...and when day breaks they find that a cheat has been put on them, and that they are in an ill plight. Even in the daytime one hears those spirits talking....drums. Hence in making this journey 'tis customary for travelers to keep close together. All the animals too have bells at their necks, so that they can not...

...when day breaks they find that a cheat has been put on them, and that they are in an ill plight. . . . And sometimes you shall hear the sound of a variety of musical instruments, and still more common!}' the sound of drums. So thus it is," he ends, " that the desert is crossed." Quaint as the...

...of Mandeville, quoted on p. 12, n. 4. he never finds his party. And in this way many have perished And sometimes you shall hear the sound of a variety...journey 'tis customary for travellers to keep close together.1 And so, in the records of both East and West, the Desert of Gobi is characterized in the...

...many have perished. . . . Even in the daytime one hears these spirits talking. And sometimes you may hear the sound of a variety of musical instruments,...commonly the sound of drums. Hence in making this journey it is customary for travelers to keep close together. All the animals, too, have bells at their necks,...

...traveller oft-times be led astray so that he never finds his party. And in this way many have perished. Even in the daytime one hears those spirits talking,...instruments, and still more commonly the sound of drums. As we were on our way to the large Desert of Takla-makan the temptation to penetrate to its interior...

...when day breaks they find that a cheat has been put on them, and that they are in an ill plight. . . . And sometimes you shall hear the sound of a variety...instruments, and still more commonly the sound of drums. So thus it is," he ends, " that the desert is crossed." Quaint as the above reads, and little information...