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A CRITICAL SITUATION. 277
or signs of our messenger, we grew quite anxious about
him. It was evident something was amiss. In vain
did we keep going and looking along the shore ;
the only
objects we saw loom up out of the haze were our own
camels. This would never do ; we must take action,
we must do something. Nor was the situation made any
the more comfortable by the never-ending clouds of drift-
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sand which went driving past, pattering on the yurt-
coverings like fine rain on a canvas-covered wagon.
Fortunately, Shagdur shot five other wild-ducks, which
went down first-rate, notwithstanding that they were well-
seasoned with salt drift-sand.
On the morning of the 20th it was clear to us that we
could no longer count on Khodai Kullu. It was evident
he had failed to find the relief caravan ; indeed, he would
be lucky if he succeeded in making his way to an inhabited
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