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Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.4 |
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394 | 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. | |||||||
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