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xviii ILLUSTRATIONS

VIEW ACROSS THE FLOOD PLAIN OF THE SHYOK RIVER TO A NAMELESS MOUNTAIN ASCENDED BY WAY OF THE AR-

RETE ON THE LEFT TO 20,500 FEET

PANNING GOLD AT KARATASH

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VIEW TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM AN ELEVATION OF 16,500 FEET, NEAR CHANG LA, ACROSS THE INDUS RIVER TO THE FLAT-TOPPED MIDDLE RANGE OF THE HIMALAYAS . . 80

THE BORDER OF THE DEPSANG PLAIN, SHOWING THE SUBDUED TOPOGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE KARA-

KORUM PLATEAU 80
GORGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE KWEN LUN MOUNTAINS

ON THE MAIN ROAD TO THE SANJU PASS 86

THE KWEN LUN MOUNTAINS 92

VALLEY OF THE KUZZIL SU 94

LOESS HUT OF CHANTO SHEPHERDS, ILLUSTRATING THE

DESCENT FROM THE PLATEAUS TO THE BASIN FLOOR . 94
CHANTO LABORERS IN THE ZONE OF PIEDMONT GRAVEL

NEAR KASHGAR 96
A TYPICAL BIT OF THE ZONE OF VEGETATION, WITH POPLAR

TREES AND TAMARISK BUSHES 96

THE SANDY DESERT, NEAR KHOTAN 98
A BIT OF THE TIAN SHAN PLATEAU, WITH A GROUP OF

KIBITKAS, NEAR ISSIK KUL 110

PUTTING UP A KIBITKA 110

KHIRGHIZ DESIGNS 113

A CHANCE MEETING OF KHIRGHIZ IN TIAN SHAN . 122

KHIRGHIZ PLAYING "BAGAI" . . . . . . 122

KHIRGHIZ WOMEN IN HOLIDAY DRESS MAKING CALLS 130
AN "ARBA" OR SLEDGE FOR HAY IN A VILLAGE OF SEMI-

NOMADIC KHIRGHIZ 130

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