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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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the inn was a Su-chou merchant who had seen Colonel Bell
at that place. The name of this inn was Wu-hau-pu-la.
Started again at 5.25 p.m. The shingle soon became firmer,
and the hills less precipitous and more open. At nine miles
from Wu-hau-pu-la we reached the summit of the range. The
descent was easier. At sixty li we passed an inn, but continued
through the night, emerging from the hills and descending the
gravel slope to Kumesha, a hamlet of some twenty houses,
and also barracks, in which a detachment of soldiers were
stationed. Water obtained from a small spring and stream.
Weather cool, and at night almost cold. Near the top of the
pass I saw an ibex horn measuring thirty-two inches.
July 22.—Started at 3 p.m., crossing a plain between two
parallel ranges of hills, the southern being from one to two
miles, and the northern from ten to twelve miles distant.
The plain was covered with scrub. At sixteen miles from
Kumesha we entered the southern range by a gorge through
which ran a stream, now dry. Going heavy. Halted at 9.35
at Yu-fu-kou, an inn and a small custom-house (sixty li).
Weather cool; wind northerly.
July 23.—Started at 4.30 a.m., ascending the bed of the
stream for two and a half miles, the hills gradually opening
out. The road then emerges on to a plain sloping very gradu-
ally toward the south, and bounded at a distance of about ten
miles by a low range of hills. This plain is crossed in a
direction west by south. At fifteen miles a small hut and
well are passed. Halted at 2.30 at Ush-ta-le (Chinese pro-
nunciation), Ushak-tae on Russian map, a village situated on
the level at the foot of the sloping plain we had been descend-
ing. We had been told that this was a big place, but it
does not boast more than fifty houses. Bread, however, was
to be bought here, and eggs were thirteen for five tael cents
(threepence) instead of only five, as at Kumesha. There is
a small fortified barrack to the west of the village.
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