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154 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. CHAP. VII.

at me to get up early in the morning, to make

no delay at starting, and to go on for another

few miles instead of halting at a tempting place

in the evening. I became an impassive log,

and enjoyed myself immensely. It was quite

a new sensation to be able to lie lazily on in

bed while breakfast was being got ready ; at

the end of breakfast to find everything pre-

pared for the start ; and all the way through

to have an enthusiastic and energetic servant

constantly urging me to go on farther and

quicker.

The " boy," with the advance he had re-

ceived from me, bought up a cart and four

animals (two mules and two ponies), and this

carried all the baggage and supplies of the

party, while I rode a pony. The cart was of

he description known in Turkestan as an

araba, a large covered cart, with only one pair

of very high wheels. One animal was in the

shafts, and three tandem fashion in front. The

weight of the baggage, supplies, etc. (including

a certain amount of grain for the animals),

which the cart carried, was one thousand five

hundred catties (two thousand pounds).

I: will not weary my readers with a descrip-

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