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 XI
LAN-CHOW TO TANGAR
LAN-CHOW, now officially called Kao-lan-hsien, is
a city of some 300,000 inhabitants and is 5300 feet
above sea-level. It has a dry climate except
during the rainy season in July and August.
And even in March Pereira experienced beautiful
warm summer weather. The city has an inner
wall, and on the west, south and east sides an
outer mud wall enclosing an inner suburb. Beyond
this is a more scattered outer suburb. The Huang
Ho (Yellow River) flows past the north wall. An
iron bridge built by a German firm in 1908 spans
the river north-west of the city.
Several Europeans live in Lan-chow, and Pereira
was entertained by Mons. Geerts, the Salt Com-
missioner, and his sister, and lived in luxury and
comfort through their overwhelming kindness and
hospitality. Père Esser, of the Belgian-Dutch Mis-
sion Etrangères, and the members of the China
Inland Mission also showed Pereira the greatest
hospitality. Mons. Geerts was formerly director
of some copper and gold mines near Sining. If
he had been allowed to manage them they would
have been profitable, but as usual a horde of
Chinese officials, whose sole business was to squeeze
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