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
146 OVERLAND TO INDIA
CHAP.
the coachman Ekber, for both sat amicably side by side on
the box when we commenced the day's journey. And
now we had a guard of honour of three soldiers, and there-
fore all the recruits we met rendered military salutes.
Our route runs up to a small mound whence the valley
of the Senjan-chai is seen below us, and to the south of it
a veiled range with clouds around its crest and mist at its
base. To the north are snowclad mountains, over the
river valley sweeps dusky mist, and the sky is overcast
with dense clouds.
We get safely over a deep ravine with a terribly
defective bridge, but a little farther the right front springs
snap with a jolt, and the vehicle is patched up with rope
and a pole—it was well that the accident did not happen
before. Beyond the village Yengi-jai the horses tried to
run away, scared at the sight of a comrade that had fallen
and had been skinned ; I was not surprised that they
shrank from the loathsome carcase. The troopers of the
escort came up in a stiff file and executed all kinds of
contortions over the horse, bending down with their hands
on the ground, swinging their legs over the horse's head,
wrestling and brandishing their rifles in the air.
On the right, on the valley floor, begins Chara, a suc-
cession of villages and gardens situated on the banks of
the Senjan-chai. Among them may be noticed Bare and
Nizamabad, the latter named, it seems, after Nizam-ul-
Saltaneh. A comparatively lofty group of the southern
mountains is called Ashdate-dagh, and is entirely covered
with snow. Now the road follows the very edge of the
steep river terrace, which seems as though it might fall in
at any moment. At its base the river pours in a small
cascade over a sill of boulders. The valley contracts ; we
have been mounting up all day long, as yesterday, and it
feels chilly in the sharp head wind. Before us appear the
outlines of the grey mud houses of Senjan, and we pass
the guristan of the town, where the graves are marked by
horizontal slabs, not by upright stones. Two monuments
over graves of Seids are adorned with green glass cupolas.
A street leads to the entrance of a bazaar arcade where
the outer horses are unharnessed, that we may not take
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