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0349 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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influence of prolonged erosion under conditions of great
aridity.

At Kuzzil Singer we were the guests of four Chanto
brothers, camel-hunters. They and their families are the
only inhabitants of the whole region for nearly a hundred
miles in every direction. It was they who killed the camel
on whose flesh we dined one day. They shot it at Altmish
Bulak, where our animals ran away. One of the brothers,
the oldest, Abdur Rehim by name, came with us as guide.
He led us westward along the northern base of the plateau
of Tian Shan to Lake Bagrash Kul. This large lake is
peculiar in its archipelago of enormous sand dunes, three
or four hundred feet high, standing in the water at the east-
ern end. Apparently, at some time, the river of Kara-Sher,
now the main feeder of the lake, flowed to Korla without
entering the lake. Naturally, the water shrank to a low
level, as is evident from the dunes which accumulated in
what had been the lake-bed. Now the water has risen, ap-
parently because the river has been diverted to it again. We
crossed the lake on the ice in a day and a half. There for
the first time since leaving Niya, almost five months before,
we had the feeling of being in a region where man predomi-
nated over nature. On the ice we met carts full of wood and
charcoal from the mountains, and driven by surly Dungans.
Beyond the lake we came upon encampments of Mongols
almost hidden in the grassy plain. And soon we met the
Chantos and Chinese of the dirty, mongrel town of Kara-
Sher.

Although the Dry Mountains and the Chol Tagh, or
Desert Mountains, to the north of them are almost uninhab-