The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-28

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c.n vas atIe 20 stay among tie ruins
fC- = week During tins tine Le ws.
busly engaged compiling maps and
plans, taking pbCtCzrEVAs. gathering
together collections q yari0us Kinds
and making excavations suoug the
ruiDs. The discoveries lie made were
tcth numerous and Important but lie
thinks that perhaps his most curious
ind vas some y complete letters
written on paper IN Chinese. They
were In a marvellous state of p-eserya-
ton. every sign being perfectly a-s-
tinct aud legible. Among other curl
osities that Or. Sven Hedln viii bring
home are 80 little pieces oi wood
which. so far as be can judge 81 pres
ent u-ust have been used as some kind
Of ticket Each one las inscribed on IL
the name Of some emperor, the year of
his reign. the month and even the very
Z day. A siah' who has read some of
them tells DR.. Hedin that they are SO
years old, but the latter feels that lie
cannot form a definite opinion until he
has had them translated on his return.
Among the ruins Or. Hedin found a
beautiful Buddhist temple. Ia which be
Z saw some Of the most artistic wood
carving. one Of the representations
was a large fish. and in this connection
+ be mentions that one house Contained
a number of fish bones which were evil
IDENTIFY the remains Of fish exactly simi-
lar 10 those found today in the Kara
I koshun lake 10 the south. These facts
I DR.. Sven Hedin considers important as
I strengthening his claim 10 have found
a lake Ted which was actually filed
not 50 many years ago and which Is the
I true site Of the Lob Nor Of the an
I clients. In the temple Or. Hedln fur-
/ ther found a Buddha carved In wood.
and be also mentions as one Of his
/ mus piece OF WOOD, which be de-
scribes as being about half the size OF
/ the sheet Of note paper he was writing
on, on which there was writing IN ii.
betan characters. In one of the Chinese
letters TO which reference las already
been made the place was called I.o-lan.
and there Is also mention Of the great
road which II will be remembered DR..
Sven Hedin found running along the
northern shore OF the lake bed. which
is said TO join Lo-lan TO Sa-dscheo. DIR.
Hedtn brought away with him specl-
mems OF the various kinds OF wood
I carving, and students in Europe will
eagerly await the sight OF these as Wen
as OF the photographs Of the ruins,
which Dr. Hedin had developed Just
before writing and OF which he speaks
I In Ia.