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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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the wind has driven the sand fo
ween the Hurku Hills and the su
these remarkable sandhills. T
ndition, for the Mongols had
d, and was preparing to march
arose, blowing the sand of th
urrying them all together, and
At the present time a stream ru
the range; this stream has seve
its banks, on which are spread
passed through was ankledeep
the range. In parts the soil w
very loose sand—much more lo
ems to me that this is sand bro
er; it is finer and more gritty. T
tly coated with grey gravel, but th
ep hooves a mark in white for so
end of the sand-caps, we arr
any we had yet gone throu
a plain of sand, but the enti
sandhills and depressions tha
reme wildness and desolation
em. The elements of the sce
rent the very surface of the sh
describable confusion. To all
miracle, the country was cover
oots of which had been laid ba
and away. Then they stood up
roots exposed to view. The wh
quaint and curious in shape, a
ies, cutting into one another fro
the most sudden matter of ch
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