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0059 Among the Celestials : vol.1
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sional hut inhabited by Mongols, and entered
on a quite new phase of our journey. Scarcely
a tree was to be seen, and for mile after mile
we passed over rolling downs covered with rich
grass and exquisite flowers.* In the hollows
were often lakes of considerable size, some of
them several miles in length. And these were
covered with swarms of water-fowl—thousands
and thousands of duck and geese. Indeed,
these lakes must have been the breeding-ground
of the water-fowl, which, in the cold weather,
find their way down to the warmer parts of the
continent. Large numbers of bustard, too, we
saw, and many herds of antelope.
The chief attraction for us, however, at this
period of our journey, was the milk and cream
we could obtain. What a treat, indeed, it was,
after nearly four months without milk or any
of its products, to drink some of the rich
delicious stuff which these Mongols brought
us! At one time in the forest, when I had
been out of sorts, I had been allowed a glass
of condensed milk from our stores as a medical