Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 19. OBAIDULLAH KHAN, WITH HIS SONS AND VILLAGERS, MIRAGRAM,. 20. PARLOUR IN OBAIDULLAH S HOUSE, MIRAGRAM,Ceiling with sky-light of characteristic construction ; below this, open fire-placecarpets of local make. THE GATE OF MASTUJ 49 far-off valleys the decorative designs and the taste ofancient India. Shuyist, which I reached on the evening of May 14thafter a long march from Miragram, was the place wherethe final arrangements were to be made for the move intoWakhan. At the tiny hamlets of Jhopu,
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . 19. OBAIDULLAH KHAN, WITH HIS SONS AND VILLAGERS, MIRAGRAM,. 20. PARLOUR IN OBAIDULLAH S HOUSE, MIRAGRAM,Ceiling with sky-light of characteristic construction ; below this, open fire-placecarpets of local make. THE GATE OF MASTUJ 49 far-off valleys the decorative designs and the taste ofancient India. Shuyist, which I reached on the evening of May 14thafter a long march from Miragram, was the place wherethe final arrangements were to be made for the move intoWakhan. At the tiny hamlets of Jhopu, passed en routeafter long barren slopes of rock or detritus, the bleak fieldsand the almost total absence of fruit-trees showed plainlythe harsher climatic conditions prevailing in the upperYarkhun Valley. Then followed the gloomy defile ofDarband, flanked on either side by huge unscalablespurs (Fig. 21); decaying watch-towers helped to empha-size the great defensive strength of this natural gate ofMastuj. Where the valley beyond broadened, tracts ofjungle and scrub appeared at its bottom, a clear indicationthat land for cultivation was not sought for h
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