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CHAPTER V.
THROUGH AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY.
Meanwhile autumn was coming on apace ; the forests
were showing predominantly shades of yellow and russet
and red. The slow drift began to be trying to our patience,
especially when the river wound so very much as to describe
fifteen-sixteenths of a complete circle. On one occasion,
after drifting 1,575 yards, we found we had only advanced
197 yards of lineal direction. Very often it happened
that towards noon we came back to the same clump of
forest that we had started from in the morning.
Upon reaching the forest-tract of Moreh, I suffered
a heavy loss. Dovlet, my favourite dog, jumped ashore,
ran off amongst the bushes, yelping as if he were searching
for something, then began to stagger about and behaved
in a very odd fashion. We caught him and gave him all
the attention we could beside the fire ; but all our efforts
were in vain, though I sat up all night with him myself,
and watched him until the last breath had fled. We
buried him on shore, and even the Mohammedans were
depressed the whole of the following day, as though it were
a real friend they had lost.
That peaceful region appeared to abound in game. We
sometimes caught sight of shy antelopes and deer on the
banks. Once we saw a deer swimming across the river
in front of us, and Islam and MoUah, our new guide, came
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