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0365 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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expedition, and had been unable to reach dry land before
nightfall. . . . This piece of wood furnished another proof
that this part of the desert was once a lake-bottom, and that
the lake was navigated by boats."

A more conclusive piece of evidence as to the former
expansion of Lop-Nor is illustrated in the map accompany-
ing this volume. On hearing that the road from Charklik
to Tung Hwang along the south shore of ancient Lop-Nor
crossed part of the salt-bed of the old lake, it naturally
occurred to me that if the lake ever covered all of the salt
plain during historic times, there might be an old road skirt-
ing the former shore-line. At Chindelik, near the middle of
the old south shore, I hunted for such a road and found two.
One follows the twelve-foot strand; while the other runs
above the thirty-foot strand along the top of the bluffs
which mark it, and from a quarter of a mile to a mile from
them. The upper road traverses a plain of sand and gravel,
and is marked at intervals by cairns of stones, one large,
the others small. For two days I zigzagged between the two
old roads, and at various points saw that they always bear
the same relation to each other and to the bluffs and beaches
marking the strands. The present road runs almost direct
from Chindelik, where there are fairly good springs, to
Sachgan Sai, the next source of water, where the springs are
very saline. The distance is about twenty-four miles, a long
day's journey for loaded oxen, donkeys, and camels, even
though the track is level and easy. By way of the old road
at the base of the cliffs above the twelve-foot strand, the
distance between the same points is about thirty-two miles,
too much for one day's journey, though the track is per-