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0213 Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1
Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 / Page 213 (Color Image)

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CHAPTER X

YARKAND AND KARGHALIK

A march of about eighteen miles brought me on the 17th of
September from Kokrobat into Yarkand. The scenery had
undergone a welcome change compared with that of the
previous day, for along the whole route there was no piece
of barren ground to be seen. Sandy as the soil almost every-
where is, ample water is brought to it by canals large and
small. Long avenues of poplars and willows give shade
along the greater part of the road. Work with the plane-
table was not easy in this terrain coupé. But when more
open ground was reached about half-way, near Toguehak
village, and the direction of Yarkand could be clearly made
out, we had the satisfaction to note that the distance and
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