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Chap. IV] NOTES ON SHEET No. 35 93
Cam]) 172, Ru-lo-110 tcrn~ir~al basin (at spri~~g, S, of ruin
T. vr. b ; C. 4.) . . . . . . . . . ... .lo0 8' 16''
1913-15. Cnnrl) 46, Cl~ong-kiil (at fiprings, S. of lake, 11'. of ruin T. XI ; 1). .I.) 40° 19' 69''
Camp 51, S.\V. of Ya~~t,ak-kutluk (at well, same as C. 150; A. 4.) 40° 18' 25"
Su-lo-ho basin, 9 miles 9.1V. ol' Can111 102 (east of sand-ridge; B.4)
I! 1 ogl~rak-Lulak, Cam11 103 (;~bove left. bank of river bed ; C. 4) . . .
40' 13' 14"
40' 19' 26"
NOTISS ON SlI1':ET No. 36 (EI-IAN;\~~~BAIJ OR BXI\MRAR)
The outcrn~ost ranges of the Altin-tlqIl vations of 1913 at Khanambal (C. 2) and
and their glacis totvartls tl~e Su-lo-ho tern~i- SII-mu-tgou'(T).l) l~ave proved tl~e latitudes
rial basin, shown i ~ this r sheet, wcre surveyrd slio\vn for theso places ill Sheet SO. 75 of
mainly frorn- the /ci!/h-yul or 'l~ill route' the Se/.iudia map as correct within about
connecti~~g rl'~~n-l~ua~~~ \vitl~ the Lop region a rnin~~te.
&nd already mentio11c.d above (Sl~eet Nri. 33). References regartling the historical
This was follo\ved Ly Rni Rim Sing11 iri topography of the 'llill route' hare hecan given
1907 and again by H. 13. Lil Singh ill 1913. ill the Sotes on St~ert, No. JJ. The ranze
The belt ol high sand-ridges fringing the along \ul~icli it Irads is exreedin& barren
southern edge of tile glacis was ~.eaclled by also in this srrtion ; but some modest orazreconnaiss~nces
i'rorn the termination of the i ~ ~ is g fonnd at Khanambal, a minter
ancie~~t Cl~it~ese L~I/I/,.S it1 l!lOi. The tra- campill: grot~nd of Mongols, and at Khalasverses
alol~g the 'Ilill route' have been tai, wllile a little patch of cultivation exists
adjusted on the positions adopted for Miran at SII-mu-t'ou, occupietl by a rotlple of
and Nan-1111 (Sheet So. 39). The obser- Chinese families.
As/ronot~~ica//y nh.sr~t./,d Ialif tr~lm.
39'13-15. Khanambal, Camp 33 ( north bank of river-bed ; C. 3 I
Su-mu-t'oa, (:amp 42 (N. end of cultivation; D. 1 ) ...
:%go 15' 36"
39O 4.9' 32"
NOTISS ON SHEET No. 37 (KARLIK-TKGH)
This sheet shows the surreys made along
t,he Karlik-tigh, the eastern extremity of
the T'ien-slian range, and those carried towards
it from the south-west across the
northernmost Pei-shan desert. \t'it,l~ the
exception of the caravan road from An-hsi
to Himi and some routes in 1907 on the
fiouthrrn slopes of the si~owy portion of the
Karlik-tigh, all belong to the third expedition.
The positions accepted for Barlrul, Hami,
An-hsi and So-c11ou in adjoining sheets have
served for the adjustment of the several
traverses, besides the latitude observations
noted below. For two points on the Hsmi-
An-hsi caravan road 1at.itude and clrronometrically
obtained longitude values of other
t,ravellers are available for control. Dr.
Vaillaut's position of Yen-tun ( A. 1 ),
42O 211',6 lat., 94' 4',9 long., agrees closely
in latitude with that shown in the map,
while his longitude is about 2 minutes less
than on the map. At K'u-shui ( R. 4 ) Mr.
Clementi's observed latitude is the same, but
his lon:~tude value, 94' 26' 25", is exceeded
by fully 8 minutes on the map; this differ-
ence confornis to that already noted as
regarcls H;imi ( see n~rh Sheet No. 34 ).
It is satisfackory to note that 31. Mu-
11ammad Yakfib's traverse from ;\Iin,a-shui
( No. 40. A. 1 ) to Tlsli-hulak (ti. 3) shows
between his Camps c1:iI and cr.xrv very close
agreement with the careful route survey
carried by Professor I(. Fotterrr over the
sdme ground. ?'
The approximate snow-line shown on
the 12,000 ft. contour is necessarilv con-
jectural, the range 11sving been surveyed
23 See nr. Hassenstein's map (1 : 500,000) in fame depression as Mu-t'on-cliing (I). 4), hnt some
Fot:crer, Qeogmphischr Skizre drr lfiirte Qobi, Peter- lirs'e distance to the sooth.
mmu's Wittheilungen, Ergiinzungsheft So. 189 1 may note thnt the Chinese local names which
(1902). Prof. F. 's Utun-osrii corresponds to 7I-a. Jinhnmmad Yakib heard from his guide along tbir
f'ung-oo-tru (C. 4), while his UIan.d?.lsehunt~, where route conld not be checked from any record in
hie route diverged to the south, lies probablp in tbe Chinese chnrnctcrs.