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Title: Oriental and western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia the Kirghis steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, 1799-1861
Subjects: Kyrgyz
Publisher: London : Hurst and Blackett
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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hundredand fifty feet high, steep, and regular in its form. I as-cended to the top, and found the tomb of a Kirghis Sultan,witli many of those of his followers around him. The oppo-site view will give an idea of this singular scene,—thetumulus has been thrown up by a people of whom we haveno trace ; and in this part of Asia such ancient works arenumerous. Many of the rocks in this valley are a deep red jasper:and one mountain, a little to the north, possesses a brightcrimson colour, which, when seen lit up by the setting sun,lins a l)rilliaiit eflect. Early in the morning we began ourridt to the south, crossing low ridges, which extended fardown towards the ))lain. A little ))efore dusk we observed,nuich to our satisfaction, a large herd of horses feeding onthe grassy slo))es ; nor were we long in reaching the aou/,which we found belonged to Sultan lamantuck—and a mostexcellent man I found liini. He had arrived here three daysbefore, and was now encampid near the ))laoe where his
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nmtm^ SULTAN lAMANTUCK. 5.59 forefathers were huried. High conical tombs, of sun-burntbricks, were erected over their ashes, and once every yearthe Sultan and his tribe visit this spot, remaining eight orten days. Below are the portraits of the Sultan, his daughter,and his son, who is making a communication to his father,which is always done on the knees.

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