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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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below, along the river-bank, was covered with trees and culti-
vated fields, amongst which could be seen the walls of Korlia.
There was a greater extent of cultivated land here than in
any other town we had passed. We reached Korlia at 9.25 a.m.,
and put up at an inn outside the south gate of the town.
Korlia has two towns, the Chinese and the Turk. The Chinese
is only some four hundred yards square, surrounded by a mud
wall some thirty-five feet in height, and by a ditch. There
are round bastions at the angles, but no bastion at the gateway.
The entrance is on the south side only. One mile south
is the Turk town, washed on its northern face by the river,
which is crossed by a wooden bridge. The walls of the Turk
town are in ruins. The town has one principal street running
north and south, about seven hundred yards long. The shops
are somewhat better than at Karashar, but not so good as at
Turfan. The people here seem prosperous, and the country
round is well cultivated. Wheat was just being reaped, maize
was grown in large quantities, and rice was also cultivated.
We changed one of the cart-ponies here, and just before
starting engaged a Turk to come with us to Kashgar. Starting
again at 7.25 p.m., we took a northerly direction at first, till we
reached the desert, along which we proceeded in a westerly
direction, skirting the cultivated land. Halted at 11.10 p.m.,
at an inn where the cultivation ended (forty li).
July 28.—In the morning we found the Turk had dis-
appeared. The carter, delighted to find somebody whom he
thought he could lord it over, had abused and ordered him
about, so that he had wisely taken his departure during the
night.
Started at 4.45 a.m., crossing a desert covered with scrub.
The cultivated land could be seen extending along the banks
of the river in a south-westerly direction. At seventeen
miles we passed the ruins of an inn, and, eight miles further,
entered a country covered with trees, but with not much
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