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0326 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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the men when we reached Altmish Bulak on the seventh
noon. The camels had suffered from hunger more than from
thirst. In spite of seven days without water, they would not
drink till they had filled their stomachs with reeds and
prickly camel-thorn. For ourselves, the greatest difficulty
had been lack of fuel. The night temperature had averaged
nine degrees below zero Fahrenheit, with a minimum of sev-
enteen below. Two or three sticks, fed slowly together, had
not made a very satisfactory fire, but we dared not use more
for fear of some delaying accident. Some nights I had to write
with a pencil, because my fountain pen froze in my hand,
though I held it as close to the fire as possible. One night I
actually had to eat dinner with my plate in the fire to keep
the food from freezing. Yet, thanks to vigorous exercise,
none of us suffered from cold, except when the wind blew.
At Altmish Bulak we rested a day, chopping new ice, cut-
ting fagots, and getting ready for a start the next morning
toward the ruins of Lulan, thirty miles to the southwest.
When Handum Bai went to bring in the camels, he could not
find them, though he and the others searched till dark. Only
one remained, the little foot-sore animal, which we had kept
at home that afternoon to have its shoes patched. During
the next twenty-four hours we watched and tended that
camel like a sick child. The chances were that we should
never find the others. If we threw away everything except
food, furs, and instruments, and abandoned all hope of fur-
ther exploration, the weary little animal might be able to
help us to Tikkenlik, the nearest settlement, a hundred and
fifty miles away. If it became exhausted, as there was every
chance of its doing, or if it succeeded in its vigorous attempts