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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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Our plans had now shaped themselves into a journey round
Manchuria. It was a country of many interests, and it was
but little known. It was the cradle of the present ruling
dynasty of China ; and the few travellers who had been there
had described its lovely scenery, its noble rivers, its fertility
and natural resources, and the healthiness of its climate.
Reading all this in the heat of India, we were fascinated by
it ; and as its proximity to Russian territory on the one
hand and Japan on the other gave it military and political
interests also, we felt that time spent in such a country would
not be wasted.
On March 19, 1886, we left Calcutta, and in due course found
ourselves at Newchwang, the treaty port of Manchuria. This
was to be the base of operations, and we were fortunate enough
to be joined here by Mr. H. Fulford, of the Chinese Consular
Service, an officer who spoke Chinese thoroughly well, knew
all the customs of the country, and was able to give us that
assistance which as strangers in the land we so much needed.
It is not, however, my intention to give a full detailed account
of our journey in Manchuria, for that has already been done
by Mr. James, in his book, "The Long White Mountain," in
which will be found not only a description of our travels,
but a fund of information about the history, the religion, and
the customs of the people. I shall merely supplement his
work with a few of the impressions which were left upon
myself.
Our first objective point was a mountain well known in
Chinese legends—the Chang-pai-shan, or "Ever-White Moun-
tain." This fabulous mountain had, it is true, been visited
in 1709 by one of those enterprising Jesuit surveyors, who
seem to have pushed their way everywhere, and compiled
a wonderfully accurate map of the Chinese empire. But no
European had subsequently visited the mountain to corroborate
their accounts, and much romantic mystery still attached itself
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