National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
|
|
Color Thumbnail -
Table of Contents -
Page Number -
Biliographic Information (Metadata) -
Caption -
Color Image -
Gray HighRes. Image -
Facing Pages -
Graphics -
| 0145 |
The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
Citation Information
OCR Text
dollars a head, or three ponies with a man for thirty-six
dollars. He has been a riding-boy himself at Shanghai, and
is a pretty smart fellow at times, when he likes, and on the
whole is a satisfactory boy for the trip. His English has
improved a good deal, and, with my small knowledge of
Chinese, we manage to understand each other all right. Now
and then I am astonished to hear him come out with a choice
selection of English swearing, to supplement his stock of
Chinese oaths, when he is having a row with the guide.
We camped at 11.35 at Liang-ko-ba, a collection of four
Mongol yurts on the plain, round a patch of green.
June 15.—Cloudy, with a few drops of rain. I could
see the rain falling all round, but it passed off in steam
without reaching the ground.
We changed two camels here; one had gone lame, and
the other could scarcely move. I bought a sheep for three
bricks of tea for which I had paid a tael in Kwei-hwa-cheng.
There were some ponies feeding about. They were strong,
well-shaped animals, but in bad condition. I rode one
which a Mongol had ridden to our tent. It was very
different from the clumsy ponies of Peking. We started at
4.40, and still passed over gravelly plain, keeping along the
edge of a low range of hills parallel to the road on the
right.
June 16.—Wind westerly, in violent gusts; fine, but
cloudy; snow falling on Altai Mountains. In the morning
I climbed a hill and had a fine view of the country round
for about eighty miles in every direction. The main range
of the Altai Mountains is not at all of a uniform height,
but, on the contrary, consists of distinct high ridges con-
nected by lower hills. To the eastward I could see the
snow-capped ridge which forms the butt end of the Altai
Mountains. It is about twenty-five miles in length, and
north-west of it is a second ridge, which also had some
1
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
12
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
22
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
32
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
43
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
53
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
63
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
74
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
85
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
96
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
106
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
116
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
126
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
137
.
.
.
.
|
143
144
145
146
147
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
157
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
169
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
179
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
189
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
199
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
210
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
222
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
233
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
243
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
255
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
266
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
277
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
287
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
297
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
307
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
317
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
327
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
337
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
347
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
357
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
367
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
378
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
388
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
398
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
408
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
419
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
430
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
440
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
450
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
461
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
471
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
482
.
.
485
Copyright (C) 2003-2026
National Institute of Informatics
and
The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.
