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Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1 |
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horse, he did not shoot them and did, I fear, sneak
them a mouthful of food.
After one day's rest, Anginieur was again able to
get in the saddle. In an hour's march we had
picked up our disappearing, re-appearing stream,
and in another hour it was running strong wherever
it could break through its fetters of ice. But the
valley trended stubbornly north-west. This seemed
to mean that we should soon be in the open desert
again, and certainly we were wearing away from
Lanak Pass—away from possible food and life. So
when a wide opening appeared, looking south-west,
we felt that reason pointed toward the new valley.
I had many misgivings about leaving a descending
stream to ascend a long valley. Lassoo's leathery
face almost changed colour when he saw us leading
away on a new tack, and my conversation with him
was thus:
''The sahibs will surely die if they leave this
stream.''
''But how do you know we shall not die if we
follow it?''
''At Lanak Pass there was big water, and this too
is big.''
''But I am sure now that we are far from Lanak;
the sun has told me so.''
''Even if we are, this is good water.''
''But many times we have seen the streams die in
the sands—why not this one?''
''There are fish here. I saw some under the ice
as long as two hands; such fish are not in the waters
that die in the sands. And we now go down, that
is good. If we go up the horses will die first. The
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