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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 |
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many labourers as I could possibly keep supplied with water.
Thus, what with the example set by my 'old guard' and the
helpful local influence still possessed by my energetic old
factotum, Ibrahim Beg of Keriya, a column of fifty diggers,
with supplies for four weeks and additional camels for trans-
port, could be raised within a single day's halt.
Once again three rapid marches lay through the luxuriant
jungle belt which lines the dying course of the Niya river.
At this season the glowing autumn tints of wild poplars
and reed-beds made a delightful treat for the eye. Pictur-
esque parties of pilgrims returning from the lonely shrine
of Imam Ja'far Sadik added a touch of human interest to
this silent sylvan scenery. A few miles beyond the supposed
resting-place of that holy warrior and martyr, we filled all
available water-tanks and goat-skins with water. There we
left behind the last abode of the living and also the present
limit of life-giving water. Two days later I had the satis-
faction of camping once more amidst bare dunes not far
from the centre of that long stretch of sand-buried settle-
ment. Subsequent surveys have proved its scattered remains
to extend over an area of over fourteen miles from south
to north with a maximum width of some four miles.
Already that day's route, slightly diverging from that
followed on my first discovery of the site, had taken me
past spots of ancient occupation, marked by the debris of
completely decayed dwellings and remains of fences enclos-
ing ancient orchards. It was a joyful sensation to find my-
self once more among the shrivelled trunks of dead fruit-
trees and poplars that had flourished when there were still
emperors ruling Rome. A little experimental scraping in
the corner of a modest much-eroded dwelling had revealed
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