Ruins of Desert Cathay 306 - Carpenters at work on packing-cases for antiques, in courtyard of Nar-bagh - That was the name of the British-Indian official residence in Kashgar, where Stein always stayed and organized his affairs. On the 2nd expedition, he packed the antiques for travel over the Karakorum pass by a separate caravan, while he completed his surveying in the Kun-lun. After the first expedition he took his 'finds', a smaller quantity, with him through Russia to England. After the third expedition he again sent even more artifacts over the Karakorum while he crossed Russian territory to reach Iran to examine ruins in south-east Iran - thus circumnavigating Afghanistan.