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Peking to Lhasa : vol.1 | |
北京からラサへ : vol.1 |
RETURN TO CHINA 193
been raided by two hundred brigands on the
following day.
On March 25 he followed down the Yu-ch'ê-
hsün valley for 8 miles and then had a steep
climb to the Ya-k'ou-t'ang Pass, 7100 feet, after
which he followed down a narrow valley winding
among hills to the Niu-Lan Chiang valley and
crossed a stream by a chain suspension bridge
to Chiang-ti-Kai, 5700 feet, a dirty village of
seventy-five families, and here it was quite hot.
Next day he had a very steep climb of 1600 feet
to the top of the Hai-tzu Ya-k'ou, 7100 feet,
from which the path lay along the hill-sides for
some miles and then gradually descended through
fir-clad red sandstone hills to T'ao-yüan, 6800 feet,
a town of 230 families, on more level ground with
paddy fields. On March 27 the way lay mostly
across great fertile plains with occasional low hills.
Chao-t'ung Hsien, 6400 feet, has from 20,000
to 25,000 inhabitants. It is a small, dirty city
but very crowded. The distance from Yunnan Fu
was 2264 miles, of which Pereira had walked 51f.
The weather on his arrival was fine and hot.
There lived here Père Forten, a Roman Catholic
missionary, and Mr. Hudderspith and Mrs. Hicks
of the United Methodist Mission. From here
Pereira made excursions out in different direc-
tions to see something of the Miao and Lolo
tribes.
His first trip was on March 31 to Shih-men-
k'an, 18 miles due east, and just outside the
Province of Kwei-chow. Here he stayed with
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons of the United Methodist
Mission on Easter Sunday, April 1, and had the
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