It came rapidly nearer, at the same time increasing to a deafening roar. In these sudden floods we see the agent which in the course of time has eroded the clay terraces so deeply.Ībout seven o'clock we heard a distant booming. After a heavy, continuous rain the water which drains off the adjacent mountain-sides gathers into a sil (sudden flood or inundation), which in a few hours completely fills the river-bed, and may work very great destruction. 909Ī short time after we arrived at Upal I witnessed an occurrence which I had never witnessed before, but which takes place every year in these regions. 899Ĭhapter LXXIV - The Sequel of My Desert Journey. 885Ĭhapter LXXIII - The Return to Khotan. 871Ĭhapter LXXII - Along Przhevalsky's Lop-Nor by Boat. 850Ĭhapter LXXI - A Boat Excursion on the Northern Lop-Nor. 830Ĭhapter LXIX - At Korla and Kara-Shahr. 822Ĭhapter LXVIII - Through the Forests of the Tarim. 798Ĭhapter LXVI - Where the Wild Camel Lives.
773Ĭhapter LXIV - A Curious Shepherd Race. 761Ĭhapter LXIII - The Buried City of Takla-Makan. 735Ĭhapter LXI - Borasan and its Archaeological Remains. 727Ĭhapter LX - City and Oasis of Khotan. 707Ĭhapter LIX - Alongside the Desert to Khotan. Chapter LVIII - From Kashgar to Kargalik.
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