LIFE IN THE GREAT DESERT OF CENTRAL ASIA 



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KURDISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN AMONG THE MOUNTAINS ON THE NORTHERN 

 FRONTIER OE PERSIA CLOSE TO TRANSCASPIA 



A GROUP OE TURKOMANS 



Notice the various types of sheepskin cap and the coat of sheepskin which the right-hand man 



wears even in summer. 



by the crowds coming up from behind, 

 jumped into the water and struggled for 

 the other bank. The majority reached it 

 after being carried down a few hundred 

 feet. On the bank they rested in swarms 

 until their wings were dry, and then 

 hopped steadily on. 



Many of the weaker insects, however, 

 never got across the stream alive. They 

 were carried down to the point where the 

 brook was distributed over the fields, and 

 there were deposited in great heaps, 

 which soon began to emit a most noisome 

 odor. 



