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
CHAPTER XIX
A SNOWSTORM IN THE DESERT
WE had been sleeping two hours when the two dogs of
the village began to bark furiously in the middle of the
night, and soon after the ketkhoda returned from his
mission and aroused my men. He wished to deliver at
once the supply of kah or chaff he had succeeded in col-
lecting in the neighbouring villages and had brought with
him in network bags or sacks. We now had four kharvar
of straw at 31 tuman, and they made eight camel loads.
And as the water-supply required two camels the old man
promised to place ten of his best camels at our disposal for
18 tuman. He received at once 25 tuman in silver, for he
had no faith in Persian notes, and was to be paid the other
13 tuman due to him on our arrival at Tallhe. He had
also obtained a large light yellow dog, which we called
Nevengk, and he made a terrible row all night long,
trying to tear himself loose from the boxes to which he
was fastened.
On the morning of January 8 the sky was covered
with dense clouds, and it felt cold and chilly after 13.8°
in the night. I kept myself comfortable near the dying
embers of the camp fire while the caravan was being
loaded up, and this work took a longer time than usual,
owing to the sacks of water and straw. The four small
sheepskins had not lost a drop of their water in the night—
the ground beneath them was quite dry ; but only half
was left in the two large meshk, and they lay in a bed of
mud. They were, therefore, filled again from the canal,
and hoisted with the closely tied opening uppermost on to
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