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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 | |
中央アジア踏査記 : vol.1 |
302 FROM KASHGAR TO ALICHUR PAMIR CH. XIX
five hours before we had crossed the worst of those treacherous scarps; yet the direct distance was scarcely more than a mile.
After reaching the head of the inlet and ascending the valley for a couple of miles, we found a small patch of level ground where cultivation had, since the earthquake, been resumed by a few Roshani families. Even here, some 500 feet above the level of the lake, dread was felt of the continued rise of the lake's waters. After a day's welcome halt at this pleasant spot we moved up the valley to the south,
and on approaching the Langar pass were fortunately met 4
by Kirghiz transport which the Commandant of Pamirski Post had kindly sent to assist us. So by August 20 the previously unsurveyed Langar pass, an almost level talus-covered saddle, was crossed at an elevation of about i 5,400 feet. Next day we arrived at the western extremity of the great Yeshil-köl lake and gained a fine view of it from the
Buruman ridge which separates the open Alichur Pamir
from the head of the main valley of Shughnan. Here we had =j
set foot once more on an ancient route traversing the j
`Roof of the World'. it
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