A DETOUR ROUND THE GREAT GLACIATED MOUNTAIN. 141
a short distance we travelled south-east, in order to get round offshoots from what was a veritable mountain of mire. This led a great number of small brooks, which run down to a large glen the north, picking up several other pretty big mountain torrents
the worst of the us to cross over that proceeds to on its way. All
Fig. 110. CAMP XLVI AT AN ALTITUDE OF 5,143 M. HERE A WILD YAK WAS KILLED.
these united streams empty finally into a small pool embedded amongst soft hills. Hence a considerable volume of water flows into this small reservoir, and as the reservoir does not appear to have any visible outlet, it probably possesses a subterranean discharge.
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