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

40 IIISTOHY 01' Slill\'lCYS [Chap. I
for the n~o~cntsin?; \vrst.\vards. Hut the sonlnlcbr floods in the K'un-Inn
Survey towards Kidlr- \.i~lle~s \v0111d not allo\v t.11~. v:~.lu:~blt! ro~lvoy of antiques to be st:~rhd at
gar %, Leadwnters,
once to\vards the K~LI.:I-~OI.:LIII and IICII. 1 \\.:is tl~ereforc :~blt! to let
Lil Sing11 to tvl~ose c:~rc I h:1.(1 to ~nt.r~lst~ it, set out ~i~~~i~n\vl!ilc \\.it11 IIIC for a s~~rvey of the
hifill sno\vy nlc11111tnin cl~ain \\.hie11 continues the hl~~z-t:igI~-;~.tCI range to the I~eatl~vatt~rs of tlle
K$sl~~~r river so~~th-r:~st. of thc r\l:ti. \Vr sttl):~ratrtl : ~t Ol~al \vlience Lfil Sing11 111adc 11is
WAF rou~~d tl~r tlortl~rrn end of t.ll:~t. cl~nin to tile grrat 1';imir-lil;e valley of JI6ji bordering
tl~e \vatercIred to\\nrds tl~c Cire:~t P;~ra-kul mid Hang-knl Lakrs on the l.ractic:1IIy coinl)lrted our rna.l)l~ing alo~ig tlie
Chinese ))orti011 of the ~)Bmirs. Crosxiug lhrnce the Irig11 I'luglr-art l)ass, fia~~lied by a niagnifice~it,
glacier, 11e rejoi~lrcl Lue for fi11:tl il~xtroct~ious :tl the i~ioul~tain camp of BostRn-arcl~e!"
where riiurl~ urgent, writing work h:td detainrd mc! brf'ore 111)- start from Chi~lcse soil.
Tile sllort jourucy \vl~ich carried me thence to the I~)ortul~ity 1.01. frexI1 tol>ogral)hicaI ~vork. LRI Sing11 l~irnself after
t,u Ludit.
taking cliarge of tl~c big co~lvoy of antitl~tcs at. Kasl~pr, was obliged to
procee~l wit11 it. to I~iirkan~l and tl~enre to follow thc usual caravan ronte \vliicli leads to Ladsk
cia Kiik-y%r. Heyoud the latter place the groniid llatl remained outside the area of our previous
surveys. Plane-table \vork \\,as therefore resu~nctl here by La1 Sing11 and carried across
tlie Tiznaf river Ileadwaters and the Yangi-dawan to tl~r 111)pernro~t Yarltand river anti finally
to the Indian frontier on tl~c* lial-A-Lorani pas. gl
His ronst,:lnt perso~lal enl)ervision was needed to assure safe transit for tile many loads
of precious and often very fragile antiques on tllese niarelles, \\.it11 their frryttent ri\rercrossings
and other risks, ant1 the complete success with \vl~iel~ this difiicult task was carried through
sufficiently e*l>laina \v11y tile survey \vork was Itere necrssarily limited to \\.hat col~ld be
accomplislled \vhile Iteeping to the route liue.
The snrre!. operations of my third ex1)edition tllns completed had extended, as far as
\vorli in Chinese territory was concerned, over a period of exactly two
Enteut of survey
operations. years. Tl~ougli their duration was thus about four months sl~orter than
t,he corresponding period of niy second journey yet the area covered by
our surveys of 1913-15 was if anything even more extensive than before. 'l'l~is resl~lt was
very largely due to the indefatigable energy tlisl~laycd by R.B. 1,il SiuxI1.
It was hence a special sati~faction to nie to see his services to geogral~hy on this
expedition duly recognized by the award of the C11t11brr.t Peek Grant
Recogoitiou of SOTveJors.
services. of the Boys1 Geographical Society in 191(i, and those he had re~ltlered
to the Survey of India during 37 years of work in fieltls as widely
a~~trt as Arabia, Persia, tile Indian N.W. Frontier, Tibet and China, by ti12 grant of a
valuable Jagir wllich the Goveroment of India besto\vcd upon bim on his retirenie~lt in 191 9.
The equally zealous help I had received from Afrsz-g111 KliBn and tire special aptitude for
topoyraphical work whiclr he had proved on this journey, lcd to his appoi~~tmeirt in 1918 as
Sub-Assistant Superintendent in tl~e Survey of India and rcceived due acknonrledgment also
by tlie bestowal in 1917 of the kfacgregor Silver Metlal for Milit,ary S~~rveyors.
See B reet No. 2. A-C. 2.
See B~eet No. 2. U, C. 2 3.
"' For the ruuLc from Kok-giw, scc Sheet No. 6.
0. 1-3, 1). 4; 9. A.4; 10.8. 1.