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History of the Expedition in Asia, 1927-1935 : vol.3 |
VII. BY CANOE TO LOP-NOR 134
Setting out from Korla 134
Konche 135
Dividing into two parties 135
Fitting out the flotilla 136
Start with the canoes 137
Our first day on the Konche-darya 138
The winding river 140
»Yellow storm » 143
Sai-cheke, the meeting-place 143
Final splitting of the expedition 144
Volume of water 145
Tributaries from the Tarim 147
Rapids 147
Temenpu, the place of bifurcation 149
Down the Qum-darya 150
Rendez-vous in the desert 153
Plan for motor exploration 154
Plan for Bergman's work 156
Continuing eastward 156
Rapids 158
In the yardang country 159
The head of the delta 16o
Storm 161
A ruined house 162
In the maze of the delta 163
An ancient grave 165
A single grave 167
Remains of an old structure 169
Another single grave 169
Into blind alleys 171
In the northernmost part of the delta 171
The isolation of Lop-nor 176
Dividing the party 177
Out onto the lake 179
The second day on the shallow lake 181
The new Lop-nor 183
More graves 185
A ruined fortress 186
Towards Lou-lan 186
Chen's walk to the Lou-lan site 187
Falling water-level 190
The end of the boat journey 190
Arrival of the rescue party 191
Good-bye to Lop-nor 192
Through the Quruq-tagh by car 194
Back in base camp No. 70 196
Arrival of Hummel 197
Leaving for Korla 198
Chen's work on the Qum-darya 198
VIII. A DASH TO URUMCHI 202
Along the Quruq-tagh 202
In Korla again 203
The Qara-shahr Torgut prince 204
From Qara-shahr to Urumchi 205
Arrival in Urumchi 206
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