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0587 Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1
Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 / Page 587 (Color Image)

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10. Turfan, 4 tash. A large city. Climate hot, and fruits and grain produced in abundance. Snowy mountains on north, but at a considerable distance. Iron, copper, and gold found

in neighbourhood. Water is procured from wells, and irrigation is carried on by means of underground canals.

ROUTE XVII.

TURFAN TO KAM6L OR KHAMIL OR HAMÎ (AUTHORITY DR. BELLEW,1- FROM NATIVE INFORMATION).

  1.  Kara Khoja, 4 tash. Town of 500 houses. Musalmân families.

  2.  Yangi Khhin, 4 tash. 100 houses. Water from Kcirez or 'akin streams. At 2 tash is the Mazâr Ab61 Futtâh. 300 houses and bazar. Musalmâns.

3. Lukchun, 4 task. Town of 2,000 houses. A stream from Ghochan Ugh north of

Pichân, flows through the town on to the desert. In flood seasons it reaches Lob Nor.

  1.  Pichân* 4 tash. Town of 500 houses ; all Musalmâns. Stream from Ghochan Tâgh flows through the town. Outside is a Chinese fort.

  2.  Chightan, 5 tash. 100 houses. Springs. Kashghar frontier.

  3.  Lotu Changza, 5 tash. Camp ground at a well on Gobi desert.

  4.  Kosh, 6 tash. Well. Gobi desert.

  5.  Kudûk, 5 tash. Well. Gobi desert.- Cyclones, sandstorms, and whirlwinds common on this part of the desert, and sometimes shifting sands overwhelm

the traveller. Diabolical sounds and spirit calls here mislead the unwary to destruction in the trackless waste.

  1.  Otar Kima, 5 tash. Custom House, and 20 houses. Springs.

  2. Otun Oza, 4 tash. Small village, cook-shop and restaurant. Springs.

  3. Lodung, 5 tash. 50 houses of Musalmâns. Springs.

  4. Shothâ, 3 tash. 15 houses of Musalmâns. Springs.

  5. Jighdâ, 4 tash. 40 houses of Musalmâns.

  6. Taghochi, 4 tash. 100 houses of Musalmâns. Bazar and fort. A river from the Kazanchi Tâgh on the south flows by the city to Lupchuk and Karâtaba and Lob Nor.

  7. Sumcâgho, 5 tash. 300 houses. Bazar and fort. Musalmâns. Kctrez conduits. At 3 tash is Abdul Alim Fort, 2 gates ; 500 houses. Ketrez.

  8. Kamul, 5 tash. Commercial city ; 2,500 houses. A Chinese Governor with a Musalmân Wang over tip Muhammadans. The city has three gates, and populous suburbs.

ROUTE XVIIa.

TURFÂN TO ORÛMCHÎ OR URUMTSÎ. (DR. BELLEWt FROM NATIVE INFORMATION.)

  1.  Shamâl Ortang, 5 tash. Four houses. Stream from hills.

  2.  Dabânchi, 5 tash. Town and fort. 350 houses, in a valley amongst hills.

* There is an alternative road to Pichfi,n or Pidjan passing by Sanghin and"Lemtsin. There is also an alternative road from Pidjan to Kamul, lying to the south of the road here described. The southern road passes through the towns of Khoing and Khartoube.—H.T.

j' I have not the means of verifying many of the routes given by Dr. Bellew, and they are inserted as given by him.—H. T.

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