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K'un-lun range, 169 ; Kuruk-daryā,
177, 269 sq. ; N. shore of Lop Sea, 282,
382 sq. ; mountains S. of Su-lo-ho,
370 ; Mao-mei, 409 ; Lo-to-ch'êng, 509 ;
Kan-chou river, 519 sq. ; Kuruk-tāgh,
710, 786 ; T'ien-shan, 586, 835, 843 ;
Yangi-hissār–Yulduz route, 791 ; Kāsh-
gar river, 843 ; in charge of convoy of
' finds ' to Srinagar, 844.
Lāl-kan : old mine pit, 76.
Lāl-tāgh, hills of, 74 ; ruined shrines at,
76 ; ancient route through, 77, 837 ;
Tati remains at, 78, 840 ; objects ex-
cavated or found at, 81 ; pottery from,
1015.
Lamjin, oasis, 610 ; watch-tower, 612.
Langar pass, ascent to, 856.
Langar-kisht, Russian post guarding
Wakhān, 862.
Lao-chin-miao, name of ruined shrine on
Su-lo-ho, 373.
Lapār, ' Kūna-shahr ' of : Muhammadan
circumvallation, 793.
last, sandal-maker's, (Niya) 146, 154.
LAUFER, Dr. B., on Chinese documents,
441, 444 ; transcript of bilingual text,
449.
lead, frs. of, (Darêl) 29 ; frs. (Khotan)
110 ; (Lou-lan) 200, 207, 211.
lead mines, abandoned, P'o-ch'êng-tzŭ),
725, 726.
leaden objects : ball, (Domoko) 133 ;
bar, (Khotan), 116 ; cone, (Lou-lan)
190 ; disc, (Khara-khoto) 463 ; rod,
(Domoko) 133.
leather : rarely used by Manichaeans,
594 ; MS. ff. 594, 598.
fragments : (Khotan) 127 ; (Lou-
lan) 201, 221 ; (Limes) 376, 415 sqq.,
420, 427 ; (Khara-khoto) 499 ; (Ying-
p'an), 776.
objects : armour-scales, (Ying-p'an)
776 ; bag, (Lou-lan) 201 ; band, (Lou-
lan) 202 ; forehead ornament for
horses, (Lou-lan) 246, 254 ; saddle,
(Lou-lan) 246, 258 ; shoe, (Lou-lan)
215, 222 ; strap with bronze orna-
ments, (Lou-lan) 104, 201 ; thong,
plaited, (Lou-lan) 246, 254 ; whip-
lash, (Lou-lan) 246, 255.
leaves, artificial, of silk, in tombs (Ast. iii.
4. 02), 654, 693.
LE COQ, Professor A. von, help of, xviii ;
' Inventory List of Manuscript Frs. in
Uighur, Mongol, and Sogdian ', App. K,
1047 sq. ; explorations in Turfān, 566,
587, 589, 614 ; on ruins of Kuchā,
803 ; on wall-paintings of Kizil
Ming-oi, 830.
LENOX-CUNYNGHAM, Colonel Sir Gerald,
Survey of India, help of, ix.
LENTZ, Dr. W., on fr. of a Manichaean
parchment from Kara-khōja, 598,
1081.
LEO DIACONUS : notice of Chinese im-
ported silks in Byzantine times, 243.
leopard, winged, on figured silk, (Lou-
lan) 251.
LÉVI, Prof. Sylvain : help of, xvii ; on
Udyāna ', 20 n. 1 ; on ' Tokhāri B ',
803 ; ' Notes on Manuscript Remains in
Kuchean ', App. G, 1029.
li, Chinese measure of distance : usual
equation 5 li to 1 mile, 307, 348, 839.
LI SHU-JUNG, Mr., Chinese magistrate at
Barkul, 549.
Li Ssŭ-yeh, engaged as Chinese secretary,
66 ; unequal to work in desert, 180 ;
transcribes Astāna inscriptions, 1032.
LI TA-LAO-YEH, Chinese magistrate of
Barkul, information furnished by, 549,
555.
Li Tao-yüan : his commentary on the
Shuiching, notice of I-hsün, 164 ; ac-
count of the ' Town of the Dragon ',
292 ; description of the ' Salt Marsh ',
305 sqq. ; location of his ' Rivers of
the South and of the North ', 762 sq.
lignite objects, (Khotan) 115.
linen, on woollen tapestries, (Lou-lan)
247, 256.
Limes, ancient Chinese tracing of : line
traced NW. of Tun-huang, 343 sqq. ;
' wet border ' of the Khara-nōr, 344 ;
wall T. XXIII. b–g crosses boggy
ground, 347 ; turns SE. at T. XXIII. l,
351 ; traced to T. XXIII. t, 353.
line of, E. of Tun-huang, recovered
near T. XXXVII. a, 364 ; agger, traceable
by lines of vegetation, 366 ; inferior
construction of, at T. XXXVII. a, 366,
368 ; double agger near T. XXXVII. b,
due to change of alignment (?), 368 ;
from T. XXXVII. l turns NE. to T.
XXXVII. k, 369 ; thence two main walls
filled in with earth, 369.
line at Wan-shan-tzŭ crosses Su-lo-
ho, 372 ; gravel mound and ditch mark
line of agger W. of T. XL. b, 373, 374 ;
agger E. of T. XL. b constructed of
gravel and tamarisk brushwood, 374 ;
double line of agger at T. XL. c, 375 ;
line of agger lost W. of T. XLI. a, 375 ;
wall traced by layers of brushwood,
377 ; ruined temple at ' Gate Station '
near Ch'iao-wan-ch'êng, 379 ; military
reasons for guarding the right bank of
the river, 381 ; line untraceable in
lacustrine depression, 383 ; line traced
S. of T. XLI. o, 383 ; thence SE. to
T. XLII. a, 384 ; E. of T. XLII. b,
depression along centre of agger due
to subsidence, 384.
line E. of Shih-êrh-tun : from
T. XLII. e, use of reed fascines indicates
marshy character of ground, 389 ;
towers repaired and walled enclosures
added, 389 ; remains of small towers,
as shelters, built against wall (T. XLIII.
l), 395 ; wall lost in depression E. of
T. XLIII. l, 395 ; reason for carrying
wall north of Ying-p'an, 397 ; four
towers, T. XLIV. a–d, placed five miles
to S.
line E. of Ying-p'an, struck N. of
T. XLIV. a, disappearing to W. and E. in
dunes, 398 ; agger formed of tamarisk
faggots, 398 ; line for 45 miles crosses
waterless waste, 399 ; absence of
towers in this section, 399 ; line of,
recovered N. of Chin-t'a, 406 ; traced in
WSW. direction, 407 ; E. of T. XLVI. d
constructed of brushwood, marked
only by mound, 407 ; width marked
by double line of white shōr, 407.
line traced W. of Mao-mei, 411.
decay of agger due to drainage from
hills, 411 ; crosses to right bank of
Etsin-gol, 412 ; not traced beyond
T. XLVIII. b, 508.
line traced near Pei-ta-ho W. of
T. XLVI. a, 523 ; agger constructed of
coarse local stones, 523 ; proof that
wall crossed the waterless desert W. to
Ko-ta-chüan-tzŭ, 523.
watch-towers on Limes : T. XXII.
d–f, position of, on promontory com-
manding Khara-nōr, 345. T. XXII. d,
345 ; remains of quarters, 345 ; pas-
sage covered with ashes, stove (?), 345 ;
finds at, 345, 415 ; dated Chinese
documents, 345. T. XXII. e, 346 ;
commands view of Khara-nōr, 346 ;
remains of quarters cut in ridge,
346 ; name of, Chih-chien, 346.
T. XXII. f, finds in, 346, 416. T. XXII.
l, 346 ; guardroom, 346 ; finds from,
346, 416. T. XXIII. a, commanding
road from Tun-huang, 347 ; finds at,
416. T. XXIII. b–g, situated on boggy
ground, 347. T. XXIII. b, situated on
eroded ridge, 348 ; finds from, 348,
416. T. XXIII. c, situated on low
Mesa, 349 ; tower with foot-holes and
hand-holes in wall, 349 ; finds at, 349,
356, 417. T. XXIII. d, placed on top
of high Mesa ; glazed pottery and at-
celain prove later occupation, 350. T.
XXIII. e, advanced position with ex-
tended view, 350. T. XXIII. f, 350 ; re-
mains of circular wall, 351 ; finds among
refuse, 351. T. XXIII. g, remains of
tower and chamber, 351. T. XXIII. h,
351 ; guardroom entered from S., 351.
T. XXIII. i–k, scanty remains of oc-
cupation, 351. T. XXIII. l, 352 ; guard-
room full of refuse, possibly used as
clerk's office, 352 ; finds in, 352 ;
wooden slips thrown away as refuse,
352. T. XXIII. m, n, much decayed,
352. T. XXIII. o, p, r, s, 353. T. XXIII.
u, locally called Yen-chi-tut, not con-
nected with Limes, 353 ; old place of
refuge, 353.
T. XXXVII. b, c, remains of, 366 ;
finds at, 419. T. XXXVII. f, débris
of Han pottery, 367 ; peculiar con-
struction of, 367 ; its relation to