FROM LADAK TO EAST TURKESTAN.
sequently easier. We kept to the right of the rather deeply trenched watercourse until we crossed over it just below the district of Sos. The locality above the ford is known as Gerem, a name pointing to the presence of one or more stone huts. The place where we encamped for the night is called Gäsgä-aghsi or Ghäza-aghsi ; its altitude was 3208 m. There we found a hut and a tent, and fields in which corn is grown.
May 4th. The day before we had, as it were, passed from winter to spring; we now passed from spring to summer. Flies, gadflies, and insects of every sort now began to make their appearance. The sun beat hot, and the heat was reflected
Fig. 348. VIEWS FROM THE SANDSCHU-DAVAN.
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