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0096 Southern Tibet : vol.3
南チベット : vol.3
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CHAPTER VIII.

KARL HIMLY.

In the preceding chapters I have twice mentioned the mysterious road which,
according to Chinese sources, in a comparatively late time joined Lhasa with Keriya
and Khotan, thus crossing the most extensive and elevated highland in the world.
In the Wei-Tsang-t'u-chih it is said that this road proceeds from Lhasa north-west-
wards through Nak-tsang, passes the mountain of Keriye-la and further through
the desert of Gobi to Yarkiang (Yarkand). The whole region is said to be full of
sand and stones; there is neither water nor vegetation. The natives call the region
Gobi and Ola, or desert and mountains.
Quoting Dutreuil de Rhins' discussion of the Ta-ch'ing map we again return
to this extraordinary road, of which Professor GEORG WEGENER tells us that it was
opened by Emperor CHIEN LUNG as a trade road from Lhasa viâ Tengri-nor to
Polu, Keriya and Khotan.¹
KARL HIMLY gives us some information about this road, taken from a Chi-
nese author, Sü Sung Sing Po who in the year 1817 had visited Ili and published
his work in 1824.² His description starts from the rivers and enumerates the places
situated near them; he also deals with the history of the country. The work con-
sists of five parts, each one with a map. In the introduction he describes the
mountains situated between the sacred lakes of Tibet and Tian-shan, as well as
the Hwangho and its supposed source branch the Tarim. Then follows the descrip-
tion of the Kashgar-darya, which is said to be formed by two branches, the Ulan-
ussu or Kysyl-su and the Yaman-Yart-river. The joint river is called Thsung-Ling-
Pei-ho or Northern Thsung-Ling River, after the Kysyl-Yart range or Burrard's
Kashgar Range, which in Chinese is called Thsung-Ling. The next river of the
work is Yarkand-darya which, together with Tisnâf, is called Thsung-Ling-Nan-ho
or the Southern Thsung-Ling River. Finally Yü-Tien-ho or Khotan-darya is men-
tioned.