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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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shows that the main range of the Kuenlun Mountains must
recede considerably from here. I was informed by Turdi Kol
that, after ascending the Bazar Darra River, and crossing a
pass (the Kokalang), you do not enter the basin of the Tisnaf
River, as you would in the case of the Yangi and Chiraghsaldi
passes further east, but you descend into the valley of a river
called the Kulanargu, which joins the Yarkand River in its
lower course somewhere near Pil; and you have to cross
another pass, the Takhta-kuran, before you enter the valley of
the Tisnaf River; so that it is evident that a little to the west
of the Chiraghsaldi Pass the Kuenlun Range must split up,
the two branches being separated by the Kulanargu River.
The lower part of this river is called Chukshu, and is inhabited
by Turkis, who are under Chinese jurisdiction, though they,
like the Kirghiz, were refused protection from Kanjuti raids,
and were told by the Chinese authorities that they lived outside
the frontier passes, and must therefore expect no assistance.
The great height of these mountains was deeply impressed
upon me on this day's march. Tired of marching monotonously
along the bottom of the valley, cooped in by the mountains all
round, I determined to climb a projecting hill, from which it
seemed a view might be obtained of the higher portions of the
ranges which were shutting us in. For some hours I toiled up
a shingle slope, at each step sliding back, in the moving stone
shoot, almost as much as I ascended, and when at last I reached
the summit of the hill, I found it but the extremity of a spur
which stretched back higher and higher to the range behind.
My caravan below looked like specks in the valley bottom, but
the snowy peaks above were still as distant as ever. I saw
little more of the great main ranges than could be seen from
the valley bottom, and, beginning to realize something of what
these mountain heights truly are, I descended the opposite side
of the hill and rejoined my party just as they were brought to
a standstill in the gorge I have mentioned above. The river
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