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0101 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 101 (Color Image)

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volume, yet still quite unfordable in summer. The mountains
on either side culminate in serrated rock pinnacles of fantastic
forms, but views of mighty masses of ice and snow no longer
meet the eye.

The hamlet of Khaibar, which I reached after a tiring
march of six hours, lies on an alluvial fan at the mouth of a
narrow side valley. Scanty indeed are the fields of the place,
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