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0362 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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unknown but early date, the lake seems to have been of
much the same size as now, as appears from its being
called a marsh, and from its representation on the old
Chinese maps.

In the succeeding Middle Ages, there is reason to be-
lieve that Lop-Nor was again decidedly larger than now.
In an old local account of Tung Hwang (Sa-Chow), which
Rev. G. W. Hunter of the China Inland Mission kindly
translated for me, he found an itinerary of the ancient trade
route, already referred to, from Tung Hwang to Lulan.
Lulan, however, is not mentioned, and the whole country
appears to have been almost uninhabited, apparently be-
cause the itinerary was not written till after the abandon-
ment of that region. At a distance of one hundred and
eighty miles (seven hundred and ten li) from Tung Hwang,
this "very important road," as it is called, is said to reach a
lake called Cho-hu-tong, apparently Lop-Nor, which, so the
account goes on, is connected with the Ta-leng-mu (Tarim)
River. This would necessitate the expansion of the lake to
a point eighty miles east of Lulan, and fully fifty from the
present eastern end of the Kara Koshun marsh. The water
would have to rise nearly, or quite, to the twelve-foot strand.

Other facts agree with the itinerary. Grenard speaks of
having seen at Keriya a Chinese map dating from the
eighteenth century, but probably based on earlier surveys.
It showed Lop-Nor in its present position, but very much
larger than now. Another suggestion of the mediæval be-
havior of the lake is found in the destruction of the so-called
Dragon Town of Lung-shong, lying at some unidentified
point southwest of Lop-Nor, perhaps at Merdeck. The