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Innermost Asia : vol.1 |
| 極奥アジア : vol.1 |
引用情報
OCR読み取り結果
Finds at
ruined
tower
T. xlvi. h.
collapsed bodily towards the east. It appeared to have measured about 16 feet square at its base ;
the size of the bricks was 13″ × 7½″ × 4″. Some quarters, of which brick-built walls were still traceable
for 24 and 16 feet respectively, appear to have adjoined the south-east corner. From the refuse
found here we recovered fourteen Chinese records in the form of wooden slips, several complete,
and a considerable number of miscellaneous articles described in the List. Among these may be
specially mentioned the curved iron knife, T. xlvi. h. 04 (Pl. XLVII) ; the lacquered wooden disc,
06 (Pl. XLVI) ; the small fragment of a beautifully made wooden object, with black lacquer, 08 ;
a piece of twisted canvas, 02 (Pl. XLVI), apparently used for a torch ; the wooden comb, 01.
[Among the wooden documents partly translated by M. Maspero several have proved to contain
military records or orders of exactly the same type as recovered at watch-stations of the Tun-
huang Limes. Thus in T. xlvi. h. 2 the number of men detailed for particular kinds of 'fatigues'
are mentioned ; T. xlvi. h. 021 indicates the course to be followed 'if bandits besiege the post and
straw cannot be secured to light as a signal'. T. xlvi. h. 022 contains an order to the officer of
'the military agricultural colony of Yü-mên' to allot certain lands to seventeen men condemned
to forced labour. Of direct antiquarian interest is T. xlvi. h. 016, which bears an exact date
corresponding to A.D. 69 ; for it proves that this portion of the Limes was actually occupied
during the years just preceding the Chinese conquest of Hāmi, A.D. 73, and the first opening of the
trade route which gave direct access to the oases along the eastern extremity of the T'ien-shan.]
Limes
towers
T. xlvi.
i, j, k.
Of the next three watch-towers, all found at a distance from each other of about one mile,
T. xlvi. i was of the same construction as the last named ; but having been repaired outside with
layers of stamped clay it still stood to a height about 12 feet. It occupied low ground and curiously
enough was not visible from its eastern neighbour, T. xlvi. j. This, too, was built of bricks of the
same approximate size as used at T. xlvi. h, but had decayed badly. A bronze arrow-head found
at its foot is of the regulation type of Han times. Near this tower the cart-track from Chin-t'a
towards Mao-mei, which crosses to the left bank of the Pei-ta-ho near the patch of cultivation at
Hsi-yo, approaches quite close to the line of the Limes. So it did not surprise me to find that the
next tower, T. xlvi. k, just below which the road passes, had quite a modern appearance. In all
probability the remains of an ancient watch-post had been by successive repairs enlarged to its
present considerable size. Owing to its size and commanding position it serves as a conspicuous
landmark for travellers to and from Mao-mei.
Arrival at
Mao-mei
oasis.
The mound marking the Limes could be seen from here stretching eastwards across the Sai
for several miles. But in view of the approaching dusk and the distance still separating us from
Mao-mei, I was obliged to leave the line at this point and to take to the cart-road. I regretted this
diversion the less that our glasses showed the only tower still visible eastwards in the direction of
the line of the Limes, T. xlvi. l, to be also modern in appearance. This was subsequently confirmed,
for in September Lāl Singh had occasion to pass close by it and ascertained its name to be Hung-
hsia-tung. We had to follow the cart-track for seven miles before the western edge of the oasis
of Mao-mei was reached, and close on five more before we had made our way, in the darkness, to
the desolate-looking walled town forming the administrative centre of the small district. On the
way we crossed the bed of the Kan-chou river. Though still almost dry at the time, it showed by
its width of nearly a mile how great is the volume of water which during the flood season descends
in it to the confluence with the Pei-ta-ho, a few miles farther down.
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