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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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Kirghiz settlement of Ghujak, which offered a suitable place
for camping. The wind brought light rain soon after the
tents were pitched, and as the temperature descended rapidly
I was glad to get again into my fur coat, discarded since our
entry into the open Sarikol Valleys. The hypsometer showed
an elevation of about 11,600 feet.
The next day's march was to be a short one, and accordingly
I utilized the morning to ascend with Ram Singh to the top
of the steep spur of conglomerate which rose immediately to
the East in front of the Karakorum peaks. Light clouds,
foreboding a change in the weather, had settled everywhere
around the higher ranges. But the view over the great
Tagharma Valley, and far beyond it to the peaks South-East
of Tashkurghan, was unobstructed, and the plane table work
benefited no little by this excursion. To the North, unfortu-
nately, Muztagh-Ata, with its glaciers, hid itself in a thick
veil of mist and cloud. After descending again to our last
camping-place we resumed the route to the North. A little
beyond I passed the mouth of a narrow side valley running to
the west, known as Khayindi. It contains a little Mazar or
shrine much frequented by the Kirghiz who graze around
Muztagh-Ata. A little heap of stones on the road, adorned
with horns of Ovis Poli and the wild goat, and a few sticks
bedecked with rags of various hues, direct the attention of
the wayfarer to the neighbouring shrine. The bits of rag, as
throughout the hills of northern India, mark the ex-voto
offerings of those who have turned to the saint for help in
sickness or some other trouble.
A ride of a little over two hours along the gradually diminish-
ing stream, and between gently sloping ridges of disintegrated
rock and gravel, brought me to Kara-su. There I found a
small post, or 'Karaul,' enclosed by loopholed mud walls, and
my servants comfortably established in the few huts built
inside. The garrison, the last on this side subject to the
authority of the Tashkurghan Amban, consisted at the time
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