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rifles and broke it right in two ; so, to prevent further 
damage, we employed him ever afterwards as tailor to 
the camp, and found him very useful. I had two men 
to accompany me on the march and take charge of all 
the plants I collected, and dry and press them when 
we reached camp. One of these men was named 
Timer Din ; he was a Kashmiri by birth, but had 
long been resident in the Panjdb ; he talked Kashmiri 
and Persian fluently — all men of education in India, 
and throughout the East, know Persian. My other 
man, Golam Ali, was by trade a gardener, and had 
accompanied me on several previous excursions into 
the hills ; he not only assisted in collecting and drying 
plants, but took charge of my photographic apparatus. 
My private servants were five in number. 
At Srinagar we were joined by two remarkable men, 
and as Mr. Forsyth saw more of them than I did at 
the time of their joining us, I quote his remarks, 
" One of these men was destined to take an 
important part in our future proceedings in Yarkand. 
Kazi Syad Mahomed Takub, nephew of the Atalik 
Ghazi, went some years ago from Kokand to Constan- 
tinople, to lay the state of affairs in his native country 
before the Head of the Faithful. 
" But on arriving at Constantinople, he heard that 
his country was disturbed, and he resolved to remain 
quietly there for about four years, and then, having 
heard of the success of his uncle in Eastern Turkistan, 
took the route of India and Kashmir to join his for- 
tunes to those of Yakoob Beg, in Kashgar. Mahomed 
Yakub, being a Syad, and having performed the 
pilgrimage to Mecca, had of course a high reputation 
for sanctity, and being otherwise a man of character, 
