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0095 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 95 (Color Image)

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enormous lake was formed. The black glacier-ground sand,
which the Hunza River brings down and deposits in large
quantities, rose in thick dust with the wind which blew down
the valley in the evening. Drink and food tasted equally
gritty; it seemed a foretaste of the Khotan desert. In so
desolate a neighbourhood I felt doubly grateful for the Dak-
runner who at nightfall brought a long-expected home mail.
The march of the next day proved a trying experience. A