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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Among the Celestials : vol.1 | |
天の間で : vol.1 |
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.rs•r , • -7. ..rree r ,
48 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. [CHAP. II.
troops over the way at Hunchun, but they
were evidently of a temporary description.
The rations of the Cossacks consisted princi-
pally of black bread, and they received also an
allowance of soup-like stew or stew-like soup ;
but the whole ration was decidedly inferior to
what the British soldier gets. Their pay is
twenty roubles— about fifty shillings—a month,
which would be very liberal if they had not out
of it to pay for the whole of their equipment.
The amount which actually reaches their
pocket was, according to the colonel, about a
halfpenny a day ! It must indeed require
conscription to induce men to go through all
a Cossack does for this ludicrous remunera-
tion.
In the evening the colonel had a small
dinner-party, when three of the officers of the
post and a Chinaman, who spoke Russian, and
acted as interpreter between the Russian and
Chinese officials, came in. After eating some
small dishes, such as sardines and salmon
chips, at a side table, and washing them down
with a glass or two of vodka, which the colonel
informed us was a quite necessary proceeding,
to clear our throats for the dinner that was
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