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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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where the silence of the Valley of Death. The
Hurku Hills are the northern definition of the
wildest and most sterile part of the Gobi."
After this we crossed some low hills running
down from the Hurku range, and arrived on
the banks of a little stream, about a foot wide
and a few inches deep, with small patches of
green grass on its margin, where we halted for
three days to buy a couple of new camels.
There were several Mongol yurts about, and
we had visits from some of the men. They
were tall, strong, muscular fellows, but very
childish, amused at everything, and very rough
in their manners.
Looking on these uncouth, indolent men, it
was difficult to imagine that they were the
descendants of the wild Tartar hordes, who
under Chengiz Khan had conquered China, had
penetrated to India, had subdued all Turkestan
and Persia, and swept through Russia even to
Central Europe. I had now seen Mongols in
the far eastern end of Mongolia, where Chengiz
Khan first commenced to establish his control
over them. I had seen them in those districts
round the Great Wall where he led them on
his first incursion into China proper, and I now
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