Abstract
THE Russian Official Messenger of August I gives the following news about the work done by M. Grombchevsky during last spring. On March 13 the expedition left Khotan for Niya. After having passed through the oasis of Keria, the travellers crossed the desert, where they met with a succession of barkhans (downs), reaching to the unusual height of 200 feet. From Niya they visited the Sougrak gold-mines, which are worked by nearly 3000 families living in caverns excavated in the loess and conglomerates on the slopes of the hills. Lumps of gold 2 Ibs. in weight are sometimes found in these mines. Leaving Niya, the expedition crossed the border-ridge, which consists of several chains—the passes across them attaining heights of from 10,500 to 11,000 feet—and reached Polu, whence it returned to Keria. There M. Grombchevsky received the good news that the expedition would be allowed to continue its work till January 1, 1891, and that £200 had been granted for that purpose; so that M. Grombchevsky made arrangements to start for Rudok, in Tibet, in the first half of May.
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