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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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very appetising, but they are much consumed
by the Kirghiz. All the bowls for collecting
the milk are of wood, and by no means so
cleanly kept as one would like to see ; I doubt,
in fact, if they are ever thoroughly cleaned.
The milk of one day is poured out, and that
of the next poured in, and so on for month
after month. Still, the milk always seems fresh
and good, and it is one of the luxuries which
form the reward for travelling among the
Kirghiz.
The proprietresses of the tent I was in had
their dinner of curds and milk and a little
bread, and then, as it grew dark, they said it
was time to go to bed. They first said their
prayers, then took down one of the piles of
bedding (bedsteads were, of course, unknown),
and insisted on making up a bed of quilts and
felts for me ; and then, having made up their
own also, and pulled a felt over the hole in
the roof in case it might rain during the night,
took themselves to their beds, and we all slept
comfortably till morning.
On the following day we continued up the
valley, and every few miles passed a small
encampment of Kirghiz. We were, in fact,
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