THE ISFAIRAN VALLEY 
lOI 
The route which I mapped out before starting led over 
tbe Alai Mountains by the pass of Tenghiz-bai, then up 
tl^^e Alai valley alongside the Kizil-su (river), climbed the 
Trans-Alai range, and went down by the pass of Kizil- 
^rt to the lake of Kara-kul, over that lake, through the 
pass of Ak-baital, and so on to Fort Pamir on the 
Murghab. The entire distance amounted to over 300 
railes, and was divided into eighteen short day’s marches. 
With five days extra for rest, as set forth in the subjoined 
table : — 
From Margelan to Utch-Kurgan . 
■ 23 
miles. 
To Austan .... 
• IS 
„ Langar .... 
. 26^ 
■, Tenghiz-bai 
• 17 
» 
•, Daraut-kurgan . 
. 16 
jj 
„ Kizil-unkur 
■ 14J 
}i 
„ Kur-gur (Kashka-su) 
• 17 
if 
„ Jipptik .... 
. 161 
}i 
Archa-bulak 
■ 13 
„ Bor-doba 
. 18 
if 
)t Ivok-sai .... 
. 18 
i) 
„ Kara-kul (north shore) . 
. i6| 
if 
Kara-kul (south shore) . 
• 13 
if 
„ Mus-kol . 
. 18 
if 
Ak-baital 
. 12 
if 
„ Rabat, No. I . 
• IS 
if 
„ Chicheckli 
. 16J 
ii 
Fort Pamir 
• 17 
if 
At each of the stations Austan, Daraut-kurgan, Archa- 
ulak, Kara-kul, and Rabat No. i, I proposed to rest one 
^y> so as not to overtask the horses. This programme 
^^s carried out on the whole with tolerable fidelity. A 
ew deviations in points of detail, rendered necessary by 
circumstances, were the only changes that were made. 
I hired horses from an old Sart trader at the rate of a 
rouble (about 2^-.) a day for each — seven baggage animals 
^nd one saddle-horse for myself. It would have come 
c eaper to buy them, and sell them again in Kashgar. 
ut according to the agreement I made, I incurred no 
responsibility for loss or injury to the animals, and was 
