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36 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
dark yet sublime, was able to penetrate freely into my
solitary floating dwelling. The only sound that broke the
deep and solemn silence was an occasional avalanche of
sand plunging down into the stream from some overhanging
eave of the terraced bank. The gnats, which had cele-
brated a bloodthirsty bacchanal at sunset, had now all gone
to bed. The moon poured her silvery light across the
broad bosom of the stream, which stretched like a street
before me towards the north. I could not tear myself
away from the absorbing beauty of the scene. Hour after
hour I sat and steeped myself in it. It was as though in
those moments the angel of holy peace were passing over
the earth. Then from afar off there came through the
silence of the night the barking of a dog. My pups began
to growl threateningly in answer. Aroused out of my dreams
and speculations as to the future, I would jump up and
hasten to close the tent, and creep to bed. The pleasure
of rest was greatly enhanced by the consciousness that on
board I was safe from the attentions of scorpions and similar
inquisitive creatures, which infested the river-banks.
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