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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 |
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camels and ponies far away from water or grazing, it was a
real relief to look down on open Dzungarian slopes of bare
gravel and to sight far away in the distance a tiny dark spot
suggesting vegetation. It was the little village of Bai for
which I had wished to make all the time, and after four
weeks of continuous travel it was no small satisfaction to have
safely reached it without the loss of a single animal. There
was reward for our troubles in the extensive and accurate
surveys carried by new routes across a vast area which,
barren as it is, presents distinct interest in its geographical
features.
A rapid journey then carried us during October along the
northern foot of the eastern portion of the great Tien-shan
range, already bearing its first winter snow, to the tracts of
Barkul and Guchen. The ground crossed here, topographic-
ally better known, had a special interest for me, as it helped
to acquaint me with the peculiar physical conditions of a
region through which many of the great historical migra-
tions westwards, like those of the Great Yüeh-chih or Indo-
Scythians, Huns, Hephthalites, Turks and Mongols, must
have successively passed. These valleys and plateaux of
Dzungaria are favoured by a climate far less dry than that
of the Tarim basin. They offer in many parts good grazing-
grounds and have often played an important part in the
history of Central Asia.
Again and again they have in ancient times afforded a
temporary home to nomadic tribes. These could never have
maintained their flocks and herds in the arid plains of the
Tarim basin. But from across the Tien-shan they were
always able and ready to carry out raids into it and to
exact tribute from the settled population of its oases. It was
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