went through. The ascent from the station up to the actual pass (alt., i 1,500 feet) is very slight, scarcely noticeable, and on the other side the descent is equally gentle at first. In fact, in such a dead level of universal whiteness it was difficult to say
Fig. 296. ON THE SLOPES OF SODSCHI-LAS JANUARY 1902.
where the actual water-divide was situated. But it is the mountainous character of the country on the south side of the pass that makes the Sodschi-la so dreaded, and generally keeps it closed for a certain part of the winter, or at any rate makes it
Fig. 295. ON THE SLOPES OF SODSCHI-LA, JANUARY 1902.
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