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Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1 |
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lot, as we saw no prey for them during several days'
march, save one wild horse.
A day and a half we remained in the lazy lap of
repose. Then the sky clouded, literally and figur-
atively. Each meal given to men and horses meant
a shortening of the possible journey across the in-
hospitable region which Mohammed Joo described
as "Adam Yok,"—"There is no man,"—and which
certainly extended a hundred miles or more in every
direction. Two good men were sent back to search
for the truants. They took three ponies, and on
the next day returned, quite played out, but in a
measure triumphant. No hide or hair of man or
donkey had been seen, but they found, cast down
by the trail-side, a part of our grain and our sheep,
its throat having been thoughtfully cut. The miss-
ing grain may have been stolen, or, more probably,
lost in the torrents. The three ponies were just
able to bring the salvage. On taking stock we
found about a thousand pounds of grain. If each
horse were given four pounds a day we were good for
fifteen days. If we found occasional grass, or if we
shot some horses as their loads were consumed,
we could hold out yet longer. If we had no bad
luck we ought to reach Rudok in about twelve
days. As to the men, we were provisioned for
thirty days.
Perhaps we should have gone back, made a row,
gotten more grain, and made a fresh start. But the
trail behind us was a fearsome thing, worse now by
reason of a snow-fall since the ascent, and we could
not be sure of better treatment a second time. If
we were to make a try at the plateau, it seemed best
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