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0175 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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as afternoon passed into evening, and as we
slowly climbed the long even slopes of the
Tian-shan.

About ten at night we suddenly found our-
selves passing over turf, with bushes and trees
on either side ; a shrill clear voice hailed us
from out of the darkness. The guide answered,
and a Turki woman then appeared, who led us
through the bushes over some cultivated ground
to a house—the first I had seen for nearly a
thousand miles, and the first sign that I had
entered Turkestan—the mysterious land which
I had longed for many a day to see.

Flowing by the house was a little stream of
clear, fresh water. It was scarcely a yard
broad, but it was not a mere trickle like the
others we had passed in the Gobi, it was
flowing rapidly, with a delightful gurgling noise,
and was deep enough for me to scoop up
water between my two hands. I gulped down
mouthful after mouthful of the delicious liquid,
and enjoyed such a drink as I had not had for
many a long day, and as I lay down on the
grass on its bank while the water-casks were
being filled, I thought the trials of the desert
journey were nearly over and that some few