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0259 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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was, therefore, all the more worth conquering,
and as it would be the final and greatest
obstacle on my long journey from Peking, I
set out to tackle it with the determination to
overcome it at almost any cost. Every other
difficulty had been successfully negotiated, and
this last remaining obstacle, though the most
severe of all, was not to be permitted at the
climax of my journey to keep me from my
goal.

These were my feelings as I advanced up the
valley, at the head of which lay the Mustagh
Pass. But I had little idea of the magnitude
of the difficulties which in reality lay before me,
and these were soon to commence.

Scarcely a mile from our bivouac of the
previous night we came to a point where the
valley was blocked by what appeared to be
enormous heaps of broken stones and fragments
of rock. These heaps were between two and
three hundred feet in height, and stretched
completely across the valley. I had gone on
ahead by myself, and when I saw these mounds
of débris, I thought we might have trouble in
taking ponies over such rough obstacles; but I
was altogether taken aback when, on coming