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Overland to India : vol.1 |
YXII STOPPED BY THE SALT DESERT 253
After an hour's wandering over unstable ground we
i I landed on solid ground covered with gravel, where camels
were grazing among close-growing shrubs. Just as we
were pitching the tents for the night, drizzling rain began
rip as on the previous day, and the evening was gloomy and
r4 dark. To the west shone a camp fire, where no doubt
4; the herdsmen who tended the camels were resting. The
éi height was 2454 feet.
kj Some loose material met with on the day's march
III! consisted of remarkably fine fossilized coral.
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