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NOTES ON INDIVIDUAIJ MAP SHEETS
[Chap. IV
Tirkand, Catnp 31 (at Chini-high, circ. 1 mile S. of City walls ;
C. 4) ... ... ... ... 38O 23' -15'
190ti:O~. Yicrkand, Catttp 19 (at. Cl~ini-biglt as above, ontside garden;
C. 4) ... ... ... ...
Ighiz-yir, Can111 I!? (>\. :;) ... ...
Bfigh-jig&, Can~p 21 (1)6gIta BGg's house ; C. -1%) ...
38O 23' 49"
58O 4.0' 9"
:IS0 28' 17'
NOTES ON SHEET No. 6 (BARGHALIK, KILIAN)
This sheet sl~o\vs the moutttaitlor~s areas of 1906, this approsimately assunled lin~it
soutlt of the Karphalik-Bl~otat~ road up to of perpetual snow represents a sa5cierrtly
the valley of the upl~ertrtost Yirknnd river. close approach to the snow-line of 18,006
Biost of the gro~uttl was survq.ec1 from routes feet as sho\vn on the map of Sir I". l)e
followed In 1906 and 1908, the surveys Yilippi's espedition.
being supplc~neoted by 1vor.k done in 1900 For brief descril~tions of the routes
on the main road to Khotan along tlte edge follo\ved by myself from Karghalik to Ginla
of the Taklanlaki~n, ant1 in 191 5 by tltat on and from Karglralik to Kiliin, see Hitins ot'
the caravan route \vhich leads front Kob-yir h'hofnta, pp. lti7 stlq.; Utvert ('ntlray, i. pp.
up the Tiznaf river Itead\vaters to the Yir- 142 sqcl As regards the early topography
kand river valley and the Kara-koram pass. of Kargltalik and tlte hill tracts south, ef.
For Karghalik and Bok-yir astronomi- Attc.ie?rt KAolatt, i. 1)~. 89 sqrl.; Serit~dia, i.
cally observed latitudes were available, and
for the former place the longitude of 77'26'
pp. 85 sqq.
Apart from the large and fertile oasis
30" was adopted as the mean of Colonel of Karxltalik, cnltivatiott is limited in this
Trotter's traverse value and tltat obtained area to a series of s~nzll settlements, Kiikby
Captain Deasy by chronometer; tltese yir, Yiil-arik, Ilsllak-bishi, Kiliin, all situdiffered
only by 1' 51". The accepted posi- ated where t,he rivers from this part of the
tions of Karghalik and Khotau, as well as western K'on-lun debonch on a broad plateau
the triangulated points in Jhe adjoining overlooking the desert plains. The higher
sheets Nos. 9 and 10, served as pivots for valleys on the Tiznaf river headwaters and
fitting the plane-table work. In addition east of them afford sufficient sut11mer grazing
to other latitudes those observed on Sir I". for large flocks of sheep owned at Kiik-yir,
De Filippi's expedition were used for fising etc.
the positions of R. B. Li1 Singh's Carnps Cor~ectiotrs. C.1. The grass sy~ubols
366, 370, 37.5, 377 along the Karghalik- N. of Beslt-terek-langar ought to be in green.
Kara-koram route (C. 2-4, D. 4). C.2. The symbol for astronomical lati-
In the absence of any height determina- tude observation sltoold be added against
tions on the main range, the indication of
the snow-line in this sheet at an approximate
C. 26 Ko~h-~iiz-6~hil.
- -
D.?. The area of 'low dunes with t,amaelevation
of 17,500 feet can only be consi- rislts' sl~ould have been shown in yellow as
dered as conjectural. Taking into account 'sandy tract with vegetation'.
that the snowy portions of the main range C,D. 2,s. Hill conto~~rs ought to have
near the Karlili-dawin (D.3) were seen by been interrupted where broken river courses
Rai Rim Singh only in the early summer
Astrononticn~~y observed Zntilicrles.
mark valleys sketcl~ed from a distance.
1900-01. Karghalik, Camp 33 (at Yetim-lukum,
Bizicr ; C. 1) ... ...
circ. 1 mile S.W. of
... 37" 53' 32"
1906-08. Kok-yir, Camp 24, (Chavaslt Beg's house ; C. 2)
Kosh-yiiz-ogl~il, Camp 26 ( C. 2 ) ...
37O 24' 1"
37O 3' 20"
NOTES ON SHEET No. 7 (AK-SU, IJCA-TURFAN, KELPIN)
The surveys shown in this sheet extend . The routes from Ak-su along the foot of the
roughly from the valleys of the feeders of main T'ien-shan and from Ueh-Turfin due
the Ak-su river in the north to the riverine south to Kelpin and Tumshuk (B.2-4) were
belt of the Yirkand-daryi in the south. follo\red in the spring of 1908 and those