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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| Overland to India : vol.1 | |
| インドへの陸路 : vol.1 |
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引用情報
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CHAPTER VI
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HIGHLANDS WHICH ARE DRAINED TO THREE SEAS 0
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IT is strange that the continental climate is so decidedly pronounced so near to the coast ; the night is quite clear I and mild, and when we set out at seven o'clock, having M slept longer than usual, the thermometer marks 31.10. Then light clouds hover over the earth and clothe them- g selves in their morning mantle of glittering gold, forming 1 a brilliant background to a large caravan of Persian camels M and dromedaries, all decked with pure white flecks of hoar- • frost. The country also is covered with white, and the uppermost layer is frozen, but is so thin that we ride easily. d We follow the Euphrates upstream on its left bank, after 1 crossing the river by a bridge resting on stone piers. The i river is here called the Kara-su, and carries down perhaps I 75 cubic feet of water per second. There is no vegetation on the banks and all the hillocky country is dreary and II sterile. On the right bank is Yagdarish, a small village at the foot of a knoll, and higher up is another, Kara-büyuk. Jinis-khan is a large fine caravanserai of stone. Ox-trains with chests and bales pass to the east ; those which are a making for the opposite direction carry hay, corn, and fire- 11 wood. There is a reek of oxen in the cool of the morning. I
We are again entangled in an endless caravan on the way to Persia ; the animals are frightened by the rumble I drawing nearer behind them, and start uneasily to one side. As far as the eye can see over the flat country the road is packed with camels and dromedaries ; they seem to take 1 entire possession of the landscape and diminish to small 1 specks in the distance. It takes us a considerable time to 1
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