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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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引用情報
2 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. [CHAP. I.
Himalayas to the plains of Turkestan beyond.
Here I found many of his old pensioners—men
who had accompanied him on his several jour-
neys to Yarkand and Kashgar, the principal
towns on the northern side of the Himalayas
and books too, and maps, and old manuscripts.
I was among the relics of an explorer, at the
very house in which his schemes were formed,
and from which he had started to carry out his
plans. I pored over the books and maps, and
talked for hours with the old servants, till the
spirit of exploration gradually entered my soul,
and I rushed off on a preliminary tour on foot
in the direction of Tibet, and planned a great
journey into that country for the following
year.
That first wild wandering through the Hima-
layas is one on which I look back with almost
keener enjoyment than on any other journey
I have subsequently made. I had been in
Switzerland and seen snow-mountains before,
but only as a boy, when I was not able to
wander as I would. Now I was free, and in
all the pride and keenness of twenty-one. One
march a day was not enough for me ; I made
two regularly, and sometimes three, and wanted
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