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
204 AMONG THE CELESTIALS. [CHAP. VIII.
Leaving this valley, I crossed the Chiragh-
saldi Pass, over the main ridge of the Kuen-lun
Mountains. The only aneroid I had was un-
fortunately not made to register up to such
heights as the pass, but I computed its height
at about sixteen thousand feet. We were now
getting into the heart of our work, and as I
looked out from the summit of that pass on to
the labyrinth of pathless mountains, rising into
tier after tier of snowy peaks, I felt that there
was some real stern work before us, and that
each one of our little party would have to brace
himself up to do his very best if we wished to
accomplish the task that had been set us.
There were now no paths and no inhabitants.
We were alone among the mountains, and it
was not only the difficulties which they might
present that we had to contend against ; we
also had to be ever-watchful against an attack
from the Kanjuti robbers, who had for many
years infested these parts, issuing from their
strongholds in Hunza, raiding on caravans
trading between Yarkand and Leh by the
Karakoram route, and even levying blackmail
from villages in the Kugiar district. Three of
the men I had with me had actually been cap-
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