Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . no. SOUTH FACE OF RUINED FORT, WITH CENTRAL BASTION, MIRAN scale observe figure of man at foot of III. LOPLIK FISHERMEN AT REED HUT, ABDAL. On extreme left standing the young hunter who accompanied Turdi into the desert (p. 407). CH. XXX RUINED FORT OF MIRAN 351 tamarisk brushwood fixed between the courses at intervalsof one and a half to two feet. The walls, which on theirtop seemed to have had a thickness of eleven or twelvefeet, were surmounted by parapets where thickly pac
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . no. SOUTH FACE OF RUINED FORT, WITH CENTRAL BASTION, MIRAN scale observe figure of man at foot of III. LOPLIK FISHERMEN AT REED HUT, ABDAL. On extreme left standing the young hunter who accompanied Turdi into the desert (p. 407). CH. XXX RUINED FORT OF MIRAN 351 tamarisk brushwood fixed between the courses at intervalsof one and a half to two feet. The walls, which on theirtop seemed to have had a thickness of eleven or twelvefeet, were surmounted by parapets where thickly packedtamarisk layers alternated with brickwork at close intervals. Rough, indeed, the construction of this desolate strong-hold looked and lamentably bare its interior. But I couldnot well doubt its age when I noticed that, within thecircumvallation and near the east face, wind erosion hadscooped out a depression fully ten feet below what layersof stable refuse marked as the original ground level. Thesurface sloped down from the east wall, behind which alayer of fine gravel and sand, evidently blown across bythe prevailing north - east winds, had accumulated andafforded protection. It was here and not far from
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