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
CHAP. vi.] ACROSS THE TIAN-SHAN. 143
a narrow valley. The last mile or two was
over soft green turf, and near the summit there
was a perfect mass of flowers, chiefly forget-
me-pots ; and the sight of all this rich profusion
of flowers and grass, in place of the dreary
gravel slopes of the Gobi Desert, was a treat
to be remembered.
Yet there were still no trees to be seen, and
a curious characteristic of these hills was their
entire want of water. For twelve miles from
Morgai to the summit of the pass we had not
seen a drop. From this absence of water the
valleys were not deep not more than five or
six hundred feet below the summit of the hills
on either side—nor were the hillsides remark-
ably steep, as in the Himalayas. They were
grassy slopes with rocks cropping out at their
summits, and here and there on their sides.
But five miles on the southern side a small
stream appeared, and the valley bottom was
partitioned off into fields, round which irriga-
tion ducts had been led. Trees now at last
began to appear, and we pitched camp on a
little grassy plot near a stream of cold clear
water, and under a small grove. Such a treat
I had not enjoyed for many a long day. I
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