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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
CHAP. y.] DESERT CARAVANS. 109
of caravans for Turkestan. Carts, or rather
the mules or ponies which drew them, could
go no farther, so I had to discharge those I had
brought from Peking, and look out for camels.
Sallying forth to the town on the day after my
arrival, I went with Mr. Clarke to visit the
establishment of one of the great firms which
trade with Turkestan. H ere in the yards we
saw rows of neatly-bound loads of merchandise,
brick tea, cotton goods, silk, china, and iron-
mongery, all being made up ready for a caravan
which was about to start for Turkestan. Full
information about the route was now at last
forthcoming, and I looked with the profoundest
interest on men who had actually been to these
mist-like towns of Central Asia. It appeared
that there was a recognised route across the
desert, and that during the winter months
caravans start about once a month.
We did not at first succeed in finding a man
who was willing to hire out camels to go on
such a long journey with so small a party as
ours would be. Men had no objection to
travelling in large caravans, but they did not
like the idea of starting across the desert with
a party of only four. But I could not wait for
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