The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-12
THE HE.fRT or .ISII

the dcscrtof Cobb. Brief notices and ira mon.
tnry accounts OF this journey havo hertof,ro
been published, but the recent appoartnccof
the narrative in nm official form iu tii. JnoYei
dc ~ Pd9SJOuy, enables Us now To give fuller
details.
Tho explorer is an o1l'e 81 u" stan .nrrs
" the Russian army. already ii-'n-u she'd a4
u traveller for his lis oNerics Ia N1n>o'a. The
present expedition was undertaken from the
town Of kuldja. the capital of tho little priLr-
patty OF the same name, which is th" latest
and castcrnmost ola Russian n'qiisiti.u~ in
central Asia. To the south. beyoni iac great
Than Shan range. lies eastern Turt-an I'M
Ill lately the dominion of fakooh Beg The Atl.
lih -Ghazl tTutor OF the Champions who had
his capital at kashgar. Much furihos east. and
therefore. southeast ol kuldla. was supp sod 10
he Inc great like IN tho desert, which il WIS
ono of the objects ~ tn" pnrty 90 rca III. They
set out on the morning of Aug. H. lsGj- Lrut-
Col. Prcjcynlsky. Mr.. Eklon, hs associate. ami
six Cossacks-Hnd proceeded IN an on4tory liz
rcoiOn up tie valley " the river ~. and uf tho
tributary kounges until they rcn led the Ma
rni range Of mountains. This .liain res mtlos
the Alps Of Switzerland; but while the northern
slope" arc covered with clusters IT pines. there
is not any forest vegetation at all on The solHh-
crn side. II forms the northern rampant Of
lofty plateau called the Gullus, upon Nh. IA TIC
travellers now entered.
The namN Guldus signifies star II has
been given to the tbl'-lun J. says lrpi 'v..-ky.
probably because Of lis elevated position among
the mountains. or PERHAPS for tle r..-.n tl.,,
II is a sort VI promised land in the estimation Of
the nomadic population Of the country. They
find excellent pnsturagr thore In the summer.
and without mosquitoes. The height above the
son level il from 7.5oo f. g joOfo.t uor.tbo
rnrtv snent tbreo v.ota IN ,1i,nyt, thoir nat
urol history collections lac Lu,tir,
On thnSoutb. n r,ptl. ns...n, Id to tl,o sum
NIT If that norton of tho Tbinn.Sbon raryn
which houpJa ,bc Grttns ~, ,bo,.i1. n,
tho rou,o ntt,incd nn n.t,,,i ,tit,,d,, of q qnr
fee, Tho deacon, hn,v,yo. ,i,,,.n ,i,is r,o,,-
tain wall vos r,.kv,,J 1io.,,r, /, ,rn,.,h,
prni,ynIslv and hie cn,,,n,,,in,. g., tf,ra,,'7,,,
I'm thc vollev NJ UniJngol u,hor, ,b,, ,ou,t
themsolvns in tho t.rri,o.,. ~ tho ,,,lil C,ho,i
Hero thev wore detained awhile nn,il ,h,, so,,
ercirn could be communicated ,yi,h H., haI
expressly nuthoril.J tho oxnoliti,r i'm ~ ,,,os-
so',c,, Tho C,,yorn,r. c;.,,r,i ~ po.sia,, NH
stan hnt Tint moJo No nroo,icoI tiG,r,,,,
The seven DAYS " delay vere spant in -hootipy
,,,i,h,,,l,,i,,i ,,.o.;,,,,,., Il, ,i,..., -
~ "'s'''oN'n p'..'chs III 'l' N'''7 "l inc
Haldagol valley. Then came q m'Ssag" from
tho ehiof of the ,it,. ~ Korio t,,t ,h,. mitch,
" w." ,"' "a,
proceed to that place. which lay three days
journey to the southeast, on the direct way 20
thn Ion lotr. This march cn,ntl,t..l H., a..
s,.,., ,.,,,, ,,,., .ri M s...,,, H., ,t,
scent from lhr lu''n-Hitlh I'M l"'tt'U pam
NJ Eastern Turkistun. II would naturally haze
tnkon tho trav,ll.r, through tl, lnu,r,,nt
- ,D.,,.. &c.. t... .f
miited 70 10 there
Al horla they w.r' installed 90 s. hous.-out-
SIDE the city, ana placed ahdrr Lllrl' o-ten-i-
'y 'or their own 'ur.,y' p't really To prevent
any 'ohiihuh' "li"" WIN lh' i'"h-l ''ii' VINO