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0143 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
中国砂漠地帯の遺跡 : vol.2
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[Photo] 170 敦煌の北西にある古代の中国長城のT. IX. 見張り塔.RUINED WATCH-TOWER, T. IX., ON ANCIENT CHINESE LIMES N.W. OF TUN-HUANG.

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the steep slopes by either the s
fall.

the completely ruined tower—for
ly referred to (T. viii.) proved to b
a clear idea of the quarters which
by the side of most towers for t
the soldiers keeping watch at the
measured about forty-eight feet in
gravel which covered its top and si
appearance of a natural hillock, then
of sun-dried bricks mixed with
mounds. It was the debris of the tow
completely crushed and buried the m
guard-rooms adjoining. To clear it a
for the men, and their own spades m

Not being accustomed to the 'ke
an, which, warned by previous exp
no small trouble obtained at Tun-h
work out of these otherwise ideal m
navation. But the greatest hindran
the doses of opium which most of the
to take in the midst of their labor. F
gaze at what remained of the walls of the
the fallen masonry, and successive
other implements stimulated the men
liberal reward I had promised for the f
written reward.

I just observed a small outer room on
were working our way into a somew
against the solid masonry of the to
on this eagerly-looked-for find was t
strangely puzzling object,—a solid bl
one inches long and five broad, thick
wing wedge-like at the other, and parti
in Fig. 172. a). On one of the faces if
eared own large Chinese characters in
those without difficulty, but vainly
m. That they were meant for a s
likely conjecture. But how to iden