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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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work, and while he was making up for the delay I could effect
my excursion without having to accuse myself of any waste of
time. I had soon separated the outfit most needed for this
tour from the rest of my baggage. The ten yaks that were
to move it and to serve as mounts were also soon procured
from among Karm Shah Beg's herd that was grazing near the
lake. All surplus stores and baggage not needed were to be
left behind in charge of Mirza, my Turki servant from
Peshawar, who, not equal to the fatigues of the long journey,
seemed manifestly in need of rest. With him I also decided
to leave 'Yolchi Beg,' who was to be spared unnecessary
climbs in ice and snow. He had so far borne the long marches
wonderfully well, and had lost none of his vivacity and high
spirits.
It was midday by the time I moved off, accompanied by
Sadak Akhun, my Kashgar servant, and the three followers
from Hunza and Punyal, who were now to have a chance of
showing what they were worth on the mountain-side. The
air was delightfully still and warm, and as we rode along the
rich grazing land at the bottom of the valley, the fragrance of
the flowers and herbs was most perceptible. Passing the
Subashi post, which now in full sunshine looked far more
dilapidated than when it first offered me its shelter, we turned
round the foot of the great spur of Shamalda into the valley
leading towards the Yambulak Glacier. The latter descends
in a westerly direction from the col connecting the two main
peaks of Muztagh-Ata, and is flanked by mighty ridges both
to the north and south. From Dr. Sven Hedin's experience,
fully detailed in his fascinating volumes, it was clear that the
only part of the great mountain from which access might be
gained to its higher slopes, if not to one of its summits, was
the spur rising above the north edge of the Yambulak Glacier.
From a height near the head of the valley, where the fine view
reproduced at the head of this chapter lay before me, I sur-
veyed through my small telescope this great ridge as it
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