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in conimand was Colonel Holdich, a recipient of the large 
gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society for his 
admirable trigonometrical and astronomical work in the 
frontier districts of India. The rest of the staff included 
Colonel Wahab, the topographer ; Captain McSwiney, 
who spoke Russian fluently ; Dr. Alcock, director of 
the Imperial Museum at Calcutta, and professor of the 
Calcutta University; and my friend Mr. Macartney, 
agent for Chinese affairs in Kashgar. In addition 
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there were three pundits, or educated Hindus, for the 
topographical field-work. 
Amongst the Russian staff I found several acquaintances 
from West Turkestan— Colonel Salessky, the astronomer ; 
Captain Skersky, the new commandant of Fort ’ 
and the famous topographer Bendersky, who has travelled 
in every part of Western Asia, and who was one of the 
Russian embassy which visited Kabul in the time of 
Emir Shir Ali Khan. General Pavalo-Shveikovsky’s 
principal assistants were however Mr. Panafidin, formerly 
