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102 NOTES ON INDIVIDlTAL MAP SHEETS [Chap. IV and the Etsin-go1 basin is divided. The broad allavial fans of tile Pei-ta-ho and of chief p11ysiruI features of tlleae regions have the smaller rivers which to the enst of it been i~~clicated above i~t section vi of Clrap- descend from the Riclrtl~ofen ltange. Furter 11, and brief reference to their rxtent and ther east the \\.idtll of the plateau at tile tl~aractcr \\'ill sl~ttire I~err. foot of t,he range ir still great. But the lesser I , lhe rno~lntaiu regio~~ in tlre sout.11 clear- vohi~rre of water carried by the streams Iy shows the \vide trough-like nl~lands at the Iirre tlmining it restricts the cnltivated area lic~acl\vaters of the Su-lo-110 and the Su-chon to a st.ri~lg of minor oases along their alluand Kat1-~IIOII rivers, as \\.ell as the tortuo~~r vi:~I f:il~s, fro111 Cl~i~~-fo-ssu (I;. 2) to Nannarrow gorges in \vhic.li these rivers liavec~it ch'iian (1). 2). The rest. of the bclt consists tlrcir \va tl~rough thc two tlortl~ern ranges Irere mainly of scrubby steppe, affording of tllc Nan-sl~nn. 'I'l~e il~creaxrd moiat~lre of anrl~lr wi~rter grazing, \vitl~ iritc~r~l~ersed the cl~rilate eaat\\vrds is cle~nonstrated by tlie forest gro\vtll \vl~iclr tlie map slio\vs at eleareas of drift-sand (C, 1). 1,). Bejo~~tl tl~e Io~vcr course of tire Hsi-la-110 (D. 2) a provations from about 8,000 to 10,000 feet in jecting outel. s1111r of tl~e range, bare and t,he valleys al,yreaching the \vatersl~~d of the rnllcli eroded, conlines the piatean-like bclt Pacific droir~a~e, as nrarlietl by the '1's-t'uug river kc, D. 4,;. to its r~arro\vcst litnits near the to\vll of Kao-t'ai. In the ?;:lnle tlirectior~ the change in the The northern edge of tlre second region character of tile Ricl~tl~ofe~i Hangc, from a is formetl thro~lgl~out by a low and utterly steep mountain rampart into a system of barren hill-range (A-D. l), representing a broad spnrs wit11 easier slopes at their top, \vcstern extension of the .%la-shan. This becollles ~~oticc:~ble. Tl~is change in the I~ill-range 1vitl1 its slopes of bare gravel or lateral espansiolr of the Hiclltllofen liange sand shares throu~l~out the character of the determitles tile I\-itlth of the second region, Etsin-go1 basin described in the Notes on th:ct of tlie platean-like belt stretcliitrg along Sheets Nos. 4.4, 45. Cultivation stops above its northern foot. Owing to tlie line of the points \\,here tlre rivers of Kan-chou oases comprised in it this belt, has formed an and Su-clron break through the desert range important 'land of passage' all through (B. I, D. 1) to unite fl~rtller down near the liistoriral times. isolated oasis of Mao-mei (Sheet No. 4Z. At the north-western end of the belt we hare the large oasis of So-chon, occupying the Astronontically observed lotidirdes. D. 4,). 1906-OX. Chia-yii-linan, Camp 200 (near springs, south of eastern gate of fort, A. I) ... ... ... ... Su-chou, Camp 201 (at Chio-rh'uan temple, outside eastern gate of city; B. 1) ... ... ... ... Chin-fo-ssn, Camp 203 (garden, circ. 1 mile to sooth of eastern gate ; B. 2) ... ... ... ... Ta-pen-kou, Camp 207 (gold miners' camp ; B. 3) ... ... Camp 21 1 (at spring near bed of sout,hern tributary of Pei-ta-ho ; A. 3) ... ... ... ... Camp 2 14. (above bed of rising Su-lo-110 ; A. 4.) ... ... Camp 223 (on right river bank, north of Fkng-ta-fan ; D. 3) Chien-ch'uan-tzu, Camp 231 (D. 2) ... ... ... 1913-15. Su-chou, Camp 133 (at Chiu-cliiuan temple, outside eastern cit.y gate; B. 1) ... ... ... ... Lo-t'o-ch'ing, Camp 165 (within ruined town ; D. 2) NOTES ON SHEETS Nos. 44,45 (ETSINGOL, ETSIN-GOL DELTA) These two sheets may conveniently be basins. The route in the extreme south-west commented upon together as they combine to (45.A.44) mas fitted upon the position adopted show the course of the Etsin-go1 from below for Kan-chou (46. R. 3), and the rest of Mao-mei right down to its terminal lake the traverses in these sheets compiled on the
Chap. IV] NOTES ON SHEIST Nos. 1.4.,45 103 observed latit~~des in the azimutl~ derived spur the river spreads out into a rteadily from this setting. :\I1 surveys were done widening tlelta. Alnong a rlilrnber of tracein May-Jane, 1914, when the atmospheric able branches hut f6.w ever receive water now, conditions of tl~e season seriously interfered ant1 tllesr, too, only clt~ring the short season with 11ot,l1 astronomical ohserrations and tlis- of snrn1nc:r Hootln. For tire ~rvater part of tant views. the year water call be obtainetl in 1he111 or~ly 'I'lre tcr~ninal course of the Iftsitr-go1 from \veils tlug in rleep l~ollowfi at rare interancl the tlminageless basin into which it vals. Yet in tlte riarrow Lelts of riverine carries all the moisture brought down from the ranges of tl~e Central Xan-sl~an, are of j~rngle flankill:: the betls, \vild l~or~lars . . ;Ire found living right down to the two tern~inal distinct geograpl~ical i~~terest, hoth itr their salt lakes, tlic (i;~slrGn-~rLr ant1 Sogo-nor, 1111ysical asl'ects and with rerard to histori- (No. 4.4.. C.3,4.). cal tol)ograplry. The route leading along The prerence uf tlrese two lakes sq~aratthe river has always possessetl importance as ed by :I \~cll-rrrarlted ridge a1111 occup~ I I I ~ a great natural Iriglr\\.ay frorn the BIoogolian tlifferent levela-tile Sogo-nor lies abo~rt 200 steppes into westernniost Kan-su arltl tlrus in- feet I~i~l~cr than tlre C;asl11jn-l16r "I-strikto China. 'L'lris has Lrr11 I~rirfly explained in:.]? il111st1,ates tlrr relatio~~s \vliich our surby me in Gcoyrt7pI/. Jon~ncrl, ]Dl(;, xlviii. pp. veys a( l11e end of the Su-lo-110 delta have I96 sclq., 1vit11 special refrrcrlee to Alareo let1 nre to sulljwse 11ct \vecn that river's 111.esr11t Polo's notice of the 'City oi IStzi~la', marlietl termionl ti~arsh l~ctl and tllr ancient Iac~lstrine by the ruins of Kbara-Lhoto (45.C.1), allti to Insin SOIIIIII at tl~e ireall of the I%i.ah-toghrak Cl~ingiz Iihiin's contluest of I
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Ornnia tem1111s edar depascit~~r, o
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COLONEL SIR SIDNEY BURRARD, R, E. K
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To Colotlel Sir G~1ta1.o I ~~N~x-CO
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LIST OF ABBREVIATED TITLES CLERIIEN
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LIST OF ~'JJATES NoTE.-T~I~ ortler
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LIST OY MAPS AND CHARTS INDEX MAP,
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INTRODUCTORY If this fact is consid
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4 HISTOltY OF SURVEYS [Chap. I dust
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8 HISTORY OF SL'RVEYS [Chap. I Irka
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18 HISTORY OF SURVEYS [Chap. I the
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So HISTORY OF Slrll\'ETS [Chap. I n
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22 HISTORY 01: Sl'lt\.b;l'S [Chap.
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91 IIISTOltY Ol? SU11,YKYS [Chap. I
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26 HISTORY OF SUII\'EYS [Chap. I Oc
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28 IIISTORY OF SURVEYS [Chap. I oIl
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HISTO11.I' 01: SI'R\'I~:TS [Chap. 1
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32 I-IISTOBY OP SURIrl:YS [Chap. I
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34 lIISTORY 012 SURVEYS [Chap. I jo
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36 HISTORY 01' S~IRV ISYS [Chap. I
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38 IL1s'I'O11Y 01' SIIKVEYS [Chap.
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40 IIISTOHY 01' Slill\'lCYS [Chap.
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Sec. ii.] THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT 43
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Sec. iii.1 'I'IIIS OASISS Oh' 'rII1
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Sec. iv.] THE LOP DEPlCESSION AND T
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158 INDISS 01" LOCAL NAhlES Arlmlik
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166 INDEX OF LOCAL NAMES Ghkei-Haji
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1G8 INDEX OF LOCAL NAMES Ibrnlli~~~
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170 INDEX OF LO( 2AL NAMES Ralta-ja
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172 INDEX 06 Ka~alik, habit,., 11.
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171 lNDES OF LOCAL NAhIES Kic-lrili
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liiiI-:~gl~ri, vill., 5. C'. I. lii
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178 INDEX OLl, Vlll., 5. C'. L. Kt~
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180 INDEX OP LOCAL NAUICS Lung-waug
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190 lNDEX OF LOCAL Ni\?tlISS Tatlik
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192 INDEX OF LOC.iL N:\AIISS :: Tol
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GJ~NEILBTJ INDXX So~r.-O\vir~g 118
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