IIIFカラー高解像度
国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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| Peking to Lhasa : vol.1 | |
| 北京からラサへ : vol.1 |
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引用情報
CHAPTER VIII
A SHOOTING EXPEDITION
PEREIRA now prepared for a shooting expedition
in the mountains of Western Szechwan, a wild,
mountainous country covered with dense scrub
and . bamboo, except on the higher slopes, and
uninhabited except for a few visiting wood-
cutters and Chinese farmers. The shooting
grounds were at altitudes of between 7000 and
13,000 feet. The game comprises boar, bear, roe,
leopard, giant pandar, pandar cat, serow, wild
dogs, and (on the highest ground) takin and blue
sheep. What he particularly wanted to get was
a giant pandar or pandar bear, as no European
had ever shot one. But shooting in this region
was not easy, as the jungle was thick and the local
hunters were not keen and knew little of the habits
of the game or where to find them. And for a
man like Pereira with a weak spine the physical
exertion of climbing very steep slopes and forcing
a way through dense bush was great.
Although warned by the magistrate that the
region was infested by brigands, Pereira left
Kiungchow on July 19. As he could get no mules
or chairs he engaged thirteen carriers, and he and
his boys walked. Leaving the Lan-ho the path
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