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0344	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

opinion as to the adequacy of evidence for or against
his favorite theory. Two things, notwithstanding, seem
to me to present insuperable obstacles unless we accept
the theory of a secular change of climate. In the first place,
if there has been no change, why did many thousands of
the people of the past succeed so well in making the coun-
try habitable, while the people of to-day have failed utterly
in the same attempt? In the second place, the agreement
of the phenomena of Lulan with those of other parts of
the Lop basin indicates that the same changes have affected
the whole country.
Before leaving Lulan, the trade routes which formerly
passed through it deserve notice. According to ancient
Chinese records, the main caravan route from China to the
west came from Su-Chow through Sa-Chow (Tung-Hwang)
to Lulan. There it divided, one branch going to Kashgar by
way of Khotan and the south side of the Lop basin, and the
other to the same place by way of Ak-Su and the north side
of the basin. Up to about the third century of our era, the
road from Sa-Chow to Lulan was of great importance. It
contributed to the prosperity of Lulan, as appears from the
results of Himly's study of certain objects and manuscripts
found there by Hedin. Himly says: "The objects appear
to have belonged to a wealthy Chinese merchant, who sup-
plied commodities of every description, let out carriages
and beasts of burden on hire, besides conveying letters to
Tun-Kwang [Tung-Hwang, Sa-Chow]. Travelers going to
the latter city used horses, carriages, and oxen." A hundred
and twenty-five years later, in 400 A. D., the pilgrim Fa-hian,
who followed the same road, says of it: "In this desert

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