THE DUNGAN REVOLT 
1201 
Si-ning-fu was a notable stopping-point on the long 
red line which marks my journey through Asia. It was 
there I proposed to dismiss my faithful attendants from 
East Turkestan, and send them back all the long way 
to their own homes. There too I intended to re-organize 
my caravan, so as to adapt it to Chinese conditions of 
travel. My first object therefore was to call upon the Dao 
Tai and obtain a proper pass for my men ; and this was 
not difficult, for almost all of them were Chinese subjects. 
The Dao Tai gave me a pass of gigantic dimensions. 
ONE OF THE GATES OF SI-NING-FU 
well calculated to inspire the profoundest respect in the 
minds of all Chinese officials. The men travelled back 
alonaf the pfreat hiarhroad through the heart of Asia, via 
Gan-chow (Gan-chau), Su-chow (Su-chau), Khami, and 
Korla. Before they started I called them all into my 
room, and we calculated how much was owing to each 
man ; then to their unspeakable amazement, I doubled 
the amount that fell to each man’s share. And it was 
by no means too much ; for without them I should have 
accomplished but little. Further than that, I made them 
a present of the Mongolian horses that survived, with 
