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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the cheerful name of " The Grave of Ten Thousand
Men ". It was situated on a cold draughty spot at an elevation of 14,300 feet. From here the valley
opens out facing the snow hills. After a mile the
actual ascent of the pass begins. It was not very
steep but was slippery owing to frozen snow and ice. The summit is 15,600 feet above sea-level
and is 131 miles from Jih-lung-kuan. A fair
amount of traffic was passed on the way. The
descent was very steep and rocky for the first
3 miles, but the cold winds were left behind and
the sun was hot for the hill-sides faced south.
Pereira put up for the night at a solitary hovel
called an inn situated in the wilderness at an elevation of 12,850 feet. The accommodation
was poor, but his relief was great for he had now
crossed the second of the great passes he had
dreaded for his frost-bitten foot.
No Tibetans were seen on the east side of the
Pass. The descent was continued the next day to Hsin-tien-tzu, 9000 feet. Even at midday the
ink froze, and in the evening it was very cold. In
the inn was a wretched man lying in rags in an
icy room far from a fire and groaning with pain
from some internal complaint. No one took any
interest in him. And Pereira marvelled at the
way in which hundreds of coolies will carry loads
year after year over these mountains in the depth
of winter and for a mere pittance. They are
clothed in rags, and if they get ill no one cares
for them.
The descent of the Teng-ts'un Ho valley was
continued on the 23rd for 18 miles to an eleva-
tion of 7050 feet. Then the ascent towards
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