CHAPTER V. 



AKSU TO SHATTA, IN TEKKES 



Marches. 



1. Aksu to Jom . . . 24 miles. 



2. Jom to Arbat . . . . 16 



3. Arbat to Kizil-bulak . . .18,, 



4. Kizil-bulak to Tangotash . . 17 ,, 



5. Tangotash to Khailik . . .10,, 



6. Khailik to Tangotash . . .18,, 



7. Tangotash to Camp . . .10,, 



8. Camp to Camp . . .16,, 



9. Camp to Shatta . . .10,, 



Total 139 



Being anxious to reach the Tekkes as soon as 

 possible, we made no stay at Aksu, but started the 

 next morning for Jom, leaving our head man to 

 take our cards and presents to the amban, also, if 

 possible, to hire ponies to carry grain for us, as 

 there are no villages worthy of the name after 

 leaving the main road at Jom and turning up to- 

 wards the Muzart Pass. The road was partly 

 through barren country and partly through cultiva- 

 tion, but still flat ; and now that we were within 

 measurable distance of the hills we became more 



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