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0312	The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1

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The Pulse of Asia : vol.1

アジアの鼓動 : vol.1

bread, onions, and tea for ourselves, as well as a quantity
of linseed cake to be fed to the camels, when necessary, at
the rate of two pounds a day. For personal luxuries, there
were raisins, eggs, and chickens, but in general my fare was
no better than that of the men.

For the first three days, our way led eastward along the
gravel at the southern edge of the zone of vegetation to
Miran, or, as the natives often say, Miyan. The Miran
River rises in typical fashion in the main snowy range of
Kwen Lun, breaks through the front range in a deep gorge,
traverses the piedmont gravels in a terraced trench, and
disappears during much of the year in a broad flood-plain of
gravel. Where the river enters the zone of vegetation, I dis-
covered the ruins of a large town. Perhaps "discovered" is
not the right word. The famous Russian explorer, Przheval-
ski, had long before recorded the fact that a ruined fort is
located at this point on the map. He climbed a tamarisk
mound near the cultivated fields of Miran, and with a field-
glass saw the walls of a fort a mile or two away. He did
not visit it, nor describe it, nor give any idea of its size.
Accordingly, it was a great surprise to me on Christmas
day, 1905, to find myself encamped among the ruins of a
large town.

Geographically, Miran closely resembles Vash Sheri. The
reasoning applied to the one applies with increased emphasis
to the other. Archæologically, Miran is far more important.
The ruins are not only much larger, but a new type of archi-
tecture is developed, the chief structures being elevated ten
or twenty feet on solid pedestals of sun-dried brick. At pre-
sent, Miran is not permanently inhabited. The fisherfolk of

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