Garland Globe | 1907-10-12 | Page 5 | Manuscripts in Unknown Tongue

Manuscripts In Unknown Tongue. Descoverles far beyond oxpectntion have resulted from tho work of an expedition Bont out by' tho Gorman kaiser to explore tho region round about tho towinof Turfan In Chlneso Turkestan. Dr. A. von La Cog( was given .chnrgo of tho enterprise, and tho results of his excavations, sent home In 200 largo cases, are helioved to bo moro Important Impor-tant than any othors'' In central Asia for many years. Thorn are manuscripts In at least ton languages Nagarl, Ilraml, Chinese, Chi-nese, Tlbotan, Tnngut, Syrlac, Man-Icharean, Man-Icharean, Nlghur, Turkish and ono unknown un-known tonguo which vlll attract tho attention of ethnologists throughout the world. Thero are nUo paintings on hardened har-dened mud, plnstor nnd wood, with a background of gold leaf similar to that so often employed In early Italian art. Most of tho paintings represent lluddlm and scones In his Ilfo. Tho mystory which at prosent puzzles puz-zles students of history Is tho unknown un-known renson for tho Btrnngn commingling com-mingling of races at Turfan, but tho nnswer may ho supplied when the manuBnrlpts nro deciphered, t i