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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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of conquest—a peaceful-looking little valley in which were
some avenues of magnificent elm trees. At this stage we
were much impeded by rain. Almost daily now it rained
heavily. We fortunately always had either inns or farm-
houses in which to put up at night, but we constantly got
wet through on the march, and the going was often very
heavy. We had work, too, to get over the ground at the
rate we wanted. We used to rise at 4.30 or 5 every
morning, pack up our things, have our breakfast, and then
hang about for two dreary hours whilst the lazy mule-men
were loading up their animals. On the march we had to
keep constant watch over the mules to help them over bad
places and prevent their wandering. At midday we halted
for a couple of hours to feed ourselves and our animals, and
then went on again till six or seven. More than once on
the march I remember being so tired that I lay down on a
fallen log, propped myself up against some branch, and went
off fast asleep in spite of the rain. What I felt particularly,
too, at this period was the want of milk and butter. The
Chinese and Manchus never milk their cows. They seem to
think it disgusting to drink milk. They will eat rats and
dogs, but they will not drink milk, or at any rate they don't.
And we missed this simple necessary very much, and
eventually had to take large quantities of oil with our food
in its place.
The heavy rain naturally swelled the rivers, and a dozen
miles from its source a stream would be unfordable. When
that is the case, the traveller has either to cross in one of the
native "dug-outs"—mere logs of wood with a hollow scooped
out down the centre—or wait several days till there is a lull in
the flood. This last is what we had to do on more than one
occasion, and in some ways I was glad ; for it gave us a little
rest and time to overhaul and repair our kit. On such occasions
we put up in some farmhouse near the river, and here out
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