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132 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
were unable to touch it. However, just as we were starting,
my excellent Cossack, with a masterly shot, brought down
five wild-duck that were resting beside one of the springs,
and with them we replenished our larder for a few days.
Next day, about three o’clock in the afternoon, when
we were threading our way along the deep gullies which
the wind had excavated in the clay desert, Chernoff and
Ordek, who were leading the way, stopped and shouted
Chernoff amongst the Ruins.
back to us, that they had found the ruins of two or three
houses. Now, the country round about was plentifully
littered with mollusc-shells, showing that there had once
been a lake there.
Traces of human existence, an ancient village on the
northern shore of Lop-nor ! This was indeed the most
remarkable discovery that we made during the whole of
our journey. And this I owe to my fortunate star, for
had we gone but a stone’s throw to the right or to the left
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