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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20836#0041
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paratiud the chaius of the Karakoribn aud the KuenMen redion.s. vvhere extreme drvness. vast .sandv deserts, aml the powmfuj inBiieiice oi the sim'.s ray.s oi
the 3i*oimd, combine to increase tke qnaiLtitv of solid matter .suspended in tlie almo.spliere. The whili.sh wiiiipooLs near tlie rocks also sltow the rivei* fo flow downwards tToni the observer. TheYakagawi* Mri^.Serm*^.raKPr««r<'t*
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Lonti. East
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rIThe- view of this region where we anived after a hard day’s march. from tfie northem foot of tlie Karakorum fia.ss, presented a most melanelrolv aud de.solate aspert, whieJi, Iiowever, wa.s .soon followed
bv tracts of still ®reater* bairermes.s after Ieaviiie the va.Uevr and approachiiL^ the KuenliLeiL. At J)era BiiIIil the river, althougli of considerable hreadth, is .stitl fordalile. its hed is cut tlirou^h hoiizonkd de-
posil.s of <5ravel which ri.se like walls to a. heiyht of from tlrirtv to fifty feet . We were sur|irised to liud, in additiou to a few i.solated spot.s ou il.s Jeft hank covered with low carices, au arhoresceut
|)laut of perfectly li«neous stmctm*e, which is prohalrly an iustaiice of .such a erowlh at the extreme liniits where the forinatioii of woodv lihre allows of ones ceco^nizine aiumal rin^s for a space
of time extendiri« over manv decades. Ihis shiuh, called Taba£are” by the Turldstanis, pre.sent.s tlie peculiar appearauce of ann.s radiatiiid from the cpiitral siem clo.se to the surface of llie erouiul,
the . soil, as only to liave attracted the attention of our £>uide.s , ( who knew of its exi.stence ) as a prerious, tlirough at this momeiil miexperted fuel.- Nmuer
heiehts skeletous aud carca.sse.s of horses, Iii£> <!> a £ e , saddles , foddei* for aiiimals of hurdeu. and nol imfreffuenllv the low, tein
^ ’ X. W* V- I
the braiirhes
so
cl
o .s eiv’
ous remams,
tlie
waifs
porarv tomb
of ’
a
TVIii,
'lhe .slone ten
t.s,”
i ii
all i
vralley, the hi«j
itesl
311
rizoii is peculj
ar
to
the
o f c aravans ei*o s siu C tli e s e
the
lovyer dowiL
are
in
kiiown undei*
liadartash ,
wa v - mark.s i11dicatind tJiis vallev* to he t’he road to 7 aikand. — The two dark rocks, a little
likt'iie.ss to the hroad Mon£>olian tent.s of dark wool. The lidges of dark. mel auiorpliic and ,lr;
18,152 feel ahove (he level of Ihe .sea. - A.s eveivwhere at £*reat eLevations , so also liore, the skv show.s a dark
paratiud the chaius of the Karakoribn aud the KuenMen redion.s. vvhere extreme drvness. vast .sandv deserts, aml the powmfuj inBiieiice oi the sim'.s ray.s oi
the 3i*oimd, combine to increase tke qnaiLtitv of solid matter .suspended in tlie almo.spliere. The whili.sh wiiiipooLs near tlie rocks also sltow the rivei* fo flow downwards tToni the observer. TheYakagawi* Mri^.Serm*^.raKPr««r<'t*
the rumie
the distauce , iise l)ii( Jitlle ahove Ihe
tint . 1ml llie reddish vreil alon£> the ho
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