AMONG THE KIRGHIZ 
293 
individual, and was not very accurate in his Chinese in- 
terpretations. Immediately after arriving at Su-bashi he 
added to these accomplishments by beginning to gamble 
with the Chinese, and in one day lost 40 tengeh. When 
therefore I sent back the karakesh (horse owner) I hired 
at Kashgar, together with his horses, Daod received his 
orders to go with him. Thus of the men who left Kashgar 
with me the only one remaining was my faithful Islam Bai. 
I now further engaged two trustworthy Kirghiz, namely 
Yehini Bai and Mollah Islam, both of whom did excellent 
service during the journeys of the summer. In addition 
to these men, I employed others for shorter periods, as 
well as horses. 
