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ACROSS THE DESERT OF LOP. 133
we should never have seen these ruins, for the beams^^and
posts, of which they principally consisted, had, when seen
from the distance, an extraordinary resemblance to the
dry tree-trunks that stood scattered all about the locality.
" Halt !
" I cried, " and up with the tent ;
" and the
next moment we were hard at work amongst the ruins
with our only spade. I sketched them and measured
them. Our excavations brought to light various articles
A Door-post slillStanding in situ.
of value, such^as Chinese money, fragments of earthenware,
iron axes, small sacrificial bowls. On some of the pieces
of wood were artistic carvings of human figures ; one of
them resembled a king with a crown on his head and a
trident in his hand, probably a representation of some
Buddhist divinity. These wooden sculptures must at all
costs be preserved, and accordingly we laid them on one
side in a heap.
Then we explored the immediate surroundings, but
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