. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Across the Roof of the \\V)rld. patches of trees. At Ak Tumchuk, after engaging fresh carts to go to Yakka Kudak, thirty miles cast, I trekked to Chadir Kul and stopped for dinner outside the village. The water was brackisli and almost undrinkablc. but as there was nothing else we had to accept A HALT FOR HREAKFAST ON THE DESOLA IE I'LAINS OF CHINES
. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. Across the Roof of the \\V)rld. patches of trees. At Ak Tumchuk, after engaging fresh carts to go to Yakka Kudak, thirty miles cast, I trekked to Chadir Kul and stopped for dinner outside the village. The water was brackisli and almost undrinkablc. but as there was nothing else we had to accept A HALT FOR HREAKFAST ON THE DESOLA IE I'LAINS OF CHINESE TURKl.^ IAN. This being the main road to Peking the villages en route boast Chinese serais, or inns, which were opened for me, though as they mostly suffered from an undesirable accumula- tion of dirt I preferred my tent. The serais in question comprise a low single-storied building surrounded by an outer and inner court^Mrd, the former for the use of men and animals with the carts, the latter for the high and 154. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Etherton, P. T. (Percy Thomas), b. 1879. London, Constable and Company, Ltd.
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