Ruins of Desert Cathay : Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China (Paperback)

50. Ruins en route to Tun-huang; 51. First halt at Tun-huang; 52. To the 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas'; 53. A difficult start from Tun-huang; 54. By the ancient wall north of Tun-huang; 55. Discovery of Han records; 56. To the Nan-hu oasis; 57. Ancient remains for the future; 58. First excavations along the western limes; 59. Reconnaissances along the ancient wall; 60. Discoveries by the 'Jade Gate'; 61. The great magazine of the limes; 62. On the western flank of the limes; 63. Records from an ancient watch-station; 64. Return to the 'Thousand Buddhas'; 65. First opening of the hidden chapel; 66. A walled-up library and its treasures; 67. Buddhist pictures from the hidden chapel; 68. large paintings and other art relics; 69. A polyglot temple library; 70. Decorative art at the 'Thousand Buddhas'; 71. At An-hsi, the 'West Protecting'; 72. The ruins of Ch'iap-tzu; 73. The 'Valley of the Myriad Buddhas'; 74. In the mountains of the westernmost Nan-shan; 75. By the gate of the 'Great Wall'; 76. At Su-chou and its 'spring of wine'; 77. Through the Richthofen range of the Nan-shan; 78. Across the To-lai-shan range; 79. From the Su-lo Ho sources to Kan-chou; 80. From Kan-chou to the T'ien-shan; 81. At the Hami oasis; 82. Glimpses of Turfan ruins; 83. Kara-shahr and its old sites; 84. From Khora to Kuchar; 85. In the 'sea of sand'; 86. In a dead delta; 87. Salt marsh or ice?; 88. By the new Keriya river-bed; 89. More Taklamakan ruins; 90. From Ak-su to Yarkand; 91. Preparations at Khotan; 92. In the gorges of Polur and Zailik; 93. To the Yurung-kash glaciers-sources; 94. Across Tibetan plateaus; 95. On an old mountain track; 96. The search for the Yangi Dawan; 97. From the Kun-lun to London; Index.