KARGALIK TO KHOTAN 
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the West Turkestan merchants, to meet me. These 
officials conducted us to a large good - looking house, 
situated in a quiet and peaceful part of the city. It was 
the most comfortable house I had yet seen in East 
Turkestan ; its walls were of wood, and were perforated 
with picturesque openings, and had a tastefully decorated 
roof. 
