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 |
THE LAST TREK 213
to be forded four times. It was about 21 feet
deep. The country round is inhabited by Lolos.
He saw some of the women in the fields. They had
Mongol features and looked short and stumpy.
Ta-pa-kuan has 120 families.
The path led over high ground beyond this, and
on July 26 Pereira reached Ta-t'ien-kai at 15/
miles. The first climb was to the top of a well-
wooded ridge, the Ma-p'o Shan, 7510 feet. The
country all round was well wooded, and there were
beautiful views of high ranges. Along the ridge
were many wild flowers, and the day was hot and
fine. At 8/ miles was Kuan-yin-ai Shan, 7490 feet,
and a very steep descent to 5270 feet at 13 miles,
and down a small valley to Ta-t'ien-kai, a place of
ninety-four families, at an elevation of 5180 feet.
July 27 was another fine hot day, and the way
lay down the valley of the Jen Ho all day to
Jen-ho-kai, 18-1-- miles. It is a town of 450 families,
at an elevation of 3789 feet. In the upper part
of the valley cotton is grown, and in the lower
part sugar-cane.
Here Pereira halted for a day to rest the mules ;
and Dr. Thompson was very busy with the sick, and
saw more than 250 patients. The thermometer
was 88° in the shade in the house and the weather
was stifling. Some bananas were obtained here.
They heard a mother unmercifully beating her
child next door, but when Thompson went to
intervene, the child sided with the mother !
The Yangtze was reached on July 29. The
path lay down the fertile Jen Ho valley for 2 miles,
then over undulating country and down to the
Yangtze, here called the Pai-shui Chiang. Nine
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