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0166 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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outer garment, and were dressed in loose gowns of white
cotton, or, in the case of the rich, of gorgeous silk, red,
purple, and yellow. The sleeves of the garments of both
sexes extended five or six inches below the hands, and took
the place of gloves as a protection against cold, especially
in riding horseback. The headdresses of the women, often
a foot high, were wonderfully constructed of fold after fold
of white cloth wound into a cylinder. One fold hung over
the ears and under the chin in such a way that it could be
drawn up over the lower part of the face, although this
was rarely done. From below the huge headdress the black
hair hung in silver-studded braids, pieced out with cords or
strings of leather. At the ends of the braids, one or two
silver roubles and the keys of all the family chests dangled
close to the women's heels.

When one of the kibitkas had been tied up ready for pack-
ing, a tiny girl of six led up a camel ten feet high, and in
spite of the creature's horrible grunts and roars, made it
kneel meekly by twitching the rope fastened to a stick in
its nose. The largest, finest camel was adorned with a long
red fringe, which hung over the saddle and over the animal's
long, curved neck to its head. When two men had tied a
load of pots, pans, boxes, felts, and parts of a kibitka se-
curely to the camel, I saw a silk-gowned mother lay her
baby in a wooden cradle without rockers. After covering it
well, she tied one rope over its legs and around the cradle,
and a second over its chest. Then, in spite of its lusty cry-
ing, she lifted the cradle unconcernedly to the top of the load
of the kneeling camel, lashed it on, and covered both baby
and load with a large rug. She did not mean to neglect her