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. vit.] A GOOD BARGAIN. 153
wearisome camels were no longer required. I
was fortunate in being able to effect an ex-
cellent arrangement with my " boy " Liu-san,
by which he engaged to land me at Kashgar
by contract on a certain date. I was to be
regarded as a piece of merchandise to be carted
from one place to the other, and he was to
undertake the whole of the arrangement. He
was to land me and my baggage at Kashgar
in forty days, and was to be paid seventy taels
(about ‘17 I os.) here at Hami, and thirty
taels more if we reached Kashgar in the stipu-
lated time. He was to receive two taels extra
for every day in advance of that time, and two
taels would be deducted for every day more
than the forty days. This arrangement fully
answered my expectations. The money which
was to be made for transport went into my
" boy's," and not into some outsider's pocket,
so that he at once became directly interested
in the journey. And instead of having to go
through all the irritating and irksome process
of perpetually nagging at the servants and
pony-men, which utterly destroys the charm of
travel, I could go about with my mind at rest,
well-assured that my " boy " would be worrying
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