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ON THE WAY TO THE ARKA-TAGH. 313
above the stream ; and as the bank at last shot perpen-
dicularly down, and I was afraid that the camels might fall
in and be drowned if they ventured too near the soft, crumb-
ling edge, I had them sent back to a safer valley.
Here we sacrificed three days in restoring order in the
caravan and resting the animals. A great part of the ass-
caravan had never once yet put in an appearance. I,
therefore, sent Cherdon back with some horses and mules,
that he might at least save the maize ; and on the third day
he returned, having successfully accomplished his errand.
But the poor asses had had a very bad time of it : nine of
them had died one day and thirteen another, so that out of
the thirty there were only a few left, and they were fit for
nothing. We had also left behind one of the two exhausted
camels, and as the ass-drivers were to return home from
this camp, I told them they might keep the camel, if they
would promise to try and get him down to a warmer climate,
and this they undertook to do.
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