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For descriptive accounts of the different
routes followed by me in the northern portion
of the sheet, see *Ruins of Khotan*, pp. 250
sqq., 413 sqq.; *Desert Cathay*, i. pp. 222
sqq.; ii. pp. 413 sqq., 400 sqq. The histori-
cal topography and the interesting questions
connected with the abandonment of the
numerous ancient sites traced in this area
(A, B. 2, C. 1-3) have been discussed in
*Ancient Khotan*, i. pp. 283 sqq., 452 sqq.;
470 sqq.; *Serindia*, i. pp. 127 sqq.; 201 sqq.;
iii. 1243 sqq., 1262 sqq., 1320 sqq.

The area shown in this sheet typically
illustrates three main zones characteristic of
the Tārim basin as already briefly described;
see above pp. 41 sqq. In the north extends
the dune-covered waste of the Taklamakān,
here cut through by the rivers of Khotan and
Keriya with their narrow jungle belts. ¹¹

Adjoining to the south we have the zone
where subsoil drainage from the streams
absorbed on the glacis of the mountains
supports desert vegetation in a wide sandy
belt, once occupied by terminal oases such as
still exist further south at Chira, Gulakhma
and Domoko. At either end of their line we
have the large cultivated tracts of Yurung-
kāsh, Sampula, Lop, belonging to Khotan,
and of Keriya, irrigated by rivers large
enough to carry water beyond them.

Finally in the south the wide barren
glacis of piedmont gravel stretches up to the
foot of the mountains. This is bordered here
and there by narrow patches of cultivation,
where the configuration of the valleys and the
presence of fertile soil at the debouchures
permit the water of the smaller rivers to be
used for irrigation before it is absorbed on
the 'Sai'. Only where some of the valleys
open out at their top into broad uplands and
the vicinity of perpetual snow and ice secures
adequate moisture, is summer grazing to be
found at great elevations.

*Corrections.* A. 1. For *Otro-miali* (on
left bank of Yurung-kāsh) read *Otro-misil*.

A. 3. At Tārim-kishlak a habitation
should be marked.

A. 2. At Kotāz-langar the symbol of a
latitude station ought to be shown and 444
printed in blue. For *Kine-tokmak* read
*Kine-tokmak*.

A. 4. Route crosses in black ought to
be inserted between the Ulūgh-dawān and
the triangulation station, 14,904 feet.

C. 2. The cultivation area of Gulakh-
ma and Domoko should be extended to a
line running from Hungatlik to Ak-köl.

* D. 3. Omit the latitude observation
symbol at Keriya.

*Astronomically observed latitudes.*
1900-01. Yangi-langar, Camp 44 (A. 3) ... ... 36° 44′ 47″
Tārim-kishlak, Camp 45 (S. of habitation; A. 3) ... 36° 36′ 16″
Tam-öghil, Camp 64 (A. 4) ... ... ... 36° 13′ 41″
Chakitmak-sulāgh, Camp 66 (B. 4) ... ... 36° 17′ 49″
Ak-chigh, Camp 68 (B. 4) ... ... ... 36° 9′ 26″
Chira, Camp 71 (Bēg's house in Bāzār; B. 2) ... 37° 0′ 48″
Gulakhma-bāzār; Camp 72 (Bēg's house; C. 2) ... 37° 1′ 18″
Yaka-langar, Camp 73 (rest-house; C. 3) ... ... 36° 52′ 15″
Saghizlik-yailak, Camp 75 (D. 2) ... ... 37° 4′ 12″
Yoghan-toghrak-yailak, Camp 76 (D 2) ... ... 37° 13′ 1″
Burhānuddin-mazār, Camp 77 (Sheikhs' quarters; D. 2) ... 37° 26′ 57″
Kochkar-öghil, Camp 78 (D. 1) ... ... 37° 42′ 45″
Dandān-oilik Site, Camp 81 (N. of ruin D. XIII; see *Ancient Khotan*,
ii. Pl. XXIV; C. 1) ... ... ... 37° 46′ 38″
Camp 115 (about 1¼ miles N. of Lāchin-atā-mazār; C. 2) ... 37° 10′ 51″
Yurung-kāsh-bāzār, Camp 117 (Bēg's house; A. 2) ... 37° 6′ 2″
Rawak Stūpa, Camp 119 (south of Vihāra court; A. 2) ... 37° 20′ 47″
1906-08. Jiga-tal, Camp 57 (B. 4) ... ... ... 36° 21′ 8″
Kotāz-langar, Camp 60 (A. 2) ... ... ... 37° 1′ 12″
Toghrak-langar, Camp 63 (D. 3) ... ... ... 36° 34′ 50″