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0071 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
中国砂漠地帯の遺跡 : vol.2
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doi: 10.20676/00000213
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possible ulterior objects. Recognising the soundness of
his reasoning, I restricted my 'Dakshina,' or offering, to a
piece of hacked silver, equal to about three rupees or
four shillings. The gleam of satisfaction on the young
Ho-shang's face showed that the people of Tun-huang,
whatever else their weaknesses, were not much given to
spoiling poor monks. As to Chiang, I thought I could in
his attitude detect something closely akin to that mingled
regard for the cult and self-conscious pity for its ignorant
representatives, which in the old days never allowed of
easy relations between my learned associates in Kashmir
and the local priests at pilgrimage places we used to
visit together for archæological purposes.
It was getting dusk before I could tear myself away
from this wonderful beehive of temples in its setting of
barren rocks and sands. The route we followed when
returning clambered up the riverine terrace by a steep
detritus-covered slope, and then crossed the bare gravel
plateau which edges the foot of the outer hills. The west
wind which now swept it was piercing, and in the dust-
laden atmosphere complete darkness soon overtook us.
So there was nothing to interfere with the pictures full
of vivid colour and grave pomp, all of ages long gone
by, which that day's over-abundant sight-seeing had left
impressed on my mind's eyes.