1923%20Memoir%20on%20Maps%20of%20Chinese%20Turkistan%20by%20Stein%20s

18 HISTORY OF SITItVEYS [Chap. I
Exmvntions we:*e rsrricd on from the 18th to t.he ?6tph of Drceniber at tl~c site of the
rninal station of Lou-Ian (L.A.), once guarding the ancient Chinese
' Explorntions at.
Lo ,,., route 1.0 tile Tirinl, and at otllrr r~lins to the north-west (marked L.B.)
nl,.
\vit,lr in~liortnnt. results. Constatit s~lpcrvision on my part and the
purveyor's ailing conelition precl~rdcel tol)ogral~l~ical rrcor~naissancrs beyond the iiuinediate
vicir~ity of tltc ~nit~s, clrm:~ntlccl 1)y tllc intrrest of tllo proontl l)oth from geograpl~ical and
prel~ieolofiical points of view. 'I'lros the tael< of sur\.e.viny the ancient dclt,a of the Iloratiov>s along
. nnCIent border oasis of Nan-llu, the ancient 'Yany barrier', continued alon: t,he \vhole
length of the Iiines westwards. This was found to run parallel to the
8u-lo-ho bed from it:? outlet at the .western end of the Kliara-nor lake and to extend to the
southern extremity of the great marsh basin where the river terminates, fully a degree of
'I See Desert Cathay, i. pp. 376-411; Seri~dLr, I). 4; 35. A-D. 4; 38. A-B. 4. For a descriptive ac-
Chap. XI. ser. i-xi.
" See Sheets No*. 29. U, C. 4.; 30. A. 1; Desert
colirit of the ronte, cf. .Des~rt Cnthly, i. pp. 50.7 eqq.;
ii. pi'. 1 sqq. For nn aualyais of the geogrnpl~ical
'
Cuthay, i. pp. 415 sqq.
- Sce hheet No. 30. A. 1, 2; Derert Cathay,
fcaturzs met along it, see Serindia, Chap. xiv. sec.i.
ir.
i. pp 424 nqq.
" 6ee Bheets Noc. 80. B-C.2,D. 1; 38. ADO. 1 ; 32.
Ss See Sheet No. 38. C. 4; Serindia, Chap; XV.
sec. ii-7.; Deserl Cathay, ii. pp. 44 sqq.