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
120 PEKING TO LHASA
encampments round the lake. Here he stayed for
a day.
On June 4 he made a short march by a small
shallow lake with Tibetan encampments round it
and halted for another day at a good grazing
ground to give his mules a chance of feeding on
better pasturage. On June 6 he reached a big
plain, mostly boggy and broken ground but with
good pasturage, where there were several encamp-
ments of Yü-rung-wa Tibetans. Most of their
tents were black but some were white.
On June 7 he marched to Ta-yeh-ma-t'an, or
Big Wild Horse Plain, a great plain stretching
away to the west and south. The ground was
very broken and looked as if countless men had
started making shallow military pits and after
digging out several spadefuls had stopped. All
the Tibetans were moving in the same direction
as Pereira and looked like a Biblical scene from
Exodus.
The meteoric changes in the weather at this
time were specially remarkable. Like the strong
winds they were characteristic of Tibet. On this
day, after east wind and rain, the afternoon turned
out beautiful. Then the wind suddenly shifted to
the north and blew like a hurricane and rain fell.
Another fine spell followed and then a hurricane
and rain again. Finally there was a fine and
peaceful night.
The great plain was crossed the next day for
6 miles and Pereira then ascended the Yeh-niu-
kou, or Wild Ox valley, fording the Dug River, 1
foot deep, four times. This river he followed up
on June 9 and camped at 14,802 feet. He was
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