294 The National Geographic Magazine 



Photos by Ellsworth Huntington 



THE OASIS OF KHOTAN 



Entrance to the Shrine of Imam Jafir Sadik in the southern part of the Takla-makan 

 Desert. A hundred yards from this gate one enters sand like that of the upper photograph on 

 page 288. The Shrine is near the end of the Niya River. 



