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The Pulse of Asia : vol.1 |
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that in the sandy desert the creatures might suffer from
hunger and thirst. It looked as if we should fail of our pur-
pose, and I determined to buy my own camels at the next
opportunity in Keriya, no matter what happened. After a
long conference with the Beg and various men of influence
that day at Dumuka, I went to bed with my mind made up
to a delay of at least three or four days. In the morning,
however, I heard camel-bells, and went out to find seven
good animals grazing on the poplar trees. Da'ud, one of
my Chantos, had heard that a small caravan from the
mountains was expected to pass that night, for men with
camels do not travel by day in warm weather. He went out
to the main road and waited till midnight, when the cara-
van arrived and he corralled it. We sent post-haste for the
owners, who arrived that afternoon. In view of the fact that
we had "nine points of the law," they let us have the camels
for a good stiff hire. When we returned with the animals
safe and sound, some two weeks later, they expressed them-
selves as well satisfied with the bargain.
From Dumuka I sent the horses and my two Ladakhis,
Ibrahim and Abdur Raman, eastward to Keriya. There
they were to buy five camels, and have everything in readi-
ness for a fresh start when I arrived two or three weeks later.
I myself, with Da'ud, Ibrahim Beg, a camel-man, a camel-
boy, and the five hired camels, proceeded toward the desert.
We spent the first seven days in circling about in the zone
of vegetation. Within a few miles of Dumuka, along the
north and south line of a former course of the Dumuka or
Ak-Sai River, I discovered the waterless, sand-buried sites
of four small villages, evidently the ancient Buddhist equi-
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