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III. LAST JOURNEYS AND DEATH OF OUR BROTHER ADOLPHE.
1. Verbal statement of the native doctor Harkishen. 2. Statement made by Bhutias from Johar. 3. Information
contained in the Delhi Gazette, and general remarks of Capt. Strachey. 4. Report from Mani and Nain Singh.
5. Verbal Statement of Kattah Ali Shah from Yarkand. 6. Statement of Gosht Mohammad, one of Adolphe's
servants. 7. Letter from Mr. Vardouguine, Russian Consul at Chuguchak. 8. Second report from Mr. Vardouguine,
forwarded to Baron Budberg by Mr. George Kowalewski. 9. Letter to R. Temple, Esq., Secretary to the Chief
Commissioner of the Punjab. 10. Verbal statement given by the Kashmiri, Abdullah, an attendant on Adolphe.
11. Letter from Mohammad Amin of Yarkand to Colonel Edwardes. 12. Concluding remarks.
e have to fulfil the melancholy duty of presenting here in a collected form
the reports in reference to the unhappy fate of our beloved brother Adolphe. He fell
a victim to his scientific zeal at Kashgar, in Turkistan, August, 1857. In him we
lost a dear brother, in the prime of his youth1 and activity, a companion in travels,
the recollection of which, notwithstanding all hardships and difficulties, would be a
cheerful one, if it were not also connected with this sad event. The numerous friends
he found wherever he passed will know how to appreciate our loss.
The important share which he took in all our scientific and artistic labours
will be apparent in the course of these publications, and prove the most lasting
memorial that can be erected in order to preserve his name.
The various reports which we received from India and Russia, collected from
natives by European officers of the adjoining districts, do not all agree as to the
immediate cause and particulars of his death; yet it is evident from all of them that
the political condition of these countries, and the circumstance of the deceased's being
recognized as an officer of the Indian Government, in spite of every precaution lie
took, essentially contributed to his tragic end. Even with the lively sympathy always
1 He was born at Munich, the 9th January, 1829.
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1. Verbal statement of the native doctor Harkishen. 2. Statement made by Bhutias from Johar. 3. Information
contained in the Delhi Gazette, and general remarks of Capt. Strachey. 4. Report from Mani and Nain Singh.
5. Verbal Statement of Kattah Ali Shah from Yarkand. 6. Statement of Gosht Mohammad, one of Adolphe's
servants. 7. Letter from Mr. Vardouguine, Russian Consul at Chuguchak. 8. Second report from Mr. Vardouguine,
forwarded to Baron Budberg by Mr. George Kowalewski. 9. Letter to R. Temple, Esq., Secretary to the Chief
Commissioner of the Punjab. 10. Verbal statement given by the Kashmiri, Abdullah, an attendant on Adolphe.
11. Letter from Mohammad Amin of Yarkand to Colonel Edwardes. 12. Concluding remarks.
e have to fulfil the melancholy duty of presenting here in a collected form
the reports in reference to the unhappy fate of our beloved brother Adolphe. He fell
a victim to his scientific zeal at Kashgar, in Turkistan, August, 1857. In him we
lost a dear brother, in the prime of his youth1 and activity, a companion in travels,
the recollection of which, notwithstanding all hardships and difficulties, would be a
cheerful one, if it were not also connected with this sad event. The numerous friends
he found wherever he passed will know how to appreciate our loss.
The important share which he took in all our scientific and artistic labours
will be apparent in the course of these publications, and prove the most lasting
memorial that can be erected in order to preserve his name.
The various reports which we received from India and Russia, collected from
natives by European officers of the adjoining districts, do not all agree as to the
immediate cause and particulars of his death; yet it is evident from all of them that
the political condition of these countries, and the circumstance of the deceased's being
recognized as an officer of the Indian Government, in spite of every precaution lie
took, essentially contributed to his tragic end. Even with the lively sympathy always
1 He was born at Munich, the 9th January, 1829.
6*