Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 126. CAMELS BEING LOADED FOR START FROM LOP-NOR SITE,. 127. WIND-ERODED CLAY TERRACES (YARDANGS) RISING AMONG DUNES, LOP-NOR DESERT. CH. XXXVI OLD RIVER BEDS AMONG DUNES 417 patches between them narrowed more and more. Afterabout eight miles we came frequently upon groves of deadToghraks enclosed by semi-lunar dunes up to twenty-fivefeet high. The depressions thus formed assumed a regularbearing from north to south, but were as yet only 100 to200 yards long. In the midst of the dunes continuous
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 126. CAMELS BEING LOADED FOR START FROM LOP-NOR SITE,. 127. WIND-ERODED CLAY TERRACES (YARDANGS) RISING AMONG DUNES, LOP-NOR DESERT. CH. XXXVI OLD RIVER BEDS AMONG DUNES 417 patches between them narrowed more and more. Afterabout eight miles we came frequently upon groves of deadToghraks enclosed by semi-lunar dunes up to twenty-fivefeet high. The depressions thus formed assumed a regularbearing from north to south, but were as yet only 100 to200 yards long. In the midst of the dunes continuous beltsof Toghraks could still be made out at intervals of three tofour miles. The old river beds marked by them came fromthe west-north-west, evidently branches of the river whichwatered the ancient settlement, and my plane-table sheetshowed clearly that they connected with the lines of deadjungle which we had crossed at right angles farther eastwhen marching towards the ancient site. Curiously enough,at the first of the belts of dead Toghraks, some four milesfrom Camp cxxvi., I found some dry leaves exposed inthe sand as if a few of the trees had l
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