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TRAVELS IN TUBKISTAN.
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on the south. to tlie main riclge on the north—each range also
decreasing in height as it runs eastward. Between these ranges,
and running parallel to them, are extensive level plains, at first
very little higher than the plateau of Eastern Turkistan, but also
successively rising higher and higher towarcls the north, while
at the same time they slope clown towarcls the east; thus, the
Tughamati plain, about 45 miles north of Kashghar, is higher
by 2000 feet; while' the Jai Tupa plain, about the same dis-
tance east of the Tughamati plain (of which in all probability
it is the continuation) is only about 1000 feet higher than
Kashghar. Tliese large plains liave generally much grass and
fuel, though but little water. At one of our camps, which was
under snow, the Kirghiz wlio were encamped there told me that
it was only in mid-winter they could keep tlieir flocks at that
particular place, as the snow then lying on the ground servecl
as a substitute for water, wliich was not obtainable at any other
season of the year.”
At the festival of the “ Kurban” (the sacrifice) on the 28th
of January, the Atalik publicly announced the Sultan’s protecto-
rate of Kashghar, and assumecl the title of “ Amrr,” conferred on
him by that sovereign. The Sultans name was ordered to be
used for the future in tlie “ Khutba ” or prayer for the reigning
sovereign at all the mosques, and coin was struck bearing the
name of “ Abclul Aziz Khan,” and purporting to be issued from
the mint of “the protectecl State of Kashghar.” Gold tillas
(value about eleven shillings) of tlie new coinage were dis-
tributed in largesse that day by the Amir to his troops and
attendants.
The Yangi-Shuhr or fort residence of the Amlr at Kashghar
encloses quite a small town, besides accommodating a very
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on the south. to tlie main riclge on the north—each range also
decreasing in height as it runs eastward. Between these ranges,
and running parallel to them, are extensive level plains, at first
very little higher than the plateau of Eastern Turkistan, but also
successively rising higher and higher towarcls the north, while
at the same time they slope clown towarcls the east; thus, the
Tughamati plain, about 45 miles north of Kashghar, is higher
by 2000 feet; while' the Jai Tupa plain, about the same dis-
tance east of the Tughamati plain (of which in all probability
it is the continuation) is only about 1000 feet higher than
Kashghar. Tliese large plains liave generally much grass and
fuel, though but little water. At one of our camps, which was
under snow, the Kirghiz wlio were encamped there told me that
it was only in mid-winter they could keep tlieir flocks at that
particular place, as the snow then lying on the ground servecl
as a substitute for water, wliich was not obtainable at any other
season of the year.”
At the festival of the “ Kurban” (the sacrifice) on the 28th
of January, the Atalik publicly announced the Sultan’s protecto-
rate of Kashghar, and assumecl the title of “ Amrr,” conferred on
him by that sovereign. The Sultans name was ordered to be
used for the future in tlie “ Khutba ” or prayer for the reigning
sovereign at all the mosques, and coin was struck bearing the
name of “ Abclul Aziz Khan,” and purporting to be issued from
the mint of “the protectecl State of Kashghar.” Gold tillas
(value about eleven shillings) of tlie new coinage were dis-
tributed in largesse that day by the Amir to his troops and
attendants.
The Yangi-Shuhr or fort residence of the Amlr at Kashghar
encloses quite a small town, besides accommodating a very