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On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1 |
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stantial foundation than the existence of some Muham-
madan tombs and of rude shepherd huts by the side of dry
river-beds. My *soi-disant* guides were quite *bona fide* in their
own way and genuinely sorry that my supposed magic arts,
on which they had based their hope of discovering those
ruins and their buried treasures, did not prove strong enough
to overcome the evil spirits hiding the walled towns which
their imagination, fostered by old folklore, had before let
them see—invariably during a sand-storm!
On my third expedition Korla served in the first days of
April 1915 as a convenient place of meeting for the several
parties in which we had worked since Turfan. From there
we set out again some days later for the long journey to
Kashgar. Lal Singh's task was to keep close to the Tien-
shan and to survey as much of the main range as the early
season and the available time would permit. Muhammad
Yakub, the second surveyor, was sent south across the
Konche and Inchike rivers to the Tarim with instructions
to survey its main channel as it lay at the time to the vicinity
of Yarkand. With him I let go most of our camels in order
that they might benefit by the abundant grazing in the
riverine jungles after all the privations they had gone through
since the autumn of 1913. I myself, for the sake of antiqua-
rian tasks, had to keep in the main to the long line of oases
which fringes the southern foot of the Tien-shan.
Through this line there still passes the main trade route
of the Tarim basin, just as it has always done since ancient
times. Well known as is this highroad, extending over some
600 miles from Korla to Kashgar, it yet allowed me to
gather plenty of useful observations both on the present
physical and economic conditions of the oases and on their
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