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
156 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. [CHAP. VII.
Altogether the eastern end of Turkestan bore
a depressing look. For every inhabited house
we saw we would pass at least two in ruins.
In passing through the villages scarcely an in-
habitant would be met with, and few were seen
working in the fields, and much land which
had formerly been cultivated was now lying
fallow. There seemed to be as many Chinese
as Turkis, but the Chinese were mostly Moham-
medans and in physique inferior to those of
China proper. Little traffic was met with
on the road as the summer is not considered
a favourable season for travelling. But occa-
sionally we passed a detachment of soldiers,
or a waggon, or strings of donkeys, the prin-
cipal pack animal of the country, carrying
country produce to market. Grapes are largely
grown in this part, dried to raisins, and taken
to Hami.
We pushed on rapidly, travelling indifferently
day or night, according to the length of the
stage, merely halting at the end of each a
sufficient length of time to rest the animals,
and then starting again, sometimes at eleven
o'clock at night, sometimes at four in the
morning, and sometimes at two in the after-
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