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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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CHAPTER V
IN SARIKOL
PAGE
Tash-kurghan, Ptolemy's "Stone Tower"—On the track of Hiuen-
Tsiang—Ruins of old town—Diplomatic surveying—Chinese
garrison — Meeting with Sarikoli headmen — Applicants for
"Tabloids"—Requisitions for kitchen—Plain of Tagharma—
Muztagh-Ata sighted—March along Russian Pamir—A Kirghiz
shrine—At Karasu post—Crossing of Ulugh-Rabat Pass—Old
friends, the marmots—Chinese at Subashi post—Arrival at
Little Kara-kul . . . . . . 71–83
CHAPTER VI
ON MUZTAGH-ATA
Lakes of L. Kara-kul and Basik-kul—Day of alpine rain—Apprehen-
sions of Kirghiz Beg—Kirghiz hospitality—A hitch about
transport—Photo-theodolite survey—Start for Muztagh-Ata—
Reconnoitring the great peaks—Heavy mantle of snow and ice—
Along Yambulak Glacier—Trouble with Yaks—Preliminary climb
—Reconnaissance of Hunza Levies—Waiting for fair weather—
Start for higher slopes—Climb in deep snow—Mountain-sickness
of followers—Highest point reached—View over "Roof of the
World"—Plucky Hunza guides—Freebooting Visions—Descent
to Yambulak Glacier Camp—Triangulation from Shamalda spur
—Return to Kara-kul . . . . . 84–105
CHAPTER VII
THROUGH THE GEZ DEFILE TO KASHGAR
Departure from Kara-kul—Tarns of Basik-kul—Obstruction at Bulun-
kul—A pliable interpreter—Entrance of Gez Defile—Chinese
engineering—Crossing Koksel Glacier—At Gez Karaul—Abscond-
ing of Kirghiz—Opportune relief—Over the "Nine Passes"—
Through tortuous gorges—Solitary spring—Distant view of plains
—Scrambles over decomposed ranges—Arrival in Tashmalik
plain—Passage of Yamanyar R.—Through the Opal oasis—First
impressions of rural Turkestan—Ride into Kashgar . . 106–120
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