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0356 Cathay and the way thither : vol.2
中国および中国への道 : vol.2
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doi: 10.20676/00000042
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596   JOURNEY OF BENEDICT GOES TO CATHAY.

town. One of the minor difficulties of the narrative, however, is the application of the name Aingharan to the district which he reached after crossing the mountains. Now I find from Wood's survey, as embodied in J. Walker's map, that the name Dara-i-Aingharan is applied to two of the valleys in the vicinity of Bamian. It is a possible explanation, therefore, that the Kafila might from Parwan have struck up the Ghorband valley and crossed the Hajjiyak Pass. This circuitous route would also be more consistent with the great length of time assigned to the journey, and with the identification of Khulum as the Calcia of our traveller. None of these grounds, however, are stable enough to build upon with much confidence.'

1 I have had greatly to regret in the preparation of this note the want of access to the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, which contains a variety of valuable papers bearing on the subject.

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