Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . he slopes of the outer range known as Tikellk-tagh,which we had not previously mapped in detail. I myselfset out on September 5th for the same goal by the directtrack which crosses a western spur of that range over theUlugh Dawan. I had followed it already in 1900, and soneed not describe the four rapid marches which took medown to Khotan. No Sahib of any sort had sincetravelled through these arid hills and gorges (Fig. 68),and consequently I was not surprised to find every littleincident of my
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . he slopes of the outer range known as Tikellk-tagh,which we had not previously mapped in detail. I myselfset out on September 5th for the same goal by the directtrack which crosses a western spur of that range over theUlugh Dawan. I had followed it already in 1900, and soneed not describe the four rapid marches which took medown to Khotan. No Sahib of any sort had sincetravelled through these arid hills and gorges (Fig. 68),and consequently I was not surprised to find every littleincident of my former visit faithfully remembered at thefew scattered Langars. Even in such uninviting surroundings, where thewater-supply Is of the scantiest, I noticed a distinctIncrease in the small patches of cultivation. At BIzIlwhere the Yurung-kash River leaves the hills for the greatalluvial fan of the Khotan oasis, I was greeted on themorning of September 8th with a cheerful DastarkhanIncluding a profusion of long-missed fruit. But the riverthere at its debouchure was still far too high to be
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