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to Kashgar he chiefly occupied himself with translating 
the Bible into Turki and the dialect of Kashgar, and 
with playing Swedish Psalm tunes on a violin in the 
evening. 
Such were the happy destinies of the champions of 
the Cross in that remotest of Chinese cities ! I felt 
truly sorry for them. Their energies were wasted, their 
labours fruitless, their lives empty, hard, and of none 
account. 
During my first visit in Kashgar I had the good fortune 
to come in contact with two pleasant English gentle- 
men, the famous traveller Captain Younghusband and 
Mr. Macartney. The former had in the interval returned 
to India. The latter still dwelt in Kashgar, occupying 
a comfortable house in a splendid situation close to the 
garden of Chinneh-bagh. On more than one occasion 
he entertained Father Hendricks and myself with splendid 
hospitality. Mr. Macartney was the Agent of the Indian 
Government for Chinese affairs in Turkestan. He had 
had a first-rate training, and spoke fluently the principal 
languages of Europe and the Orient, being especially 
distinguished in Chinese. In fact, he was too good for 
his post. He was capable of rendering his country sub- 
stantial services in a more distinguished sphere of action. 
I will now turn to the more eminent of the Chinese 
with whom I had relations during my stay in Kashgar. 
The highest official in each of the nineteen provinces 
of China is the governor ; and with him are associated 
the vice-governor, the head of the provincial treasury, 
the judge, and the procurators. Now, whereas the first 
four exercise authority over the whole of the province, 
the functions of the last official, the procurator or Dao 
Tat (the Man who Shows the Right Way), are limited 
to a smaller district or subdivision of the province. For 
instance, in the province of Sin-chiang (Sin-kiang), which 
embraces the whole of East Turkestan, Hi, a part of 
Dzungaria, and a part of Gobi, there are several dao tais. 
Urumchi, the capital of the province, has one ; Ak-su 
has another ; there is a third at Kashgar ; and so on. 
