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0184 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000231
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Yaks, camels, horses, sheep, these are their
wealth. Tradition seems to give the right of graz-
ing in certain valleys to certain families, who must
have several places of accustomed resort in order to
keep their animals in condition. Few, I believe,
have been found living at higher elevations than our
friends, who spent regularly a part of each year in
the spot which received us, at an elevation of four-
teen thousand feet above sea. If their pasturage is
good they may eat meat not infrequently; if scant,
they must not vary from milk, in many forms, and
bread. This they obtain, by exchange of skins or
condensed milk, from the caravans that may pass
nearest their camps. So also they obtain their
clothing, which is generally heavy and well made.
Their rugs are home-made and excellent. The
women are modest, though not veiled. The high,
white turban of myriad folds seems never to be laid
aside, though the whole day is filled with a leisurely
industry, milking, cooking, weaving, nursing babies.
They work quietly; one never hears the scolding
and quarrelling which so frequently advertise the
concourse of working women in civilised lands.
Their faces are strong and comely, but not viva-
cious. Both men and women seem gentle with
children, who, like their parents, are not noisy.
The babies cry but little, unless ill. They all
seem to suffer from colds, nasal catarrh being not
uncommon.
While our new caravan was being organised,
clothes patched, and bread cooked, we passed two
days in Capuan ease at Camp Kirghiz. The tent
was warm, and one's eyes harden to the smoke.