge. He said that he thought that there would be no danger to 
natives, who accompanied him into Turkistan. 
In order to carry out the above it would be necessary to be provided 
with funds for training the explorers. Say, first man on Rs. 80 and two 
apprentices on Rs. 20 each per mensem, to be increased when employ- 
ed in actual exploration to Rs. 100 and Rs. 30 respectively with tra 
velling allowance of say Rs. 10 and Rs. 5 besides, or in all Rs. 110 
and Rs. 85 when exploring. The Syud in charge might be given an- 
other Rs. 100 per mensem or a present at the end according to the way 
in which the exploration was effected, guaranteeing him a minimum 
of Rs. 50 per mensem. 
Instruments might be provided in duplicate as far as the watch, 
thermometer and compass are concerned. It would take, say eight 
months to train the natives. The exploring party might leave Kash- 
mir on Ist May next. They would reach Yarkand early in July and 
might spend July, August, and part of September in exploring Eas- 
tern Turkistan and return to Kashmir by the beginning of November. 
They would be out for eight months in the expedition, the expense 
would hardly exceed Rs. 300 per mensem, even if the head explorer 
was accompanied by both the apprentices. Their work could be tested 
by Trigonometrical values right up to the Karakoram pass. 
The pay of the Syud and of the explorers would of course have to 
be separately arranged. I mention the sums above, simply in order 
to give the best idea I can as to the cost. 
The men should be trained at the Head Quarters of the Grand 
Trigonometrical Survey, or at the Head Quarters of one of the Great 
Trigonometrical Survey parties. 
Ifthe apprentice who accompanied the first explorer turned out 
