Ruins of Desert Cathay 45 - Pakhir Hillmen anthropometrically examined at Kok-yar - The village was Stein's resting place while waiting for the season, but he was always busy, editing and prof reading Serindia and conducting anthropometric examinations - the Pakhirs were a small tribe living high in the Kun-lun whom Stein believed to be an eastern branch of the 'Alpine' ethnic type from the Pamirs to the west.