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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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was not an existence which we could envy. The sable-hunters
had a certain amount of excitement. They would set their
traps all over the forest, go their rounds to examine them, and
now and then, at rare intervals, find they had caught some-
thing. But the ginseng plant seekers would wander through
the forest day after day and all day long, and if they found
one plant in the season they would be content. This plant
would be worth perhaps £15, for the Chinese believe the
genuine wild plant to have the most wonderful properties.
A remarkable point about these men is the strict code of
honour they have amongst themselves. At one place, for
instance, we noticed a clearing made in the undergrowth of
the forest round a small plant not far from the track. This
proved to be one of these much-sought-after plants. It had
been discovered by a man, but as it was not fully grown, it
had been left there to mature, and the standard of honour was
so strict among these people, that, in spite of the value of the
plant and the ease with which it might have been carried away,
no one would touch it.
Travelling on through the forest, we reached one of the
branches of the great Sungari river—an affluent of the river
Amur, and, at its junction, of even greater volume than that
river. This stream we now ascended, as it was said to flow
down from the Ever-White Mountain we were in search of;
but after two days' travelling we were brought to a standstill,
as regards mule-carriage, by a bog, through which it was
impossible to take any animal. One man for carrying loads
was all we could secure, and so we had to reduce our baggage
to its very minimum, and each one carry his own, while the
one porter carried such supplies as we should be unable to
obtain on ahead; for though we heard of there being one or
two sable-hunters' huts, the owners of these were said to be
almost starving themselves for want of food, there having been
some hitch about the arrival of the fresh stock of provisions for
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