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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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in reaching the summit—the very top of the Ever-White
Mountain—and from there I looked out over a billowy expanse
of forest-clad hills stretching away on every side, as far as the
eye could reach in the direction of Manchuria, and as far as
one could see over Corea; nothing but forest, except where
the lake lay below me like a sapphire in a setting of rock,
and it was only by this and by occasional glints of the river
that the monotonous green was broken.
But the lake was the saving feature. It appeared to be
about six or seven miles in circumference, and at its farther
end was an outlet, from which flowed the main branch of the
Sungari. This, then, was the source of that noble river which,
a few hundred miles lower down, we afterwards found to be
over a mile broad, and which has claims, indeed, to be con-
sidered the main branch of the great Amur—a magnificent
river excelled in size and grandeur by few others in the
world.
I rejoined my companions, and we set off rapidly down the
mountain-side, delighted at having successfully achieved the
object of our journey, and with the feeling that all our toil
had not been in vain. The Ever-White Mountain was not
white with snow, and therefore not as lofty as we had been
led to expect; it was white, or partially white, with pumice-
stone from the old volcano. But it was a satisfaction to have
established this fact, and the beauty of its flower-covered slopes
and of the meadows at its base, and the solitude of the
wonderful lake at its summit, were ample compensation for
our disappointment in its height.
Three days later we were back at the place where we had
left our mules, and we ravenously devoured some eggs which
we managed to secure there. It is said to be good to rise
from a meal with an appetite. In those days we always rose
from our meals with magnificent appetites. It was the greatest
relief, however, not to have to carry a load any longer, and,
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