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0445 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
中国砂漠地帯の遺跡 : vol.2
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CHAPTER LXXVII

THROUGH THE RICHTHOFEN RANGE OF THE NAN-SHAN

On the morning of July 28th the sixteen hired ponies and
mules turned up late in spite of their having been kept
under watch. By depositing at the Ya-men whatever
could be spared of stores and kit, I had greatly reduced our
baggage. Yet it was not until 11 A.M. that the whole of
the caravan was got under way. Fortunately the journey
to the foot of the mountains south-eastwards could easily
be divided into two marches. After only three miles
through rich fields and along shady avenues lining the
roads, near the large and already half ruined cantonment
which had been established after the last great Tungan
rising, we reached the bare gravel steppe which sloped
gently down from the mountains.
The heat of the sun was fierce while we crossed this
waste for upwards of six miles. But the sight of the
great chain of snowy peaks, and of the fertile tract of
San-chi-p'o which lined the horizon northwards, afforded
relief. Numerous canals carrying water from the river
which debouches from the Richthofen range east of the
Pei-ta Ho, were crossed by the track. Then we entered a
fan-like belt of rich red clayey soil; cultivation was here
unbroken, yet the number of the fields evidently left long
unsown suggested deficiency in either water-supply or
population. Near Shih-hui-yao-miao, a large temple in
course of construction, we pitched camp, a violent gale
blowing down from the mountains all the evening. With-
out bringing a drop of rain to the plains, it cleared away
all the clouds that had been hovering for days along the
great snowy range.

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