Part 10 (1/2)
On the monk who drew blood to copy scrolls: ibid., p 127. For more on blood writing, see John Kieschnick's article ”Blood writing in Chinese Buddhism.” Journal of the International a.s.sociation of Buddhist Studies, (2000) 23.2, pp 171194.
On the grumpy scribe: John Kieschnick, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, p 184.
CHAPTER 10: THE THIEVES' ROAD.
”trotted up gaily”: Bodleian, Stein MS 205, Stein diary, October 5, 1907.
”The single ancient Sanskrit MS”: Bodleian, Stein MS 4, Stein to Allen, October 14, 1907.
”Ram Singh's rheumatism has disappeared”: ibid., Stein to Allen, July 28, 1907.
”asking him to keep his own body”: Bodleian, Stein MS 205, Stein diary, October 14, 1907.
”like excavating in one's own garden”: Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol 2, p 360.
”Robbers' Den”: Albert von Le Coq, Buried Treasures of Chinese Turkestan, p 91.
”Somewhat in despair”: ibid., p 106.
”How much greater would be the chance”: Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol 2, p 361.
”How often I have thanked you”: Bodleian, Stein MS 5, Stein to Allen, January 11, 1908.
”robbers and others”: Aurel Stein, Serindia, vol 3, p 1,241.
”I must confess”: Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol 2, p 376.
”precious but embarra.s.sing impedimenta”: ibid., p 376.
”He gave it with more ceremony”: ibid., p 383.
”Nowhere in the course of my desert travels”: Aurel Stein, ”Dr Stein's Expedition in Central Asia,” The Geographical Journal, vol 32, no 4 (October 1908), p 350.
”My secret apprehension”: Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol 2, p 392.
”How the camels held out so far”: Bodleian, Stein MS 205, Stein diary, February 10, 1908.
CHAPTER 11: AFFLICTION IN THE ORCHARD.
”I could not help smiling”: Bodleian, Stein MS 37, Stein to Andrews, March 6, 1908.
”On one occasion”: Bodleian, Stein MS 5, Stein to Allen, June 10, 1908.
”I shall be more than ever bound to the collection”: ibid.
”It is sad to think that I shall have to leave Dash”: ibid., January 26, 1908.
”Disgust at having to employ such a scoundrel”: Bodleian, Stein MS 205, Stein diary, July 17, 1908.
”You can imagine the trouble”: Bodleian, Stein MS 5, Stein to Allen, June 23, 1908.
”He suffered awful pains”: ibid., July 27, 1908.
”Marmite turned to use at last”: Bodleian, Stein MS 205, Stein diary, July 23, 1908.
”You can imagine my feelings”: Bodleian, Stein MS 5, Stein to Allen, June 23, 1908.
”You have nothing to reproach yourself with”: Bodleian, Stein MS 205, Stein diary, July 6, 1908.
”Presented by Dr M.A. Stein to Chiang-ssu-yeh”: Bodleian, Stein MS 37, Stein to Andrews, May 17, 1907.
”Often as I look back”: Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol 1, p 117.
”Then, as I rode on”: ibid., vol 2, p 439.
CHAPTER 12: FROZEN.
”He recognized me when I stroked him”: Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol 2, p 467.
”What he succ.u.mbed to”: Bodleian, Stein MS 5, Stein to Allen, October 16, 1908.
”The world appeared to shrink”: Aurel Stein, Ruins of Desert Cathay, vol 2, p 480.
”The aid of an experienced surgeon”: ibid., p 483.
”so gorged they could hardly move”: David Fraser, The Marches of Hindustan: The record of a journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan and Persia, p 264.
”Here fell Andrew Dalgleish”: Charles Murray, Earl of Dunmore, ”Journeyings in the Pamirs and Central Asia,” The Geographical Journal, vol 2, no 5 (November 1893), p 386.
On the disputed territory of the Siachen Glacier: Tim McGirk and Aravind Adiga, ”War at the Top of the World,” Time Asia, May 4, 2005.
”Dr [Schmitt] a.s.sures me”: Bodleian, Stein MS 5, Stein to Allen, October 16, 1908.
”I never thought of such a communication”: ibid., November 16, 1908.