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0428 Across Asia : vol.1
アジア横断 : vol.1
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C. G. MANNERHEIM

miles, a mountain ridge ran eastward. Far in the E another ridge was visible, running northward. These ridges did not seem to be connected.

The road traverses uneven country, tilled and with a few isolated farms. 4 miles from the town we passed the ruined wall of an old fortification on the right. The rough remains of a wall, built in the form of a rectangle with corner turrets, reminded me of those I saw W of Ansi. They were more massive than those usually built by the Chinese nowadays and appeared to be very old. Immediately after, we crossed a river, 2 m wide, running south. The bridge was good. A mile further there was another river bed, Kunchang ho, coming from the mountains in the S. It was considerably larger than the last, but only contained a little water covered with ice. Twice a year in the g—Ioth and 2nd Chinese months the water is said to be so high for a couple of weeks that it reaches a horse's belly and impedes traffic. A level, barren plain of gravel begins on the opposite bank. The depth of the snow was about o.3 m. About 5 miles from the beginning of the plain we passed a small ruined sarai and about 7 miles further on we reached Koutientan, a clay building intended to be a miao or merely a »joutanza», i.e. »half-way station». Two old and rather infirm soldiers lived there in a completely dark hut and seemed to know no more than any of the others, what their duties and service comprised.

The ground, which had been rising slightly since the dry river bed, now began to drop gradually. About 12 miles from there lay the goal of our journey, the village of Chih-chinhsia (Chih chin = pure gold), with 40-50 houses and 4 sarais, as many shops, a mapoza station and a military post of Io men under the command of a pazung of the Chih-chin-pao tinpu in. Millet, tchumiza, peas, barley, wheat and some opium are grown. The average crop is 8-9 fold. Snow from the g—loth Chinese month to the 2nd; depth I /2 arshin. Rain is rare; it occurs between the 4th and 8th Chinese months. Westerly burans are common in spring and winter.

Chih-chin-hsia lies not far from the foot of the mountains that had been visible in the E since the morning. In the S a smaller mountain rises near the village in a N—S direction. A small river winds between them, flowing N. The village of Tienting wai with 40 houses is said to lie on its lower reaches. The Chinese calculate the distance to-day as go li, but the snow had increased it to I 10 li.

Vovember 281h.   We went on along a road, the width of an arbah, in a deep hollow in the soft ground

Hui-hui-pao between the mountain in the S on the right and the river on the left. There were small village. fields on both sides at varying levels. The ground slopes towards the river, which we reached in about 12/3 of a mile and crossed by a good bridge. On the left a group of mountains extended to the N. Isolated houses and trees were scattered along the river, some of the larger houses being surrounded by walls. The chain of mountains in the S that had accompanied us since Tun-huang became visible again. A slope with a pronounced drop to the N runs out from it. About 5 miles from where we crossed the river we came to a group of deserted houses. The village of Chih-chin-pao with 340 houses lies about 2/3 of a mile further on, on the right, in the valley of the river. Higher up to the NE is the village of Tchang tchyting where, in a fairly large impanj, a garrison of one yin of soldiers is stationed

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