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0226 History of the Expedition in Asia, 1927-1935 : vol.3
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[Figure] Fig. 13. Mesa fragments on the right bank of the Qum-darya

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or fragment of a mesa, about 4 m high, on t the route. It was in the form of a pyrami together that it had resisted the storms of c marks of axes were plainly visible on the marked a fair-sized road, whose course had similar sign-posts to east and west of it. Pe here, and had gone by the house we had seen

The morning of May 6th, with a biting E. uninviting. We went on board wrapped in f

The river showed a pronounced tendency t right against the prevailing winds and paralle The water naturally found its way into the c We had noted this tendency ever since leavi

For long spells we glided between yardang easterly we had them broadside on to right short, resembling sarcophagi; but seen end-west, they were quite narrow — often only a and flat tops. Then they looked like cubes, tours were sometimes so regular that we co that we were not looking at an old watch-to might be worth our while to investigate.

We landed again on a small island, to w

Fig. 13. Mesa fragments on the ri

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