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THE HEART OF THE DESERT-OCEAN. iir
Gigantic columns of smoke curled up from our camp towards
the moon, which at length emerged from her jealous hiding-
place. That night the Mussulmans proved themselves too
clever for the cold ; they dug holes in the sand, filled them
A Poplar beside the Lower Tarim.
with hot embers, covered them up again with sand, and
then lay down and slept on the top.
Throughout the whole of the journey I kept a detailed
map of our route, and as I was, from my former journey,
well acquainted with the positions of Yanghi-kol and the
river Cherchen-daria, I was able on the morning of 8th
January to promise my men that the ensuing night they
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