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BOAT-BUILDING. 29
have the sound of rippHng water in our ears. Nor would
our lungs be choked with drift-sand and dry powdery dust ;
the air we should breathe would be as pure as could be after
filtering through the thick woods that line the banks of the
Tarim.
Then lovely dancers stepped forward, and in the sub-
dued light of the lanterns began to circle round with
curtseying, though not very graceful, steps, swaying their
Musicians and Dancing-girls at Lailik.
bodies as^they moved. They wore long white garments,
and had heavy black plaits of hair hanging down their
back. Their movements were silent, and as light as the
footsteps of fairies, but slow and solemn. Now they
vanished like dark shadows, then again they glided into
the light like white spectres, swaying from side to side, with
their arms outstretched. Above-head was the immense
vault of heaven, pricked with glittering stars. Not a
breath of wind came whispering through the thickets.
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