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『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

74   TO THE KANDAHAR PASS.

of the families settle down in the clay houses. The information regarding the climate was the same as at Bäldir. To the S. W. of IVacha is the pass Ogri-art, which is said to be even easier than the Särghak.

From Dacha we continued S. W. and east on September i 8th, i 8.s km.; rising 553 m. or to 3,790 m. at the next camp, the rate of ascent being r :34•

From the right or east the tributary Shar-lisak enters, and opposite it, from the west, Künesi jilga. The region in the main valley is called Karak or Grag. The next right tributary is Hunserab, and higher up Ak jilga, with a road joining the one in Shar-tisak, which is said to lead to Kisil-lag-h and to be used by merchants. Then the main valley is called Sherab. It is well inhabited. Fields, irrigation canals, houses, groves, gardens, peasants, flocks and donkeys are seen in

all directions. We pass a gurisían or cemetery with a little mosque and a few

gumbaz. Along the river there is some bush vegetation. Erosion terraces have been formed the whole way. Higher up, the valley becomes narrow and there is no population. It is formed by two valleys; Langar from the S. S. W. and Shuïdun from the S. S. E. By Langar there is a road to Marian and Raskan-darya. In the corner of the junction a masar or saint's tomb is seen on an isolated rock, below which some gumbaz have been built.

About half the brook comes from Langar where soft green schist falls 37° S. 2 0° W. Leaving the Shuïdun we enter the little eastern tributary Chakarga and pitch our camp at a little rest-house called Rabat-Kandahar. The grass is good.

Our road goes up the Shuïdun valley, which partly is very narrow. From the S. S. W. enters the valley Marian-langak with a road to Marian. Above it the valley again becomes broader. Again we pass a cemetery and a masar. The Shuïdun valley is said to lead to a little pass Bichan-arl or Pchan-art, which is flat and easy and leads to the village of the same name. Beyond the latter is the pass Kara-vatrak, high and difficult and with a road to Boramsal and Raskandarya, which here was called Pil or Tong-darya; and finally to Chu, and Asghansai above Kargalik. South of Rabat-Kandahar is the village of Marian not very large and situated in a narrow valley. It could be reached by a road crossing a pass to the south. This pass is obviously situated in a range joining the range of Kandahar-davan with the one of Ogri- art and Särghak. The latter is to be regarded as a special range parallel with and west of the one of Kandahar-davan. The western range is the southern continuation of the one with Kata-kok-moiitak, Kicliik-kok-moinak or Chichiklik-davan and Mus-tagh-ata, and still farther north, the Ulug--art-davan. This range is the real Kashgar Range.

In the morning of September i 9th, after a night temperature of —0.5°, the whole country was white with snow two inches deep. We had 12.5 km. to the Kandahar Pass which is 5,062 m. high, a rise of 1,272 m. at a rate of i : I o. The