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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 |
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had commenced under the Former Han dynasty, was in-
dispensably needed as a passage into the Tarim basin. The
crumbling wall of stamped clay through which the traveller
now passes by the Chia-yü-kuan gate, has proved to be of
late mediaeval date. It was built for the very opposite pur-
pose, that of closing the great Central-Asian route at a time
when China had resumed its traditional attitude of seclusion.
At Su-chou, the first town 'within the wall', I had to
overcome considerable difficulties before we could start by
the close of July on our expedition into the Central Nan-
shan. The local authorities were full of apprehensions about
attacks of Tangut robbers, etc., and the collection of the
necessary transport proved a difficult task. Generally, the
Chinese settlers of the Kansu oases are swayed by a per-
fect dread of the mountains, which to them remain a terra
incognita beyond the outermost range. We could obtain
guides only as far as the broad plateau-like valley between
the Richthofen and Tolai-shan ranges. There we found
gold-pits at an elevation of about 13,000 feet worked by
small parties of more venturesome people from the side of
Hsi-ning on the north-eastern border of Tibet.
After leaving these exposed mining camps we did not
sight human beings until towards the close of August we
came upon a small camp of interesting nomads of Turkish
race grazing in the valleys south of Kan-chou. Fortunately
the well-defined character of the four great ranges in which
the Nan-shan rises towards the uplands round the Khara-
nor and Koko-nor lakes made the want of all guidance less
serious. The excellent grazing met with almost everywhere
at elevations between 11,000 to 13,000 feet was a great boon
for our hard-tried animals. This abundance of grazing must
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