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| Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.4 |
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FROM LADAK TO EAST TURKESTAN.
Fig. 308. TSCHORTENS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE VALLEY OF HEMI.
part of it had been drawn off for the irrigation of the fields. At dusk it again began to snow, and the snow fell so thick and fast that we were unable to see anything whatever of the country. Just above the bold bluff that is crowned by the monastery of Dschimre we halted. The pass was said to be practicable, though far more difficult than in December, owing to the quantities of snow which since then
Fig. 307. HEMI-GOMPA AS SEEN FROM ABOVE.
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