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Innermost Asia : vol.1 |
| 極奥アジア : vol.1 |
引用情報
OCR読み取り結果
ing the observations made by me immediately to the east of Bēsh-toghrak and the true relation
between that drainage area and the dry wind-eroded basins north of the present termination of
the Su-lo-ho.
OBJECTS FOUND NEAR KUM-KUDUK
Kum. 01. Bronze arrow-head, of type Lal S. 015, but
slightly larger. Ferrule retains iron tang. Long triangular
depressions in sides of ferrule between blades, not pierced
through. See C. xcvi. 016 (Pl. XXIII); T. xxii. f. 02–3
(Pl. XLVII); also Ser., iv. Pl. XXIX, N. xiv. 008. Excel-
lent condition. Length 1 1⁄16″, gr. width 1⁄4″. Pl. XXIII.
Kum. 02. Fr. of pottery, reddish-black, corroded. Gr.
M. 2½″.
Kum. 03. Fr. of tamarisk wood, bleached and split,
but hard. Length 5″.
Section III.—AN ANCIENT TERMINAL BASIN
After a single day's halt at Bēsh-toghrak, we set out on the morning of March 14th for the Ancient
last few marches still separating us from the westernmost portion of the Tun-huang Limes. Having Chinese
regard to the information obtained on my passage seven years earlier and on my subsequent route east
explorations along the old border line, I could feel no doubt that the ancient Chinese route of Bēsh-
to Lou-lan must here have followed the same line as the present caravan track surveyed in 1907. toghrak.
The reasons for this belief have already been explained by me in Serindia.¹ I have, I think,
proved in the same work that 'the San-lung 三 隴 ("Three Ridges") Sands', which the Wei
lio's itinerary mentions as traversed at their northern extremity by the 'route of the centre', are
represented by the successive ridges of dunes that the present route crosses on the first march east
of Bēsh-toghrak; also that the Chü-lu granary 居 盧 倉, mentioned next to the west of the 'Three
Ridges Sands', may with great probability be located at or near Bēsh-toghrak. That the ancient
route to Lou-lan from the point where it passed out of the area protected by the 'Great Wall'
of Han times lay actually where the track to Lop now leads, was definitely proved in 1907 by the
remains of the ancient watch-towers T. I and T. II which I then traced as an advanced line intended
to guard it.²
Thus there remained no question of ancient topography to be solved on my renewed passage Problem
along this easternmost section of the Lou-lan route. But the observations which I had made in raised by
1907, when passing through what was manifestly an old lacustrine basin east of Bēsh-toghrak, old lacus-
had raised a problem of distinct interest in connexion with the physical geography of this ground. trine basin.
As briefly set forth in the Personal Narrative of my former journey,³ they indicated an earlier
direct connexion between this basin and the terminal course of the Su-lo-ho, which at present
comes to an end farther south. The same observations suggested that moisture, whether above
or below the surface, might even now reach the basin from that side. The levelling operations
detailed in the preceding section had definitely established that the basin was included in the drainage
area of the ancient Lop Sea. Its connexion with the Su-lo-ho on the other side would, if proved,
imply a vast extension eastwards of that drainage area. These considerations made it obviously
important to carry out a closer survey of this ground, and at the same time also to ascertain the actual
termination of the Su-lo-ho to the south.
In order to attain this object within the very narrow limits of time imposed by the exhausted Plan of
condition of camels and ponies and the probable difficulties about water, I again divided my party. surveys.
Muḥammad Yāqūb was to carry his levelling on one more day's work to the nearest portion of
the dry basin east of Bēsh-toghrak, and then to follow the caravan track with the heavy baggage
to a rendezvous near its eastern end. Lāl Singh was directed to leave the caravan track near the
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