
"Ella," says Volodya in a thrilled voice, "that trickle you saw flowing out of the glacier we crossed is the source of the Syr Dazia, the great Iaxartes of the Ancients, which pours its waters in the Sea of Aral ..."
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"We meet four horsemen returning from the hunt who carry eagles on their fists. Black talons grasp a thick leather glove that rests in a wooden fork upon the saddle: the beak is on a level with the rider's forehead."
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"A group of poplars tells us we have reached Chalba, the village in which we are to sleep. We shall thus be spared the necessity of guarding our horses through the night in order to prevent them straying into the corn."
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