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0303 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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and that it was his business to convey me, like
a bundle of goods, from one side of China to
the other, he worked untiringly. And the
success of the journey is in no small degree
due to this single servant, who had served me
loyally, and had not feared to accompany me
throughout.

From Rawal Pindi I proceeded to Simla, and
there saw Colonel Bell, from whom I had parted
at Peking, and who, travelling more rapidly than
I did, had reached India a month before. To
him, therefore, belongs the honour of being the
first European to reach India from China by
land. But I think I may fairly claim for myself
the distinction of being the only human being
who has travelled continuously through, from
the shores of the Pacific on the one side to
the plains of India on the other. From the
Manchurian port of Possiet Bay, and from
the banks of the Sungari, I had made my
way across the entire breadth of the Chinese
Empire, and had now reached the first can-
tonment in British India.

I had travelled for nigh upon seven thousand
miles over the richly-cultivated lands of Man-
churia and the barren Desert of Gobi, through