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karaoul, we all decided to have one more day's 

 outing" at that place, and, in the event of no one 

 coming to our relief, to continue our march east- 

 wards and interview the Chinese official ourselves, 

 using my Russian survey map as our only guide. 



A DAYS REST. 



I went out accordingly at daybreak next morning, 

 taking with me Taba and one of the other hunters. 

 The night had been very cold and the weather 

 was quite settled again. I intended to give our 

 old ground a last deciding chance, and to make 

 my way as far as possible in a south-western direc- 



