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Innermost Asia : vol.1 |
| 極奥アジア : vol.1 |
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Preparation and a carefully arranged store of fuel was prepared. Out of the twenty camels available for my
for survey own party, which included Afrāz-gul and Shamsuddīn as well as Tokhta Ākhūn and a younger
tasks. Lop hunter, eight were to carry ice, four fuel, and the rest what indispensable baggage we had
brought and the provisions which were to last us to Tun-huang. For the corresponding needs
of Lāl Singh and his three men, Abdurrahīm's five sturdy camels provided reliable transport.
The task allotted to Lāl Singh was to survey the north and north-east shores of the great salt-
encrusted basin which represents the fullest extension of the ancient Lop sea, together with the barren
hill ranges of the Kuruk-tāgh overlooking its shores on the east. His task was somewhat lightened
by the fact that for the first two marches he could count upon finding ice and a little grazing at
the salt springs of Yetim-bulak and Kaurūk-bulak (Map No. 32. A. 2, 3), the last springs to the east
known to Abdurrahīm. After carrying out his survey he was to meet me at Kum-kuduk, one of
the wells on the caravan route leading through the desert from Tun-huang to Mīrān (Map No.
32. D. 4).
Planned The plan I had long kept before me and which the time had now come to carry out was to search
search for for the ancient Chinese trade route towards Tun-huang, the Wei lio's ' route of the centre ',³ from
ancient the point where it left the edge of the once inhabited Lou-lan area. Thence we should endeavour
' route of to trace it over whatever ground it might have crossed, right through to where it probably struck
centre '. the line still followed by the caravan track leading from Tun-huang and the western end of its
ancient Limes to the southern shore of the Lop sea and thus on to Mīrān and Charkhlik. The
combined geographical and historical interest of this task appealed to me greatly, and the knowledge
of the serious difficulties and even risks attending its execution could in no way detract from its
fascination.
Difficulties The discoveries attending the successful search made to the north-east of the Lou-lan station
and risks had supplied me with what promised to be a safe starting-point for our quest of the desert route,
of task. abandoned though it had been for close on sixteen centuries. But the foretaste then gained of the
ground ahead made it also certain that we could not hope for water, nor, over most of it, for fuel
to melt our ice with, before striking the Tun-huang caravan track in the vicinity of Kum-kuduk.
It was a matter of some ten days' hard marching, so far as our former surveys enabled us to calculate
the distance. There was a limit to the endurance of our brave camels, and with the heavy loads of
ice, fuel, and provisions that had to be carried for the sake of safety, I could not expect the animals,
already severely tried by the preceding weeks' work, to hold out for more than ten or twelve days
without grazing or water. It was impossible to foresee what physical obstacles might be encountered
and might delay us in this inhospitable wilderness, now more barren, perhaps, by reason of the total
absence of water, than any similarly large area of our globe.
Scant hope There were other disquieting aspects presented by the problem of hitting on the exact line of
of guiding the ancient route and of tracing it through on ground which long before the dawn of historical
vestiges. times had ceased to offer any possibility of human occupation. Few, if any, vestiges of human
passage and activity could have survived the destructive force of wind-erosion. There would not
be time to make careful search over extensive stretches for any relics left behind by the traffic
which had once passed through this region. The indications preserved by our Chinese sources
as to the line followed by the ancient route were far too few and vague to offer definite guidance ;
though once the route line was traced, there might be hope of locating the few points they mention
along it. Accordingly, in spite of all the care I had devoted to the study of the problem, I could
not help realizing that our success depended largely, if not mainly, on good fortune.
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