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Identifier: ruinsofdesertcat01stei (find matches)
Title: Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Stein, Aurel, Sir, 1862-1943 Archaeological Survey of India
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Publisher: London : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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132. HABUAL LABOURERS FROM CHARKLIK. See page 502.
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133. MY TENT AT SHAH-TOKHTANING-KOLI, BY CHARCHAN RIVER. On left, Ibrahim Beg of Keriya ; on right, LopHk with cyclometer. CH. xxxvir SURPRISE OF TOTAL ECLIPSE 433 delayed mail. It was by no means yet finished when thebitter cold, in spite of fur sitting-bag and the rest, droveme to bed about midnight. The rest in this riverine camp was badly needed for mymen and beasts alike, and the peace which reigned for oncearound me was so ideal that I decided to make a halt onthe next day and finish the most urgent writing tasksbefore starting for fresh work at Miran. I had no reasonto regret the delay ; for it allowed me to enjoy at full easethe finest revel of colours which the heavens could everprepare by surprise. I had scarcely despatched faithfulIbrahim Beg with my Dak bag to Charklik, when, afterII A.M., a sensation of growing darkness forced me to risefrom my little table and look outside the tent. The skyappeared strangely yellow and brown, and my first thoughtwas of a sand storm comin

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