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 |
154 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. CHAP. VII.
at me to get up early in the morning, to make
no delay at starting, and to go on for another
few miles instead of halting at a tempting place
in the evening. I became an impassive log,
and enjoyed myself immensely. It was quite
a new sensation to be able to lie lazily on in
bed while breakfast was being got ready ; at
the end of breakfast to find everything pre-
pared for the start ; and all the way through
to have an enthusiastic and energetic servant
constantly urging me to go on farther and
quicker.
The " boy," with the advance he had re-
ceived from me, bought up a cart and four
animals (two mules and two ponies), and this
carried all the baggage and supplies of the
party, while I rode a pony. The cart was of
he description known in Turkestan as an
araba, a large covered cart, with only one pair
of very high wheels. One animal was in the
shafts, and three tandem fashion in front. The
weight of the baggage, supplies, etc. (including
a certain amount of grain for the animals),
which the cart carried, was one thousand five
hundred catties (two thousand pounds).
I: will not weary my readers with a descrip-
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