Book contents
- Frontmatter
- RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER L RUINS EN ROUTE TO TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LI FIRST HALT AT TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LII To THE ‘CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LIII A DIFFICULT START FROM TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LIV BY THE ANCIENT WALL NORTH OF TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LV DISCOVERY OF HAN RECORDS
- CHAPTER LVI To THE NAN-HU OASIS
- CHAPTER LVII ANCIENT REMAINS FOR THE FUTURE
- CHAPTER LVIII FIRST EXCAVATIONS ALONG THE WESTERN LIMES
- CHAPTER LIX RECONNAISSANCES ALONG THE ANCIENT WALL
- CHAPTER LX DISCOVERIES BY THE ‘JADE GATE’
- CHAPTER LXI THE GREAT MAGAZINE OF THE LIMES
- CHAPTER LXII ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE LIMES
- CHAPTER LXIII RECORDS FROM AN ANCIENT WATCH-STATION
- CHAPTER LXIV RETURN TO THE ‘THOUSAND BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LXV FIRST OPENING OF THE HIDDEN CHAPEL
- CHAPTER LXVI A WALLED-UP LIBRARY AND ITS TREASURES
- CHAPTER LXVII BUDDHIST PICTURES FROM THE HIDDEN CHAPEL
- CHAPTER LXVIII LARGE PAINTINGS AND OTHER ART RELICS
- CHAPTER LXIX A POLYGLOT TEMPLE LIBRARY
- CHAPTER LXX DECORATIVE ART AT THE ‘THOUSAND BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LXXI AT AN-HSI, THE ‘WEST-PROTECTING’
- CHAPTER LXXII THE RUINS OF CH'IAO-TZŬ
- CHAPTER LXXIII THE ‘VALLEY OF THE MYRIAD BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LXXIV IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERNMOST NAN-SHAN
- CHAPTER LXXV By THE GATE OF THE ‘GREAT WALL’
- CHAPTER LXXVI AT SU-CHOU AND ITS ‘SPRING OF WINE’
- CHAPTER LXXVII THROUGH THE RICHTHOFEN RANGE OF THE NAN-SHAN
- CHAPTER LXXVIII ACROSS THE TO-LAI-SHAN RANGE
- CHAPTER LXXIX FROM THE SU-LO HO SOURCES TO KAN-CHOU
- CHAPTER LXXX FROM KAN-CHOU TO THE T'IEN-SHAN
- CHAPTER LXXXI AT THE HAMI OASIS
- CHAPTER LXXXII GLIMPSES OF TURFAN RUINS
- CHAPTER LXXXIII KARA-SHAHR AND ITS OLD SITES
- CHAPTER LXXXIV FROM KHORA TO KUCHAR
- CHAPTER LXXXV IN THE ‘SEA OF SAND’
- CHAPTER LXXXVI IN A DEAD DELTA
- CHAPTER LXXXVII SALT MARSH OR ICE?
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII BY THE NEW KERIYA RIVER-BED
- CHAPTER LXXXIX MORE TAKLAMAKAN RUINS
- CHAPTER XC FROM AK-SU TO YARKAND
- CHAPTER XCI PREPARATIONS AT KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XCII IN THE GORGES OF POLUR AND ZAILIK
- CHAPTER XCIII To THE YURUNG-KASH GLACIER-SOURCES
- CHAPTER XCIV ACROSS TIBETAN PLATEAUS
- CHAPTER XCV ON AN OLD MOUNTAIN TRACK
- CHAPTER XCVI THE SEARCH FOR THE YANGI DAWAN
- CHAPTER XCVII FROM THE KUN-LUN TO LONDON
- Map
- INDEX
CHAPTER LXXI - AT AN-HSI, THE ‘WEST-PROTECTING’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Frontmatter
- RUINS OF DESERT CATHAY
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Contents
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER L RUINS EN ROUTE TO TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LI FIRST HALT AT TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LII To THE ‘CAVES OF THE THOUSAND BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LIII A DIFFICULT START FROM TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LIV BY THE ANCIENT WALL NORTH OF TUN-HUANG
- CHAPTER LV DISCOVERY OF HAN RECORDS
- CHAPTER LVI To THE NAN-HU OASIS
- CHAPTER LVII ANCIENT REMAINS FOR THE FUTURE
- CHAPTER LVIII FIRST EXCAVATIONS ALONG THE WESTERN LIMES
- CHAPTER LIX RECONNAISSANCES ALONG THE ANCIENT WALL
- CHAPTER LX DISCOVERIES BY THE ‘JADE GATE’
- CHAPTER LXI THE GREAT MAGAZINE OF THE LIMES
- CHAPTER LXII ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE LIMES
- CHAPTER LXIII RECORDS FROM AN ANCIENT WATCH-STATION
- CHAPTER LXIV RETURN TO THE ‘THOUSAND BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LXV FIRST OPENING OF THE HIDDEN CHAPEL
- CHAPTER LXVI A WALLED-UP LIBRARY AND ITS TREASURES
- CHAPTER LXVII BUDDHIST PICTURES FROM THE HIDDEN CHAPEL
- CHAPTER LXVIII LARGE PAINTINGS AND OTHER ART RELICS
- CHAPTER LXIX A POLYGLOT TEMPLE LIBRARY
- CHAPTER LXX DECORATIVE ART AT THE ‘THOUSAND BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LXXI AT AN-HSI, THE ‘WEST-PROTECTING’
- CHAPTER LXXII THE RUINS OF CH'IAO-TZŬ
- CHAPTER LXXIII THE ‘VALLEY OF THE MYRIAD BUDDHAS’
- CHAPTER LXXIV IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERNMOST NAN-SHAN
- CHAPTER LXXV By THE GATE OF THE ‘GREAT WALL’
- CHAPTER LXXVI AT SU-CHOU AND ITS ‘SPRING OF WINE’
- CHAPTER LXXVII THROUGH THE RICHTHOFEN RANGE OF THE NAN-SHAN
- CHAPTER LXXVIII ACROSS THE TO-LAI-SHAN RANGE
- CHAPTER LXXIX FROM THE SU-LO HO SOURCES TO KAN-CHOU
- CHAPTER LXXX FROM KAN-CHOU TO THE T'IEN-SHAN
- CHAPTER LXXXI AT THE HAMI OASIS
- CHAPTER LXXXII GLIMPSES OF TURFAN RUINS
- CHAPTER LXXXIII KARA-SHAHR AND ITS OLD SITES
- CHAPTER LXXXIV FROM KHORA TO KUCHAR
- CHAPTER LXXXV IN THE ‘SEA OF SAND’
- CHAPTER LXXXVI IN A DEAD DELTA
- CHAPTER LXXXVII SALT MARSH OR ICE?
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII BY THE NEW KERIYA RIVER-BED
- CHAPTER LXXXIX MORE TAKLAMAKAN RUINS
- CHAPTER XC FROM AK-SU TO YARKAND
- CHAPTER XCI PREPARATIONS AT KHOTAN
- CHAPTER XCII IN THE GORGES OF POLUR AND ZAILIK
- CHAPTER XCIII To THE YURUNG-KASH GLACIER-SOURCES
- CHAPTER XCIV ACROSS TIBETAN PLATEAUS
- CHAPTER XCV ON AN OLD MOUNTAIN TRACK
- CHAPTER XCVI THE SEARCH FOR THE YANGI DAWAN
- CHAPTER XCVII FROM THE KUN-LUN TO LONDON
- Map
- INDEX
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- Ruins of Desert CathayPersonal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, pp. 235 - 246Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1912