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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| In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan : vol.1 | |
| チベットと中国領トルキスタン : vol.1 |
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引用情報
322 IN TIBET AND CHINESE TURKESTAN.
severe and prolonged than usual. The contents of thb
medicine chest were now in constant demand ; fever,
rheumatism, headaches due to rarefaction the air,.
were common, and when we reached Baba Hatun, I was
so weak that, having left the camp to search for water, I
was unable to walk back. The natives- of Sin,Chiang
who accompanied me were accustomed to live at an
altitude of not less than about 4,000 feet, .yet, dwing to
our high elevation, several of them suffered frequently
from headaches and constipation, and they could not
keep up with the slow-going caravan, while I, accustomed to live but little above the level of the sea, was never seriously affected except that I breathed more rapidly.
At Baba Hatun we found Islam -and Ipay, who had, with the two camels, been waiting for us for several days.
They had experienced severe weather, one of the camels
having become so thin that it would have been useless
to take him further. This animal I gave to the Kara Sai
men who had brought me about 500 lbs. of corn, besides
barley meal, and I supplied them with enough Indian
corn meal for the camel till they should reach their home.
Near Kara Sai there would be plenty of excellent feeding for him, and probably they would be able to sell him in good condition for a high price in the autumn.
The weather for some days was threatening, and by
the time we reached Togral Monpo (Camp 111) it had
become much worse. When close to the pass we had to
abandon thirteen sheep, and we had barely pitched our
camp when we were overtaken by a blinding snowstorm
which continued all night, and, in a milder way, during
the next forenoon. Such a storm speedily scatters a caravan, driving the hungry animals far and wide in search of shelter. After the tents were set up, the caravan men, cold and wet, huddled together within
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