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| The Heart of a Continent : vol.1 | |
| 大陸深奥部 : vol.1 |
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f887.] CHINESE MONGOLS. 69
I afterwards met with far away in the desert, and this perhaps accounted for their ever-cheery manner, which left such an agreeable impression on me.
Another attraction of this first day in Mongolia was the milk and cream—thick and rich as one could get anywhere ; and here, again, was a pleasing contrast to China, where, as I have said, the cows are never milked, and none is therefore procurable.
Altogether this was one of those bright days which throw all the hardships of travel far away into the shade, and make the traveller feel that the net result of all is the highest enjoyment. The shadows have only served to show up the light, and bring out more clearly the attractions of a free, roaming life.
On the following day we entered some hilly country again.
On the road we saw some partridges, which allowed the carter
to walk right up to them so that he was able to hit one with his whip, and even then the others did not go, till they
also were hit with the whip. At the end of the march we came upon country cultivated by Chinamen, who here, as nearly all along the borders of Mongolia, are encroaching on the Mongols, and gradually driving them out of the best country back to the desert. The slack, easy-going Mongol cannot stand before the pushing, industrious Chinaman ; so back and back he goes. It is the old story which is seen all through nature—the weak and lazy succumbing to the strong and vigorous. The observer's sympathies are all with the Mongol, though, and he feels regret at seeing the cold, hard-natured Chinaman taking the place of the open-hearted Mongol.
A point to be noticed at this time of year was the rapid changes of temperature. It may be quite mild in the morning, with a soft balmy feeling in the air. Then suddenly a bitter wind will spring up, and the thermometer will instantly fall
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