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
126 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. [CHAP. VI.
It was with the greatest difficulty that we
could keep our tents from being blown down,
and everything used to become impregnated
with the sand, which found its way everywhere,
and occasionally we had to give up our march
because the camels could not make any head
against the violence of the wind.
Every evening about five we would see herds
and flocks slowly wending their way over the
plain and converging on the water near the
camp, but only the sheep seemed to be attended
by any one, and there was scarcely ever a tent
in sight.
The ponies went about in a semi-wild state,
in troops of about twenty mares, under the
guardianship of one or more stallions, who
drove them about from place to place seeking
something to graze on. They were entirely
free, and every evening at sunset they marched
slowly back to the Mongol yurt.
But the desert had also its charms, and on
the mornings when there was a lull in the
terrific storms, no artist could wish for a finer
display of colouring than the scene then
presented. Overhead would be a spotless,
clear blue sky, and beneath it the plain lost
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