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into the ground." He laughed again and glanced around peculiarly with his blazing eyes.
Only then did I notice that his cheekbones and eyes had lines strange to the Mongols of Central Asia.

He looked more like a Tartar or a Kirghiz.
We were silent and smoked our pipes.
"How soon will the detachment of Chahars leave Uliassutai ?" he asked.
We answered that we had not heard about them.

Our guest explained that from Inner Mongolia the Chinese authorities had sent out a strong detachment, mobilized from among the most warlike tribe of Chahars, which wander about the region just outside the Great Wall.

Its chief was a notorious hunghutze leader promoted by the Chinese Government to the rank of captain on promising that he would bring under subjugation to the Chinese authorities all the tribes of the districts of Kobdo and Urianhai.