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| 大陸深奥部 : vol.1 |
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引用情報
xii CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IV.
PEKING TO KWEI-HWA-CHENG.
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Arrival of Colonel Bell—Preparations for an overland journey to India—Our different routes—Fascination of planning a journey—Start from Peking—My servant—Liu-san—The Great Wall at Kalgan—American medical mission—Views on opium-smoking—M. Ivanoff—A Chinese ex-naval officer —Chinese ignorance of geography—Agreements with carters — In the valley of the Yang-ho—The winds from the Mongolian plateau—Formation of cart-roads in the loess—Mules—We enter the " Land of Gog and Magog "—On the Mongolian plain—Yurts—Kindliness of the MongolsPartridges—Chinese supplanting Mongols—Rapid changes of temperature —Arrival at Kwei-hwa-cheng—The China inland mission—Their system and hardships—How Chinese troops are levied—Mr. Clarke—Kwei-hwa-cheng —Its diminishing trade—Its temples—Mongol bazaar—Caravan-men—Preparations for crossing the Gobi Desert—Finding an auspicious date—My
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CHAPTER V.
ACROSS THE GOBI DESERT.
My company—The guide—His extraordinary memory for wells—Ma-to-la—We start—The In-shan Mountains—Mongolian pastures— Encroachments of Chinese and Russians—Messrs. Collins & Co. of Tientsin—The Mongolian camel—Warnings of robbers—Liu-san and his revolver—Deer and the mode of killing them—Mongol temples—Aggressive ravens—Approaching the Sheitung-ula Mountains—A local tradition—The Ho-lai-liu stream—Deceptive distances—The heart of the Gobi Desert—Monotonous marches—Characteristics of the desert—Temperature and winds—Extracts from diary —Wild ponies—Elm trees—The Galpin Gobi—Hurricane and darknessPartridges—The Hurku Hills—Bortson well—On Prjevalsky's track—A trading caravan—Uses of a Mongol boot—Valuable gifts—Mongol customs—A dust-storm—Curious sandhills—Their origin—Wind-formed sand—Mr. Barosakhai—The mountain system—Preparing for attack—A glass of sherry—Man-chin-tol—A " general hit out "—Slow progress—Glimpses of snow—Wild camels—Wild mules—The Altai Mountains—Refractory camels—Ma-te-la bolts home—A strange sunset—Mongol agriculture—Ula-Khutun—Origin of sloping gravel plains—Ovis argali—A glimpse of the Tian-shan—Desert of Zungaria—Ovis polihorns—Difficulties of Chinese language—A period of depression—A scorching wind—We enter Turkestan--Its inhabitants—Turki women—We cross the Tian-shan Mountains—An oasis—Last stage of desert journey—Arrival at Hami .,.
CHAPTER VI.
THROUGH TURKESTAN TO YARKAND.
Inquiries for Colonel Bell—Bazaar at Hami—A Russian merchant—I hire carts —A satisfactory arrangement—Start from Hami—A poor inn—Eurh-puThe desert again—Tombs of mandarins—A dreary land—A cart as a bedroom—Chinese soldiers and their ways—" The great English nation"
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