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0161 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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now the end of May, the cold at night was still
considerable, and I have noted that in bed I
wore two flannel shirts and a cardigan jacket,
lying under two thick blankets. It was the
wind that made it cold, blowing from the
W.N.W. and N.W.

On June 3, just as we were preparing to
start, we saw a great dark cloud away in the
distance over the plain. It was a dust storm
coming towards us. Where we were it was
quite still, and the sky was bright overhead,
and perfectly clear, but away to the west we
saw the dark clouds — as black as night.
Gradually they overspread the whole sky, and
as the storm came nearer we heard a rumbling
sound, and then it burst upon us with terrific
force, so that we were obliged to lie at full
length on the ground behind our baggage.
There was fortunately no sand about — we were
on a gravel plain — but the small pebbles were
being driven before the wind with great velocity,
and hurt us considerably. The storm lasted for
half an hour, and it was then as calm and bright
as before, and much cooler.

A few days later we crossed a ridge connect-
ing the Hurku Hills with the southern range,

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