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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan : vol.1 |
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desert, the river courses, and the belt of cultivated land.
Where it touched the horizon, far away in the Taklamakan,
the skyline showed a brilliant light green. Yet in height this
cover of dusty atmosphere could scarcely exceed 1,000 ft. For
we could clearly see the foot of the outer range rising above
the bed of the Kara-kash where the latter winds through the
low glacis-like plateaus stretching away northwards.
It was three in the afternoon when I arrived on this com-
manding height. It was manifest that no time remained for
theodolite work, for which nature herself seemed to have
destined the position, and that we should have to remain there
for the night. The saddle on the main spur offered a con-
venient spot on which to place the camp, but the want of
water was a difficulty. Fortunately I had foreseen this chance
and sent Islam Beg ahead to Pujia, a village on the Kara-
kash. He had orders to meet us on the pass with fresh
ponies and a supply of water. So when my baggage arrived
a little before sunset, the tents were pitched close below our
survey station. Before this the plane-table had come up, and
we eagerly searched the horizon southwards for points
previously triangulated and shown on our section sheet.
This time my hopes were not to be disappointed. Having
once determined our position on the plane-table, it was easy
to recognise in a great ice-pyramid towering above the Kash
valley glaciers the Kuen-luen Peak No. 1 of the Indian Survey,
21,750 feet high. Its position coincided most accurately with
the direction indicated by our map. In the east the identity
of another high landmark, the "Tartary Peak No. 2," was
equally assured, and in order to dispel any lingering doubt,
there appeared in a gap of the Iskuram range the glittering
snowy top of a far more distant peak, exactly where the
Survey tables place the "Kara-kash Peak No. 2," also reach-
ing close to 22,000 feet. This rapid survey made it certain
that it was possible to triangulate the surrounding region
down to Khotan itself with assurance. The direct connection
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