IIIF Color HighRes
National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
| |||||||||
|
| IIIF Color HighRes |
| Across Asia : vol.1 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Citation Information
RECORDS OF THE JOURNEY
No. I NE of the town contains 7 villages with 790 tja 6500 tan grain annual yield
| » | 2 E | » | » | » | » | 5 | » | » | 875 | » | I0000 | » | » | » | » |
| » | 3 N | » | » | » | » | 9 | » | » | I I 36 | » | 987o | » | » | » | » |
| » | 4 W | » | » | » | » | 8 | » | » | 1056 | » | 11800 | » | » | » | » |
| » | 5 NW | » | » | » | » | 9 | » | » | 1157 | » | II540 | » | » | » | » |
| » | 6 S » | » | » | » | 6 | » | » | Ioo6 | » | 925o | » | » | » | » | |
| » | 7 SSE » | » | » | » | 6 | » | » | 8420 | » | 8420 | » | » | » | » | |
about 686o tja 6718o tan
An annual tax of 5386 tan is levied.
Wheat, millet, tchumiza, peas and opium are grown. The crop is 8 fold, except in the 4 southern districts (6, 7 8 and 9), where tchinkho is also grown and the crop does not exceed 5-8 fold. The livestock may be estimated at 2 —300 sheep, 2 —3 horses and 4-5 oxen among the wealthier tja and 1-2 oxen and 1 donkey among the poorer ones. In the northern districts about 5o % of the population can be included in the category of the richer tja, in the southern districts, situated close to the mountains, only about 3o %• This estimate is, of course, exceedingly approximate. —As regards mineral wealth, the coal from the neighbourhood of Li Yuan (belonging to the Fu-yeh district) should be mentioned. — The town of Fu-yeh with its suburbs contains 7o-8o tja and 8o small shops. — I shubei with 2 officers and 3o-35 men of the »tchy ping» militia are quartered there as a garrison.
Roughly I 1/3 of a mile from the town there are sand dunes in a SW—NE direction, 1/3 of a mile beyond again tilled fields and very sparse trees. Our surroundings had long since lost the fertile and well-tended appearance of the environs of Kao-tai. The houses were rare and looked neglected and there were frequent untilled stretches between the fields. The ground was low-lying and often covered with patches of ice. 4 miles from the town we passed a fairly large village. The road had taken a S and SSE course so far, but now led E for some time. 1 1/3 of a mile further on we came to a flooded meadow on the right, about 2 miles square. We crossed 2 small rivers, 1 1/2 and 2 fathoms wide. 15 miles from Fu-yeh we reached our destination, Sha-ho-Kou, a large village of 120 houses and 3 sarais and about 40 shops. A detachment of to men with a tindjy of the Li Yuan in were quartered there. Arbah roads lead from Sha-ho-Kou direct to Kao-tai (past Fu i) and to Ning shui (and thence probably to Suchow and possibly further east). This road is used for conveying salt from Jantche, when the highway is under water owing to the flooding of the rice fields.
The pheasants, of which there are many in the vicinity of Kao-tai, had detained me for 3 hours and night had fallen long before we reached the sarai at Sha-ho-Kou after riding 3o miles.
Immediately to the E of the village we crossed a river of the same name, flowing in December rgth. a N direction. The road took us in a slightly slanting direction over the bed, about i /3 Kanchow. of a mile wide, in which there was only a little water. About 1/3 of a mile further on we
)455(
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright (C) 2003-2019 National Institute of Informatics and The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.