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Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2 |
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| [Photo] 171 |
GUARD-ROOM BUILT AGAINST NORTH-EAST CORNER OF ANCIENT WATCH-TOWER T. VIII., TUN-HUANG LIMES, AFTER EXCAVATION. On left is seen the narrow gate leading into the quarters of the watch-station, with sockets to hold bars of door; on adjoining wall surface the rough outline sketch of a camel; on extreme right steps of stairs once leading to roof of quarters and thence to top of tower. |
| [Photo] 172 |
ANCIENT POTTERY AND IMPLEMENTS EXCAVATED FROM RUINED WATCH-STATIONS ON TUN-HUANG LIMES. 1. Wooden beating-stick. 2. Broomstick of reeds. 3. Iron hoe. 4. Wedge of wood inscribed with two Chinese characters. 5. Pottery jar. 6. Broken piece of pottery mended with leather thong passed through holes. |
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of bright yellow or red colour, whi
served as pegs for hanging accou
houses; a block of wood for holdi
pieces of wood which might
-bows or catapults, inscribed with t
which had garrisoned this po
shafts of arrows, etc.
men stationed here had, after t
made clear by numerous wooden mali
ployed by rope-makers, by a wooden
ent, and similar simple implements
appearance but of great archæologi
a measure resembling in shape a b
and still retaining the string by whi
the wall (Fig. 173 a). Divided into t
er subdivisions on the decimal princi
value of the measures in use under t
It consequently enables us to deter
equivalents of measurements given in
records of that period. An interesting
I was able myself to apply the test of thi
will be mentioned hereafter.
were shreds of bright silk fabric, pr
officers or visitors of superior rank, a
woollen stuff such as the soldiers mi
That luxuries were few and resources sl
fully unwanted was curiously illustra
several jars of hard grey pottery fo
them, and then patched up again by
passages passed through neatly bored ho
useful, as we were by these modest lu
this hard life once led along this ruine
the briefest information to be placed b
records, as they passed from under the h
into Chiang-sai-yeh's hands, acquaint
much those who write them tasted
casually never dreamt of doing, a
constantly once tied to a big
a label evidently once tied to a big
ished bronze arrow-heads and vario
ished
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