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0280 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000233
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south of the main stupa. The discovery illustrates how
completely even large and massive ruins may be concealed
among sand dunes and tamarisk mounds. On my first
visit to Tuholo I hunted for this fort, of which I had learned
the approximate location at Endereh, but failed to find it.
Later, with a new guide, I tried again, and found a large
structure of mud rising twenty feet above us, not over
two hundred yards from our previous route. It was com-
pletely concealed on one side by a huge tamarisk mound.
From the fort I desired to go straight south to some ruins
of which I had heard as being located at Serteck, on the
Cherchen road near Baba Kul. Both guides agreed that
to get there we must go six miles southwest to Korgach on
the Endereh River, twelve miles southeast down the river,
and six miles northeast along the road to Baba Kul. That
meant a journey of twenty-four miles, which would require
two days for the camels. Having never been direct from
Tuholo to Baba Kul, the men did not believe it possible
to do so. They were utterly incredulous when I said that
the distance was only ten miles, and we could reach Baba
Kul in a day. They felt sure that we should get lost and
would suffer the agonies of thirst. When we finally finished
our slow, winding course among a maze of huge tamarisk
mounds, we emerged on the open reed fields of the zone of
vegetation close to Baba Kul. One guide became as sulky as
a spoiled child because his gloomy predictions had proved
wrong. The other, an innocent, boyish old man, clapped
his hands and, laughing aloud, exclaimed:—
"It's so, it's so. Here we are at Baba Kul. We've come
in one day instead of two. The Sahib was right. There is