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62 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
the eddy should prove too rough. One push and off we
ghded, with all too easy a motion into the middle of the
maelstrom. For one second our craft swung round on her
axis, but in the next she was safely past the point of
danger ; nevertheless, the swiftness with which she spun
round was enough to make one giddy. It was as though
the entire horizon, the banks and the dark lines of forest,
now distant, now close at hand, were rivetted fast on a
gigantic merry-go-round, which all at once began to revolve
at terrific speed before the spectator’s eyes. But thanks
to Palta’s presence of mind and strength of arm, our boat
was checked in time, and after that she floated along
smoothly, and even with dignity, down the broad bosom
of the open river.
Upon reaching our camp that evening, which we had
more difficulty than usual in doing, we were no longer
alone. A flock of wild-geese settled close beside us, making
a tremendous splashing and clatter ; but when we started
at daybreak they were already gone, except one solitary
laggard, which was apparently exhausted by the long
flight of the day before. But when we began to move,
he, too, spread his wings in the morning sun, and followed
along the invisible pathway taken by his companions.
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