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CONTENTS
CHAPTER V
IN SARIKOL
PAGE
Tash-kurghan, Ptolemy's Stone Tower "—On the track of HiuenTsiang—Ruins of old town--Diplomatic surveying — Chinese garrison — Meeting with Sarikoli headmen — Applicants for Tabloids "—Requisitions for kitchen—Plain of TagharmaMurtagh-Ata sighted--March along Russian Pamir—A Kirghiz shrine—At Karasu post—Crossing of Ulugh-Rabat Pass—Old friends, the marmots—Chinese at Subashi post — Arrival at
Little Kara-kul . . 71-83
CHAPTER VI
ON MUZTAGH-ATA
Lakes of L. Kara-kul and Basik-kul—Day of alpine rain—Apprehensions of Kirghiz Beg — Kirghiz hospitality — A hitch about transport—Photo-theodolite survey — Start for Murtagh-AtaReconnoitring the great peaks—Heavy mantle of snow and ice—Along Yambulak Glacier—Trouble with Yaks—Preliminary climb
Reconnaissance of . Hunza Levies—Waiting for fair weather—Start for higher slopes—Climb in deep snow—Mountain-sickness of followers—Highest point reached—View over Roof of the World "—Plucky Hunza guides—Freebooting Visions— Descent to Yambulak Glacier Camp—Triangulation from Shamalda spur
Return to Kara-kul . . 84-105
CHAPTER VII
THROUGH THE GEZ DEFILE TO KASHGAR
Departure from Kara-kul—Tarns of Basik-kul—Obstruction at Bulunkul—A pliable interpreter—Entrance of Gez Defile—Chinese engineering—Crossing Koksel Glacier—At Gez Karaul—Absconding of Kirghiz—Opportune relief—Over the Nine Passes "Through tortuous gorges—Solitary spring—Distant view of plains —Scrambles over decomposed ranges—Arrival in Tashmalik plain—Passage of Yamanyar R.—Through the Opal oasis--First
impressions of rural Turkestan—Ride into Kashgar . . 106-120
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