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National Geographic : 1919 Jul
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80 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE S At noon we were m served with a sump S tuous feast of de Z licious, well - cooked g Karakul- Kirghiz S mutton, with the very o palatable Tatar bread, S and sheep milk for 'to those who desired it, C and always tea. Ov 4= THE KARAKUL FLOCK S AND ITS PANICKY d 1) SHEPHERDS M After the feast we o went out on the . steppes through a ter o rific sandstorm and 0 S fierce July heat, over S shifting dunes, where w o vegetation was con w U spicuous largely by its o- absence. o c Here we found a Considerable flock of l Karakuls in care of two shepherd boys so > ignorant and so terri fied by the presence S of westerners that S only extreme devo a tion to their sheep S kept them from run o ning away. In fact, S when they first saw i. us approaching the So flock was started off . in such haste and S driven so rapidly that <3 the sheep and the S boys were brought o to a standstill only by S great exertion on the <' part of some of the S men, who, fortunately S for the object of the o excursion, were on 5c horses instead of -3 camels. x So panic - stricken Were these boys, or . young men, that it So§ was some time before Swe could calm them o and secure their co . operation in corral 6 ling, sorting, and
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