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264 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
there existed fertile fields, green woods, canals of running
water, prosperous towns, Buddhist temples, and highways
thronged with trafhc alongside the former large Lake of
Lop-nor. And what is it now ? It would scarcely be
possible to imagine a more dreary or more desolate prospect
than that which unfolded itself from the top of the tower.
Not a trace of organic life of any description whatsoever !
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The Ruined Building in which the MSS. were Discovered.
The entire expanse, right away to the very verge of the
horizon, silent and gloomy as a burial-place ! And why
has this great change come about ? Simply because the
Tarim river, which formerly flowed to the east, and emptied
itself into Lop-nor, has changed its course to the south-east
and south, and formed the lake of Kara-koshun. Meanwhile,
Lop-nor dried up, and after the water disappeared the vege-
tation died out, and the inhabitants abandoned their
dwellings.
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