Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . sfaction to see now with my owneyes how closely the actual conditions of the Darkot agreedwith the scene of the exploit of Kao Hsien-chih, the ableCorean general who for the first, and perhaps the last, timeled a real army across the Pamirs, and successfully piercedthe great mountain rampart that defends Yasin and Gilgitfrom northern invasion. I could not mark my admirationfor the feat by putting up the humblest cairn to hismemory; for there was nothing but snow and ice for manyfeet below us. Bu
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . sfaction to see now with my owneyes how closely the actual conditions of the Darkot agreedwith the scene of the exploit of Kao Hsien-chih, the ableCorean general who for the first, and perhaps the last, timeled a real army across the Pamirs, and successfully piercedthe great mountain rampart that defends Yasin and Gilgitfrom northern invasion. I could not mark my admirationfor the feat by putting up the humblest cairn to hismemory; for there was nothing but snow and ice for manyfeet below us. But I could not refrain from writing anote on the spot to my friend M. Chavannes, the greatParis Sinologist, whose learning had first revived the storyof that memorable expedition, and from telling him howin my thoughts I had performed * kotow here to thememorial tablet of its hero. Despite these thoughts, I could not altogether forgetthe troubles of my humble but faithful companions. Inspite of * poisonous air and their loads all of them hadstuck to me and now lay tired out in the snow. Some had. 22. TOP OF DARKOT PASS, LOOKING TO NORTH-WEST ACROSS DARKOT GLACIER TOWARDS INDUS-OXUS WATERSHED. Small specks of black on glacier below arrow indicate Surveyors party.
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