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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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noon. And now having no tent to pitch and
strike, no pack animals to load and unload, and
standing in no need of house accommodation,
we had nothing to delay us, and covered long
stages every day. On one day we accom-
plished nearly seventy miles, resting only five
and a quarter hours in the twenty-four.
Near Pi-chan we passed through a pretty,
well-cultivated country, through which ran a
charming little stream, its banks lined with
graceful poplars and willows. Numerous little
irrigation ducts were carried through the fields
and straight across the road, rather to the
hindrance of traffic; though I found it a real
pleasure to hear the cart splashing through
water. There were a number of little hamlets
dotted over the plain, and many mosques, all
built of mud like everything else in the country.
Many of them had piles of Ovis argali and
ibex horns on the ledges of the roofs, but I saw
no Ovis argali as fine as those which I obtained
in the Gobi. At two and a half miles from
Pi-chan the delightful oasis came to an end
abruptly, and we were on the same dreary
old gravel desert again. From a piece of
rising ground I obtained a good view of the
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