Ruins of Desert Cathay 62 - Exiles malefactors from Khotan and Taghlik herdsmen at Khushlash-langar, Karanghu-tagh - These gentlemen were tasked by the Chinese Amban to lead Stein and help carry his baggage. But they rebelled when the going became very difficult in glaciers, claming that there was not passage. Stein believed they knew of routes but refused to admit it for fear that the opening of a new route through the mountains would result in more such required labor from them. When Stein reported the 'mutiny' to the Amban he simply replied that there was nothing he could do since these folks were already being punished to the extent possible.