Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 128. DAWAN OR RIDGE OF DUNES, RISING TO ABOUT FIFTY FEET, LOP-N OR 129. CAMELS CROSSING DAWAN OF DUNES, LOP-NOR DESERT, NEW YEAR, 1907. CH. XXXVI SIGN OF LAND AHEAD 421 and set out for what proved an encouraging days is true there were four Dawans of big size to be crossed ;but the areas of relatively open ground between them,with low dunes and occasional erosion terraces croppingout, seemed to get gradually broader. What dead woodwe had come across for the last two and a half
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 128. DAWAN OR RIDGE OF DUNES, RISING TO ABOUT FIFTY FEET, LOP-N OR 129. CAMELS CROSSING DAWAN OF DUNES, LOP-NOR DESERT, NEW YEAR, 1907. CH. XXXVI SIGN OF LAND AHEAD 421 and set out for what proved an encouraging days is true there were four Dawans of big size to be crossed ;but the areas of relatively open ground between them,with low dunes and occasional erosion terraces croppingout, seemed to get gradually broader. What dead woodwe had come across for the last two and a half days hadinvariably lain in small fragments on eroded hard soilwithout any indication of its original place of growth. Soit was cheering when, after ten miles, a few low cones withdead tamarisk in situ were sighted. Their wood lookedextremely decayed and of great age. Close by we foundpottery fragments of very coarse make, probably neolithic,as we had noticed before at intervals. I tried to keep up the mens spirits by offers of rewardsfor the first tree sighted or sign of animal life ; and soonshouts announced the discovery of dead Toghraks. Someshrivelled trunks still
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