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Among the Celestials : vol.1 | |
天の間で : vol.1 |
CHAP. V.] LAYING IN SUPPLIES. III
the 26th was finally settled upon as being suit-
able in all respects.
In the meanwhile there was plenty of work
to be done, laying in provisions and providing
ourselves with every possible necessary. No-
thing would be procurable on the way except
perhaps a sheep here and there, so we had to
buy up supplies of all kinds sufficient to last the
party for two months. Some people think that
on a journey it is absolutely necessary to make
themselves as uncomfortable as possible. But
I had learnt by experience to think otherwise,
and determined to treat myself as well as
circumstances would permit, so that, when it
should become really necessary to rough it (as
it afterwards did during the passage of the
Himalayas), I should be fit and able to endure
the hardships. So, besides a couple of sacks of
flour, a sack of rice, and thirty tins of beef,
which were to be our main stand-by, I had also
brought from Peking such luxuries as a few
tins of preserved milk, butter, and soup ; and
here in Kwei-hwa-cheng I procured some dried
apricots and raisins, a sack of Mongolian mush-
rooms, which gave a most excellent relish to
the soup, another sack of potatoes, a bag of
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