EPITOME OP THE MEMOIRS OF THE KHOJAS. 57 
what city they are going to give.” Afterwards the Kir gh iz asked: — 
“ What need have yon now for yonr fire arms and accoutrements ?” and 
so took them from them. 
With many indignities and sufferings, they were brought in by the 
Kirghiz, who, cruelly and for sport, slew many of the children and carried 
their bodies on their spears. In this way, they passed one night at the 
village of Ak-tam and another at Urda-Ustang, where there were but four 
bare walls to sleep between. At this place they were separated from one 
another to be led into the city, and they never saw one another more. 
What happened after this, there is no strength to relate nor to listen to. 
