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0301 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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immorality and various other forms of weakness, it would
be unfair to attribute all the vices of the Chantos to that
cause. Various tribes of Arabs, Turkomans, and even Khir-
ghiz have relatively high standards of morality, although
they are stricter Mohammedans than are the Chantos. They
preserve the standards as long as they retain the nomadic
habit, though, significantly enough, they are said by the
Russians and others to begin to deteriorate when they settle
into an uneventful oasis life like that of the Chantos, and
I myself saw evidences of this in Russian Turkestan.
The essential fact in the life of the majority of the Chantos
is that they live in densely populated, but small and isolated
oases. Their surroundings are pretty and attractive, but not
varied enough to be inspiring. A short period of hard labor
suffices to provide sustenance for the whole year, and the
rest of the time is given over to prolonged idleness, with lei-
sure for more of evil than of good. The population of the
Lop basin is strictly limited by the water supply. The peo-
ple possess a great advantage over those of most irrigated
countries, however, because the loftiness of the mountains
causes the maximum flood to come in midsummer. Hence,
though few in number, the people live in comfort. In most
irrigated countries, such as eastern Persia or Transcaspia,
for example, the mountains are so low that the snow largely
melts at the end of winter, and the maximum flood comes in
the early spring when the grain is being sown or is beginning
to grow green. Thereafter the water supply decreases until
fall. Every drop is hoarded. Most of the water must be
given to the grain fields, which produce the main support of
life. Very little is left for fruit trees and vegetable gardens,