Ruins of Desert Cathay 305 - Farewell to my brave camels from Keriya - Note the camels are shorn for summer - Stein bought the camels when he arrived at Kashgar and sold them prior to undertaking the rigorous return journey through the highest levels of the Kun-lun where camels could not go, so he sold them. They were so famous for having crossed the Taklamakan and endured all the rigors that Stein put them through that the commanded a high price at auction.