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0146 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000233
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The change from winter to spring is said to come sud-
denly. April is often so warm that flies and gnats, an almost
unendurable pest all summer, begin to be very troublesome.
The summers are somewhat trying because of the long hot
days and glaring sun. The temperature, even in the shade
of the cultivated trees in the irrigated regions, sometimes
rises to a hundred degrees. I did not find it particularly
disagreeable, however, either in August, 1903, near Kash-
gar, nor in June, July, and August, 1905, near Khotan. It
was much like Utah. The heat was tiring, but if one stayed
in the shade at noon, and did not exert himself, it was pos-
sible to be quite comfortable. Out in the open deserts of
sand and gravel, however, the heat and glare were terrible.
Even in September the sun raised the temperature of the
sand in the Keriya desert to such a degree that one could
not walk on it barefooted. In addition to the heat, the
summer, like the spring, has an extremely disagreeable
feature in the strong winds, generally from a northerly
quarter. They rage violently at frequent intervals, darken-
ing the air with dust from the never remote desert, filling
one's eyes, nose, and mouth with dust and gritty sand, and
making every one irritable.

By the middle of September in 1905, — and such, I be-
lieve is usually the case, — the winds had largely ceased,
the hot season was past, and the weather was almost ideal.
The air was crisp and invigorating; one could work hard in
the sun, or sit still in the shade, without discomfort. Day
by day the weather grew cooler and more bracing, but there
was rarely any sudden change. In October I began to have
a fire of dry tree trunks in the evening, but the days were