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Ruins of Desert Cathay 173 - 174 - Ancient implements and articles of equipment, excavated mainly from ruined watch-stations of early Chinese border line, Tun-huang - 1 ornamented wooden tent-peg - 2 foot-measure with decimal division into inches - 3 wooden fire-stick - 4 polished wood handle - 5 ivory-topped head of baton - 6 -7 - spatulas - 8 - 17 carved wooden hooks (see page95) - 9 bowl of lacquered wood -10 hemp shoe - 11 wooden tray - 12-20 parts fo wooden locks - 13 wooden boot-last - 14 fragment of calcined reed fascine - 15 wooden socket for attachingseal - 16 bronze arrow-head - 18 block of wood for holding tapers -19 wooden eating-bowl

 

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