The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-20

dense ard tho rlsat slack had ea,en
acthlng Cor sen 3ars. i hasa drank nothing
tor clae. Z CROSSED .eo Forest cgaWung 81
au yours. lettering from tree 10 tree.
Carried use aatt cl the spade as a CTutch.
AZ asst Z came 81 AN oF0 pfacc. I,ae
forest ended Ike u I'll eae-a-ta p.ata. 1's.ls
YVES 8. river uea-tac he3 az the hAotRn-
h4Eya. 10 was 4u4tc dry. t1es, was uoy a
dsop ot water. j understood sAat this WAS
tav had season Tor wafer. Vae T4V.r beds
are Jyy ia ,he spTt0s. ter tha snow which
feeos ;a1ln has nct yet melted oU gGe
mountains. 1 went on. meant - IKE:
would tni water. & was <ety weak. nat
cra0ied or an f2gFs. ana ~ last
crossed lhc river b-G IL WAS farce kilo-
meters W3ae. Then as ! reached ths rgnt
bsuk ot Iae river / heard tae sound ct
CGok Hitting aua The .1ssa OF sp.asAi.g
water. I cr2W}sd ir th&t direction aGd
found poo. of clear fresh water /
thanked God FIRST AND 1Rca teIt my nglse.
i wanted 10 see the effect teat drinking
would GAvc oh U; Il Mss al 81. Then |
crank, 40d drank, ana drank L Was 4
most lovely feeling. ! f5lt my blood aQ9y-
fyiug. L ees-n 90 ruu in my veins. nay
pores opened. wy puiso went up NJ cree
% b, felt quite fresh a0d living.
Il took bath and then made for ~
Scute down lhe river bed / walktd on Tor
taree days. auG d.d not see a NVlng soul
all Tbs timc, ana lived on leaves and grass
ard tadpoles when ! ceu.d catch then.
on Tie fourth day 4 fe4l ia Win some 81 -
herds with srt@t .ipeNs. 1 stopped some
days with thet0. and heard from two naer-
chants who arrived shat &c tWo dHyS from
there they had seen man ana White
camel lying In the river bed. They had
spoken 10 him. bet hc aa3 cried cHly
Water, Water" TA,y had given h,m
drink and food. I recognized THAI mis-
was Islam 6ai. : SAINT d shel he IA Is
hnd him ANA IN two days Islam arrived
With Naslm and the camel lie hSd saved
all my money some Instruments and nay
maps and notes, / fer quite Fch. / could
not continue lay Journey without the IN T.
semotfical Instruments wEtvh hal b3ea
lost, So | had 10 50 back 10 kasagar 10
set new uutHt.
when my new ootut arrived went N
10 khutSu. | wanted 20 see * there Wcse
any ola towns. THIS time marched frem
south 20 north In the valleys between
the s2nd dunes sherc 8Uese wooden posts
or stakes u poplar wood har} as stone.
These hed becu part or the framework u
the house, 9he skeletons of the houses
and iauumerahle they were everywhere
In the valley Of the dunes Il must nave
been j very big town, ! c5mped here but
was Tot able 60 stey more thaa two days.
lest my water supply should he exhausted
ftN f'' N+''a n W
dug iu TIE sand and found Judgments or
tbt plaster walls ot TIC houses whcn
were cove red WIN br3utint paintings.
Then | myself made great discovery.
Il Was fragment 81 an cid manuscript.
VI something which locks llke paper. out
is not paper. some of the characters re-
gcnlhle Sanscrlt. bu; they ARE not Sanscrit.
NItef" 'fis t.at agents baeN to search
fer ctaer manHscglFts. aud they found
some moro. va found nothing else, FOR
We '4u'u Hot fl'y .'"e he We eouid n't
~ IS. r 'oE 'le s3'4 h''Js l'tHoR n
80 i - ~ LINK .,'ttt san %. nun .
.t'' me- tey Pug .N' ht'l-4 pai"tihks,
'gF u" 1oaot l"ese io"fs "ete sfa"uaiS
"pi."gNe1 py ehe'f hhahi'Rhis az the