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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引用情報
THE NAGRONG VALLEY.
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On March 81h, we followed the river down to the S.W. for 12.7 km., the ground falling 96 m. or to 4,644 m. which was the height of Caly CCCXLIX, the rate thus being at I :132. The minimum temperature was --19.10. Another proof of the violence of these winter storms may be given. One of our mules had sprained her leg on the ice and had to be killed. Two of our dogs remained with the corpse
at Camp CCCXLVIII when the caravan left, and were never heard of any more. It must indeed be very severe weather and a very strong corrasive power of the wind to make it impossible for dogs to scent the track of a caravan which they have been following so long.
On our route to the S. W., we had the ice bed to our right and the low hills to the left. In the latter, several small valleys open out, some of them with fans spreading down to the main river. At intervals there is no ice in the broad bed, which now has more marked side terraces though always low. Only twice we passed some little grass and once an old fireplace, the rest of the march the valley was barren. At the right or western side, the valley is bordered by hills of a reddish and violet colour. The distance from the river to the hills of the left side becomes greater. The valley turns to the south. Kyangs are seen at a few places. To the south the country is open, proving that the river continues in this direction. On the right side of the brook, we saw a large square stone wall with a gate from the east, inside of which, there was a house in the shape of a g-oiiij r, two or three stone huts, and a sheepfold. On a projecting rock with a perpendicular base, two chortens and a mani were built. Where we crossed the erosion bed of the valley its breadth was nearly 200 m. and in its middle it had some open spring water. Camp CCCXLIX was pitched at the lee side of the little hill with the //mini. Some 400 m. S. E. of the camp, we saw through the dust haze a big black tent with white prayer rags on a pole, and a large wall. From this camp, Pan. 43 I A and B, Tab. 78, was drawn, showing the flat country to the north in the direction of the lake. To the N. E., east and S. S. E., are the mountains to the left side of the valley.
On March 911i, we stayed at Nagrong. The minimum temperature was at —I 9.0°, but already at 7 o'clock a. m., we had —4.0° and at 1 o'clock p. m., -1-1.3°. The weather was perfectly clear and cloudless, but already at 8 o'clock a. m. the
strong wind began as usual.
The place was of a certain importance, being the residency of the Gertse Pun. This chief was now, fortunately, absent, and a Lama occupied his large tent. The latter told my men that we had a three days' journey southwards to the route which I had followed in 190I and to the district called Senkor. The brook of Nagrong has, even in summer, very little water: only after heavy rains it becomes big. The ice-sheet would soon come to an end. On our route to the south we would have at least two days to the next tent, which, however, would be difficult to find. In
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