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Title: Oriental and western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' explorations and adventures in Siberia, Mongolia the Kirghis steppes, Chinese Tartary, and part of Central Asia
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Atkinson, Thomas Witlam, 1799-1861
Subjects: Kyrgyz
Publisher: London : Hurst and Blackett
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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eaten with great relish by my companions. Sub-sequently the same precautions were taken to protect ourhorses against any attack of wolves ; but night passed, andmorning broke, without our being once disturbed. A thick fog was hanging over the lake and river, whichgradually began to rise, betokening a hot day. Good-bye was said, when the two little parties separated, — theKalkas returning to their aoul, the rest proceeding in searchof the river Djabakan. T always felt a regret on partingwith men who had shared the toil and danger of a journey.These men had stood bravely to their horses when thewolves made their grand attack upon us, and now we partednever to meet again. No one of our party had any know-ledge of the country through which we were about to ride.I only knew that by following a south-westerly direction weshould strike upon the Djabakan; but whether in one ortwo days I could not tell. Soon after leaving the Kara-Noor we entered upon an arid plain, extending far into the I
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CAVERN ;:TTHEI.AirE OULUNJOTJR. MIRAGE. 469 Oulan-Koum desert; it was a dreary waste without eithervegetation or water. Our larder again was nearly empty,and we could not expect to find game in such a region. After riding several hours the country became rocky,with lofty ridges and narrow valleys, quite destitute ofvegetation. In one of these I found a small lake sur-rounded by high precipices; this was Oulunjour, with itscaverns, described to me by the Kalkas. They say thatShaitan has his dwelling here,—if so, he has shown goodtaste in selecting a most romantic spot; indeed, the viewfrom one of the caverns is particularly wild and beautiful.This cavern is formed out of a compact yellow limestone,and extends into the rocks about two hundred feet; it isabout sixty feet wide, and eighty feet high, and makes amao;nificent natural chamber. Leavins; the lake andascending the opposite height I got a view over the plainto the south, on to which we descended through a ravine. Having travell

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