Chinese Turkestan with caravan and rifle . nguish the mainchannel, and as the current was pretty strong, andthe boat steered about as well as the proverbialdray, we several times nearly got wrecked on snags,of which there were more than enough, and occasion-ally ran, aground on sand-banks ; but these wereminor drawbacks to which we soon got used. The scenery Is not interesting, as the country isnearly dead-flat; the banks are covered with reeds{kkamisk) and low jungle-bushes, with here andthere a clump of bigger trees where there is avillage. The villages are all some way back fromthe shore. T
Chinese Turkestan with caravan and rifle . nguish the mainchannel, and as the current was pretty strong, andthe boat steered about as well as the proverbialdray, we several times nearly got wrecked on snags,of which there were more than enough, and occasion-ally ran, aground on sand-banks ; but these wereminor drawbacks to which we soon got used. The scenery Is not interesting, as the country isnearly dead-flat; the banks are covered with reeds{kkamisk) and low jungle-bushes, with here andthere a clump of bigger trees where there is avillage. The villages are all some way back fromthe shore. The bed of the river is too big for theamount of water in it, and there are extensive mud-flats and sandbanks among which the stream pursuesits devious way, twisting about in every direction,and sometimes trying, with more or less success, torun two ways at once. The result of this was, thatit was impossible to say how long it would take toreach the village where we were to halt; for jour-neying by water doubles the distances, at least. On. A DESERT REST-HOUSE
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