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A PERILOUS DESERT JOURNEY. 93
slept, like my men, in the open air, and I can assure you it
was sometimes pretty cool when the thermometer regis-
tered 54° of frost.
Early on the morning of 20th December I was awakened
by Islam, who came to ask if I meant to start, for a violent
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A Loaded Camel.
storm was raging from the south-west ; but the day of
departure having been once fixed could not be altered, and
I gave orders to start. I said good-bye to the Cossacks
and the rest of the men, who were to stay behind at Yanghi-
kol, and take care of our belongings, and especially keep
guard over our piles of baggage. The camels having been
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