IIIFカラー高解像度
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
| 8 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. | [CHAP. I. |
Our first objective point was a mountain
well known in Chinese legends--the Chang-
pai-shan, or " Ever-White Mountain." This
fabulous mountain had, it is true, been visited
in 1709 by one of those enterprising Jesuit sur-
veyors, who seem to have penetrated every-
where and compiled a map of the Chinese
Empire remarkable for its accuracy. But no
European had subsequently visited the moun-
tain to corroborate their accounts, and much
romantic mystery was still attached to it.
The Ever-White Mountain was reported to
be situated in the heart of an immense forest,
to be of enormous height (the name itself
suggesting a snow-clad peak), and to have
an unfathomable lake at its summit. We were
accordingly fired with enthusiasm to penetrate
its mystery and ascend its summit, and on
May 19 we left the treaty port of Newchwang
with this object in view.
We now had our first taste of Chinese travel,
and it proved on the whole by no means un-
pleasant. In the first place, the climate was
perfect mild and soft, like an English summer.
The country was everywhere richly cultivated,
and was dotted over with well-built, pent-roofed
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