Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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Then our start on tricycles was ended, but they had only begun. Ourbs to even the grade of timely steps that it seemed there would be entail disaster. Nevertheless the two coats went down successfully all the road was loosely slippery & then was a nasty turn half way down, The two small boys simply set in their tails and slid down bracing themselves against the carts, Then came our turn by my Persian home, the strangest of them all. When he felt the cart jerk against him the big stiff simply began to run without making the slightest effort to hold back. The r hit cart went off into the woods & brung up against a tree it was in a nasty place so we had to go up a bad slant to get it out. It was in the under side trying to push up & then was also held tight of the shapes. Suddenly I saw that the cart was surely going over. I yelled & then jumped just in time. The cart went over with a terrible crash and missed both them very by a hair's breath. As I got up I heard the most unearthly wails from Kang who was frightened to death. He face was white and stream- ing with tears all he was perfectly,