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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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Halted at 3 a.m. at an inn, without anybody in charge,
near a small spring. A Turk's house was close by.
*August* 3.—Started at 6.10 a.m., still ascending the gorge.
The stream cuts through one range of hills, on the north side
of which was a sea of broken hillocks leading up to a second
range, the ascent of which, for a quarter of a mile, was very
steep, and took an hour and a half. It is covered with pebbles.
At the summit is a small house where water is sold. The
descent is easy, but lasts all the way to Kizil, where we
arrived at 3.10. All along the road, pillars, made by Yakoob
Beg, were erected at intervals of ten li. We put up at a good
inn on the left bank of the river which fertilizes the Kizil
lands, but the main part of the village is on the opposite
bank.
Weather cloudy ; thunderstorms in the hills.
*August* 4.—Started at 5.10 a.m., and had to cross the river
close to the inn. It was swollen by rain, and divided into four
channels, two of which were up to a man's waist ; three hundred
yards broad, and flowing with a rapid current. We had two
men to lead the cart over, as sometimes carts are swept away
bodily in these freshets. The land was cultivated for a mile
on the other side, and all along the banks of the river below
the village as far as I could see.
At 8.50 we passed through the village of Sarám, which is
surrounded by a wall about two hundred yards square, now in
ruins. Outside the village were the remains of barracks, now
unoccupied. From this place to Bai the country was cultivated
for the greater part of the way, being level and watered by
numerous streams running down from the mountains. The
road was lined with trees the whole way, and the country looked
extremely pretty with the snowy mountains in the background.
Wheat, oats, and maize were the chief crops. Reaping was just
beginning. A noticeable thing in this country is the absence of
local carts. They are not used at all for farm purposes or for
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