New-York tribune., 1868-12-31
ps0rESSoR ROBERT VON SCHLAGINTWEITS
LECTURES
TURKISrAN

Vas the subject of the last lecture OF Prof.
lchlauntwcit delivered on Tuesday evening. Stein
raw Han was crowded. fact the longer Prof s. lee
mres the the interest deepens We left our uav
ers at the salt lake Kinb-io Mt hight OF 1890 feet
t,red and exhausted The three days rest were en-
oved 10 study the customs Of the people they
oon 10 meet salams verses from the Koran, when and
how TO stroke the beard habit Prof says he has not
Jue been able to uuean up TO this day to cat With the
nnSSTs Smplovmepts %,T11T which were crowded into
hese days OF rest. They also instituted interesting
ahseryatons about the transparency Of the water.
Vater is oss transparent than generally believed The
purest water If bordering ON the BLUSH IS seldom
transparent at greater depth than 80 or 90 rect ~ an
average water is transparent only as deep as vo Ieot
Clouds have but very little Dhuenee on Tue &
nj water After three dap rest during WHICH lile @ @
holses but slightly recovered they continued ther
ney INTO the interior OF Iurkistan along tne river
gTees Firheuhei salt was there III great abundance
They also found ruins OF iSth'E E,Ined Amin fo
slrardar Makam Their guuc' ,In iaco hn5 re o
tleir surprise told them thst i"o li"oS IA" ~,
STLsSu xey9naer the Great had camped here scaI.
dar Makam meaning reSuIIs I,t IaI0 ~ th sira'dcr
never penetrated to this spot But II IS not niue sur
prising that his name Should nave feaSneu ts peohe
ers ho&ou & 10 t 10 Bsha and Ehi the capitas OF last
ern Turkistau. Between Sumgal aud Sicardar Makam
niSR proved fatal Riding along the Karakash following
their guides they all at once lost their track 1t hp-
peaied that they had crossed the river somewhere Be
dcnuess peculiar to that latitude In attempting To cross
they lost their footing. and afer having reached
OF tire river they had 10 remain there all night.
Aoue in this strange wilderness 1900 feet hgh without
food clothing frozen to their body, all at sudden,
about midnight, they felt the ground 10 become wet IL
soon became evident that tue river was rising Slowly,
steadily II continued 70 GO 50 III toward hOOh wnSi II
beCau steadily to subside. Amid uuumerabc difficult
ties completely exhausted they found their guides at
last having tasted no f0od Tor the last SO hours Nheh
they reached the uluu they had lost horses two
same This they did in the night Of the 23d Of August
1886 at hight OF 1900 fect the Thermometer at llB dc
The tents OF The inhabitants Of Tarkistan Their first
meeting with them proved very pleasant; AT 1rst
aiterward, they had feared an attack
from theni they mistaling the spy glass which Prof 3
had lcvelcd toward them for gun After having Deen
assured by Mohammed Amin that they were harmless
merchants from lndl who ad not lost ther way, G%Cnh conn
description u the and habits Of this people, me
etiquette observed among them shepherds they are,
srlssing anything e had ever seen before As the wQ
men took their meals with them and all eating their
T. thought this an excellent opportunity to irt by press
ing the ugers OF the fair which could be done all the
sor gave a resume of the results OF his voyage at
great iensth which, t9 bearing as they did upon
40 great variety 0i topics were listened 10 WIN the
closest attention. lie hoped that Russia would
conquer Turklstan, to insure passace-way TO
China. He thought that Incorporation with Russia
would prove of vast bencta only the inhabitants
return they met. Nephrit. with quarry, in
which was found q stone Of the name Of " "Yashem'
Asia; for out OF it are made the vanous hlstru.
their gods He showed specimens OF the In
bringing them TO Europe the Professor had been the
occasion OF most valuable discovery. IT being nothing
es than TO gain the assurance that these nephtes
identical with those recently found in switzerland, aud
which, being the oldest monuments there, could only
have been brought 10 that country by people emgrang
from Asia The nepite be easily worked when fresh
from the quarry bat almost impossible 10 break after
having Osed 70 the air FOR length OF time
Taer parting from their trusted guide, MObanlmed
Amin vas very touching After thanking the audience
fo. their attention the Professor closed his highly u-
sirucve and interesting course OF lectures, which VIII
long be remembered by all the OF science who mad
the happiness 10 hear lin. AT the urgent request oI
;nnuy members OF the Historical Society, tic Professor
L. consented to deliver four lectures IN their rooms ON
the 18th, 10th, 18th aud 23d of January next