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. VIII.] A BARRIER OF MOUNTAINS. 209
and thus afforded an outlet to the dammed-up
waters.
This plain, which was covered with jungle of
dwarf birch and willow or poplar, extended for
about two miles. At a couple of miles from
the gorge, and again at about nine miles,
considerable streams flow in on the right bank
of the Surakwat, and, at a mile from the last,
two more narrow gorges were passed through ;
though here again, on my journey up here in
1889, we succeeded in making a road round to
circumvent them. It was altogether a bad
day's march for both men and ponies, but at
last, toward evening, we found the valley
opening to a wide plain, with plenty of scrub
on it, where we encamped for the night.
Before us rose a great wall of snowy moun-
tains, with not the very smallest sign of a pass,
though the guide said we should have to cross
them on the following day. I felt some
misgivings on looking at this barrier which
now stopped our way, for the guide frankly
confessed that he had forgotten the way across,
and of course there was no sign of a path to
guide us. He said, however, that possibly, as
we got nearer, he might remember which
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