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0189 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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tinually lost their footing and almost fell. Once, as we were
leading the animals among the boulders at the foot of an
almost perpendicular cliff, my horse slipped and fell into
the river, knocking me in with him. I seized a big stone
and pulled myself out of the swift current, with no mishap
beyond a wet note-book and a ruined aneroid. The horse
could not land on our side of the river, and had to swim
across. It took half an hour to catch him, which greatly
disturbed the guide. The road down the Sanju gorge is so
difficult that, except when the stream is frozen, caravans
follow a circuitous route down the next valley to the east,
crossing one of the many "topa," or "earth" passes char-
acteristic of the loess-covered mountain slope. The major-
ity of the valleys leading from the plateaus to the basin
floor are even more impassable. Hence the roads from the
upper to the lower zones are all difficult, and the conse-
quent rarity of communication accentuates the tendency to
diverse development in the plateaus and in the lower zones.
At an elevation of about 8000 feet the Sanju valley
broadens, and we there emerged upon a low terrace of loess
lying upon gravel, and covered with waving fields of green
wheat and barley. The verdure was delightful after the
shades of gray, brown, red, and yellow which had wearied
us among the barren mountains. At the hamlet of Ulachi,
a ragged peasant in a short quilted gown and fur cap made
us welcome. The best he could offer us was a place in the
large dusky living-room of his flat-roofed mud house. Stand-
ing on the ground outside, one could easily look over the
roof, but inside, one stepped downward and found that
the room had a height of fully six feet. When my eyes had