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EXCURSIONS ON THE STORMY LAKES. 151
Kirgui Pavan, an old man who rendered me very important
service in 1896, for he knew all that country most intimately.
Our dogs consisted on this occasion of Mashka, Yoldash, and
the two pups that had just been given to me. These last
were very comical little creatures, especially when, in spite
of their vigorous protests, they were dipped in the Tarim.
The current ran strong, and it was grand to see the banks
disappearing so rapidly behind us. An entire flotilla of
Children on the Bank of the Tarim.
native canoes manoeuvred around us. All was life and
movement on board ; and the Cossacks, when they were
not sitting talking outside their cabin, spent their time on
shore duck-shooting.
But after a few da37s the river became irregular, being
broken up into a number of small shallow lakes, entirely
overgrown with reeds, through which it was not easy to
force the ferry-boat. It is true there were a number of
canals, in which the Lop-men were accustomed to place
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