Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 53- TESTING RAFT OF INFLATED SKINS ON A TANK OF 54. TANK AND ARBOUR NEAR RUKNUDDIN MAZAR, the interior of this shrine see Fig. 312. START FOR THE MOUNTAINS 177 the large village near the debouchure of the Kara-kash,from which we were to enter the mountains. During thelong days ride I took occasion to revisit the Yotkan start had just been made with the annual operation ofwashing the soil containing the deeply buried culture-strata of the ancient Khotan capital
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 53- TESTING RAFT OF INFLATED SKINS ON A TANK OF 54. TANK AND ARBOUR NEAR RUKNUDDIN MAZAR, the interior of this shrine see Fig. 312. START FOR THE MOUNTAINS 177 the large village near the debouchure of the Kara-kash,from which we were to enter the mountains. During thelong days ride I took occasion to revisit the Yotkan start had just been made with the annual operation ofwashing the soil containing the deeply buried culture-strata of the ancient Khotan capital for the sake of ex-tracting leaf-gold and small objects of value. It waspleasant to see the village, which stands on ground sofull of historical interest, with its orchards and arboursnow decked out in rich foliage, instead of the autumnalbareness which reigned here during my stay in November1900 (Fig. 54). My old host Khuda-berdi, the jovial Yuz-bashi ofYotkan, received me in great style. Though Fate hasendowed him with only a modicum of natural gifts, he hadmanifestly prospered during the years intervening ; and thespacious new house where his Dasta
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