FROM THE PANGGONG-TSO TO LEH.
In point of volume the Indus was nearly the reverse of impressive, and I confess I was almost disappointed, having expected to find a vast stream. But then I called to mind the season of the year, the absolute altitude at which we actually
were, and the circumstance that the river is not joined by its great tributaries until it gets farther down, and I realised that there existed no grounds for disappointment. Besides, the shape of the river-bed alone bears eloquent testimony to its
Fig. 279. COURT-YARD OF TIKSE-GOMPA.
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