CHAPTER XIV. 



KHOTAN TO SHAHDULA AND LEH 



Marches. 



1. Khotan to Kanera 



2. Kanera to Zawa 



3. Zawa to Pialma 



4. Pialma to Zangawa 



5. Zangawa to Poshki 



6. Poshki to Cheribaldi Mazar Kojam 



7. Cheribaldi to i mile short of Tom 



8. - - to . 



9. to i^ mile short of Alnazar . 



^. to 3 miles past Togras-su . 



ON the evening of July igth we took to the road 

 again. One way is by Borasan, but this was 

 blocked by high water in the streams, so we had to 

 take the other and more northerly route. The 

 proper march being a very long one to begin with, 

 we only did ten miles, and camped in an orchard at 

 the village of Kanera. The country is very fertile 

 and well cultivated, pleasant to look at after the 

 sands and jungle of the Khotan River. About 

 seven miles west of Khotan a tongue of sand, 



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