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0103 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 103 (Color Image)

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CHAP. III.]   MARCHING OF KANJUTIS   51

a route to the Shimshal Valley opens eastwards, the path descends over a long Rafik built out in the usual fashion from an almost perpendicular rock face. Curiously enough at one point of the narrow ledge which bears the gallery, there issues a little spring of deliciously clear water, offering welcome refreshment to the wayfarer.

Not far beyond I met, to my surprise, the messenger whom the Wazir of Hunza had despatched to Tashkurghan to notify to the Political Munshi there my approaching arrival. The man had left Hunza on the morning of the 18th, and now he was returning with the Munshi's reply and a considerable

load of merchandise which he was bringing back as a private venture. As an illustration of the

marching powers of the men of Hunza this feat deserves record. The distance from Hunza to the Kilik is about eighty-one miles, and of the character of the track my experiences

so far described will suffice to give an idea. In addition to this and half the

return journey, the man had covered

twice the route along the Taghdum

bash Pamir to and from Tashkurg- han, a distance of at least

eighty miles each way. Performances o f t h is kind make it easy to understand how the raids of Kanjuti parties could be carried to so great distances, and thanks

to the rapidity of their movements, usually with impunity.

At Khudabad,

RAFIK NEAR MURKHUN.