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ROUTE XI.

.doute from Kila Panjah (1174KH4N) to Kila Wamar (ROSHAN) along the river Panjah. Authority Captain Trotter (from Abdul Subhan)—concluded.

48 o. 5 Sw	Names of places.	Country or district.	Distance in miles.	REMARKS.
8	Darmârakht ... `	Shighna,n ...	11f	Camp on the left bank. Darmârakht is on the opposite bank from whence supplies are procured by means of a wooden bridge thrown across the river, which is about
				150 yards wide here. From Nawaba,d at 3 miles is the large village of Shekh Beg in ruins, and further on the road runs through a. tunnel called Kuguz Pali'', or " hole in the rock." Road bad and stony. The Kuguz Parin in the boundary between Ghstran and Shighnan.
9	Viâr ... ...	Ditto ...	14f	A scattered village of about 40 houses. At two miles from
				Darmaralht a large tributary of the Panjah river called
				Arakht is crossed by a strong wooden bridge. At 9f miles the road ascends and traverses the Mithinz and
				Tarseb passes. Road bad and stony. Supplies plentiful.
10	Kila Bar Panjah ...	Ditto ...	5â	A large town on the left bank, the capital of Shighna,n.
		'		Adjacent to it stands a stone fort on the margin of the river. At Dasht-i-Khust, the river Sudan falls into the
				Panjah. At 32 miles is the small village of Deh-i-Mur- gha,n. Road good. Supplies plentiful.
11	Sicharb ...	Ditto ...	9	A village of 20 houses on the right bank. S Lcharb is reached by crossing the river either by ferry at Kila Bar
				Panjah, or by ford at the village of Dishâr at 3 miles lower down. Yumj village is at 41 miles from Sacharb.
				Road good. Supplies plentiful.
12	Kila Wimar ...	Roshan ...	22 .	A large town, the capital of Roshan, situated about 12 miles above the junction of the Murgha,bi river with the
				Panjah. Fort and town on the high bank of the Panjah.
				At 13 miles is the small village of Past Khizf. At 1E miles stands the Darband tower, built on a rock. This is the boundary between Shignân and Roshan.
		Total distance ...	161f

ROUTE XII.

YÂRKAND TO AKSU. AUTHORITY, CAPTAIN CHAPMAN.

BHAN SING.

FROM YÂRKAND TO AKSÜ AND ONWARDS.

1. Yârkand, Terek Langar, 7 talla,* Ek Shamba and Char Shamba Bazaars en route ; cultivation and gardens to within one mile of the halting ground.

* NOTE.—A tash is the ordinary uuit of measurement of distances in Eastern Turkistan, and on many of the principal roads tash-boards have been errected similar to the wooden sign posts, still existing in some parts of England. They were put up between Khotan and Kashghar shortly after the accession of the present Ruler, but the Yarkand road the following measurements were made by Kishen Sing Pandit :-

From 1st to 5th Tash Post ... ...				Number cf paces. 36,350	Average number of paces per tash. 9,112
„	5th to 8th	„		... 27,880	92,93
„	8th to 11th	„		... 26,800	8,933
			Mean value of each tash ...		9,113

or almost exactly 42 English statute miles. Theoretically the tash is equal to 12,000 paces of a riding camel,

and it is by means of this measure that the distances are said to have been laid out between Yarkand and Kashghar.—[H. T.]

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