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0066 Southern Tibet : vol.9
Southern Tibet : vol.9 / Page 66 (Color Image)

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JOURNEY IN SARIKOL, 1895.

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the floor of the main valley being covered with gravel for the greatest part. In

the valley of Ograt good grass and a brook were seen.

Our road, July 2 9th , to Hojet-Bai, was 3 2.3 km. in length, to the south,

S. S. E. and S. S. W. For Hojet-Bai I got on altitude of 3,633 m., which would

mean a rise of 226 m. at a rate of I : 143

The road proceeds on the top of the right terrace until the latter is pierced

by the brook from Tagli-ash jilga in the Kashgar Range. Opposite it is a con-

siderable valley in the Sarikol Range called Korumde, and farther south another, Sarik-cash. The ground is then gravel until we reach Rang- with good grazing grounds and barley fields. A brook from Er jilga in the east irrigates the fields.

Koski is also a jilga of the Kashgar Range without a brook. At the plain of Deftar the ground is cultivated by Tajiks. Here enters a brook of some 7 cub. m.

per second from the two large valleys in the east Saidi-kol and Senkar. The latter

leads to the village of Marian with a hundred Tajik huts. In the Sarikol Range we pass the valley of Pisläng, which in its upper reaches is formed by two valleys;

the northern one leading to Ak-taste, the southern to Belk-davan,. At the opening

of Pisläng there is a Tajik karaul.

South of the Senkar brook we ascend the top of the considerable right terrace

on the edge of which we ride for about two hours. Taghdumbash-dayya has cut down its bed in a deep gorge bounded by the terrace and the mountains at the western side of the valley, where five transverse jilgas open, the largest called Kara-

jilga. Finally we go down from the terrace to the junction of Taghdumbash-darya and Hunserab. Near the confluence both rivers are close to one another, and the gigantic terrace stands like a fortress between them. Shiralji is a peak to the east

belonging to the Kashgar Range.

The Taghdumbash-dayya comes from the W. S. W., the Hunserab from S. S. E., in which direction the eternal snow of the southern mountains shines. At the time of this march the valley was not much inhabited. We had seen more people in the Kara-kul region. Signs of the earthquake were visible at several places in the valley, and some huts had fallen to pieces. The erosion terrace was pierced by cracks; one of them was very long and 8 cm. broad ; its inner edge was i 2 cm below the outer. Our next march, July 3oth, to Kara-su which is a right tributary of the Hunserab, was directed to the S. E. and S. S. E. 23.3 km., the ground rising at a

steeper gradient than hitherto, or to 3,939 m., 7. e. 306 m. higher than Hojet-Bai; the rate is therefore, as 1:76.

We travel on the right or eastern side of the Hunserab River leaving the

upper Taghdumbash-dayya in the west. The erosion terraces are at some distance

from the river; between them the ground is covered with gravel and is level, though gradually rising to the south.

 
                           
                           
               

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