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0204 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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168   AMONG THE CELESTIALS. [CHAP. VII.

very gracefully to me, too, as the things were

brought into the house. They insisted upon

my having some tea, and the lady produced a

tray with some bread, and flowers, and I parted

from them very favourably impressed with my

first experience of Turki hospitality.

We travelled on till midday, and then halted

to dry our things, for my clothes-bag was full

of water. At sunset the mosquitoes came in

swarms ; and though we lighted four fires to

smoke them off, it had no effect. We were to

start at z A.M., and I lay down between the

fires, but could not get a wink of sleep, which

was rather hard after having been up till one

the night before.

There is little noteworthy to record of the

journey between Karashar and Kuchê the next

town at which we arrived. The oases were

more frequent and larger than in the country

farther east, but otherwise there was little

difference, and we travelled rapidly on only

anxious to reach the buttress ranges of the

Himalayas in time to be able to cross into

India before winter effectually closed the

passes.

On August 2, we arrived at the Kuchê