Ruins of Desert Cathay 246 - Head of Alpine valley at camp CCXXI, north-east of Shen-ling-tzu pass. Turdi (A) and Sahid Bai (B) our Turki pony-men in foreground. Stein's Turki assistants followed him everywhere (along of course with his Indian associates) but the local Chinese were very reluctant to brave either mountains or weather ( not to mention being fearful of Tibetans and Mongols).