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0349 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.1
Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.1 / Page 349 (Color Image)

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[Photo] 66 VIEW UP YURUNG-KASH VALLEY FROM KARA-KIR SPUR.
[Photo] 67 VIEW FROM KARA-KIR SPUR ACROSS YURUNG-KASH RIVER GORGE TOWARDS CHOMSHA VALLEY. A track is seen leading along slopes of spur in centre. Below a short bend of river is just visible.

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doi: 10.20676/00000213
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nd Chomsha Valleys. The Su
lighted a clearly marked tra
s from the Boinak ridge abo
s the mouth of the Comsh
urs soon showed that it w
yaks (Fig. 67). Was this th
ch to the Chomsha Jlga? A
the latter was, indeed, visited t

march along this track coul
l into the Chomsha Valley at
r a route farther on towards t
appeared, indeed, a dip in th
seemed to be the head of th
re me also left no doubt as t
of the latter. With our expe
e Nissa and Kash streams sli
hope that the Chomsha Vally
as the summer flood from it
a stream-bed. And thus
r the tenacious obstruction b
men had striven to keep a
. Near the top of the vale
ing-grounds of Briniga. It
swollen stream filled the gorg
nd the fear of being obliged t
passage might, more than an
Taghliks into their obstina

ere turning our back on the
to get from them anything li
ignorance of any and eve
self for this by the splend
weather and the commandin
he gave me for a complete sens
of the Karanghu-tagh reg
with its triangulated height
nded in clouds, and so also w
owned summits on the wate
my photo-theodolite panora