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26. If Nasir Khan, native of Bajour, domiciled at Guzerat, and 

 trader between Turkistan and India, be forthcoming in Ladak, be 

 would be about the best man to entrust with any further inquiries 

 in Turkistan itself; but if any such commission were given to him, 

 it should be quite privately. I gather from the Delhi Gazette, that 

 this person passed from India into Ladak a month or two ago, with 

 the intention, no doubt, of going on to Tarkund. 



(Signed) Henry Steachet, Captain, 



QQth Goorkah Regiment. 



Almorah, 20th August, 1858. 



P. &. — Since writing the above, I have met with the following in 

 the Bombay Standard of the 17th July, 1858 : " By letters from 

 Simla of the 3rd instant, we learn that an expedition was about to 

 be organized under Lord William Hay, to ascertain, if possible, the 

 fate of llerr Adolphe Von Schlagiutweit." 



(Signed) Henry Strachey, Captain, 



QQth Goorkah Regiment. 

 Delhi Gazette, June, 1858. 



No. 1. — News has been received of Mr. Schlagiutweit, who is 

 said to have passed his winter at a place called Askilung, about five 

 inarches on this side of Yarkund, aud near Aktak. It is possible 

 that the Government is wide awake, and that Mr. Schlagintweit 

 was deputed to that part of the world by competent authority, and 

 that he is duly protected ; if this be not the case, the news of his 

 safety should be regarded with great caution, and the persons who 

 have brought the news should be very closely questioned. The 

 news has come from Leh via Zautkar, and the secrecy of Govern- 

 ment may be so great that the same parties may have conveyed 

 letters from Mr. Schlagiutweit himself. 



Delhi Gazette, July 10, 1858. 



No. 2. — News from Yarkund has been received by us from a 

 friend, upon whose information we can entirely rely, he says — " The 

 passes from Ladak are open, and news has been received that the 

 army of Kathai (China) engaged the force sent from Indijan 

 (Kohkan) and defeated them, causing them to return to their own 

 country. 



