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0193 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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and gourds, fields of Indian corn and grain, were around us
on every side; and the air was full of the delicate fragrance
of the yellow mustard fields, or the sweeter, heavier odor
of the yellow flowers of the thorny gray eleagnus tree, or
Trebizond date. Here, as in all the oases of the Lop basin,
the low mud houses stood apart, as they naturally do in a
secluded land where war and violence are rare, each by itself
in the midst of fields, orchards, and shade trees, and yet
none so remote as to be lonely. Only in the very centre of
the town, where the weekly bazaar is held, were the houses
close together. There the open country lanes, bordered by
hedges or low mud walls, gave place for a distance to the
typical streets of a bazaar town, dusty alleys between high
walls of grayish-yellow mud, pierced every hundred feet by
low wooden doors. It is hard to imagine any mode of life
more conducive to conservatism and contentment than
that of such small oases. Most of the five or six thousand
people of Sanju live on their own small farms, and raise
enough to support themselves in comfort. No one is poor,
and no one is immoderately rich. No one is isolated either
socially or physically. The farms are so small that neigh-
bors are always close at hand; throughout the whole extent
of the oasis, though it stretches along the river for a dozen
miles, one always feels that he is not far from the centre
of the village. The contentment of the people is shown
by their care-free manner. Though I talked with scores of
them freely in their own language, almost no one mentioned
his grievances. The Chanto has no opportunity to expand
his activities into new fields, and as he is content with his
lot, there is nothing within or without to spur him on.