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Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873 : vol.1 |
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10. Turfan, 4 tash. A large city. Climate hot, and fruits and grain produced in abundance.
Snowy mountains on north, but at a considerable distance. Iron, copper, and gold found
in neighbourhood. Water is procured from wells, and irrigation is carried on by means
of underground canals.
ROUTE XVII.
Turfán to Kámól or Khámil or Hámí (authority Dr. Bellew,† from
Native information).
1. Kará Khoja, 4 tash. Town of 500 houses. Musalmán families.
2. Yangi Khhin, 4 tash. 100 houses. Water from Kárez or Khkin streams. At 2
tash is the Mazár Abúl Futtáh. 300 houses and bazar. Musalmáns.
3. Lukchun, 4 tash. Town of 2,000 houses. A stream from Ghochan Tágh north of
Pichán, flows through the town on to the desert. In flood seasons it reaches
Lob Nor.
4. Pichán* 4 tash. Town of 500 houses; all Musalmáns. Stream from Ghochan
Tágh flows through the town. Outside is a Chinese fort.
5. Chightan, 5 tash. 100 houses. Springs. Kashghar frontier.
6. Lotu Changza, 5 tash. Camp ground at a well on Gobi desert.
7. Kosh, 6 tash. Well. Gobi desert.
8. Kudúk, 5 tash. Well. Gobi desert. Cyclones, sandstorms, and whirlwinds
common on this part of the desert, and sometimes shifting sands overwhelm
the traveller. Diabolical sounds and spirit calls here mislead the unwary
to destruction in the trackless waste.
9. Otar Kima, 5 tash. Custom House, and 20 houses. Springs.
10. Otun Oza, 4 tash. Small village, cook-shop and restaurant. Springs.
11. Lodung, 5 tash. 50 houses of Musalmáns. Springs.
12. Shothá, 3 tash. 15 houses of Musalmáns. Springs.
13. Jighdá, 4 tash. 40 houses of Musalmáns.
14. Taghochi, 4 tash. 100 houses of Musalmáns. Bazar and fort. A river from the
Kazanchi Tágh on the south flows by the city to Lupchuk and Karátaba
and Lob Nor.
15. Sumcágho, 5 tash. 300 houses. Bazar and fort. Musalmáns. Kárez conduits.
At 3 tash is Abdul Alim Fort, 2 gates; 500 houses. Kárez.
16. Kamul, 5 tash. Commercial city; 2,500 houses. A Chinese Governor with a
Musalmán Wang over the Muhammadans. The city has three gates, and
populous suburbs.
ROUTE XVIIa.
Turfán to Orúmchí or Urumtsí. (Dr. Bellew† from Native information.)
1. Shamál Ortang, 5 tash. Four houses. Stream from hills.
2. Dabánchi, 5 tash. Town and fort. 350 houses, in a valley amongst hills.
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