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0552 Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.4
Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.4 / Page 552 (Color Image)

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FROM LADAK TO EAST TURKESTAN.

 
         

stones and slabs along the faces of the precipices, and upon them the road is carried. This is to avoid fording the stream unnecessarily, a task that grew every day more difficult. During the high-water period it is probably quite impossible to cross

         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
           

Fig. 317. A SHORT HALT.

 
             
         

the stream; it will then be too deep and too furious. Here I found it convenient to ride a yak, for I could safely leave the animal to look after itself, while I devoted all my attention to my map-making, which the winding character of the glen made very exacting.