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he continued down the valley and then crossed

a plain and ascended the Hara-gu La, about 14,300 feet, at 54 miles. Then he descended a

valley and at 6-1 miles struck north up the Tze-ku

Chu valley, 2 miles wide and grassy, but rather

marshy, where a few gazelle were seen. Following

this was a gradual rise till at 13-I miles the Crei-tay Nya-ra (Nya-ra = Ya-k'ou = pass), about 14,000

feet, is reached, on the other side of which was a

descent down a small valley to Jou-ri-ku camp, 13,563 feet. Not a human being was seen all day,

but there was a small chorten near the camp.

Though cold, this day's march was not so disagree-

able as the previous, as the way was sheltered

from the north by a side valley.

Snow fell during the night. It cleared with

the morning's sun on October 14, but there was a

sleet storm before the end of the day's march of

141 miles to Jara-güng, and Pereira writes in his

diary this day : " Prospects very wretched, besides

I had nausea and indigestion, and the sight of my

boy's food made me feel sick ". Dr. Thompson

says that on this day Pereira took practically no

food, but they opened some tinned stores and

Pereira was persuaded to take some hot milk and

dry biscuits. In spite, however, of his sickness

he still kept up his detailed description of each

day's march.

The road continues down the Jou-ri Chu valley

for 12 mile, when the river turns north and appar-

ently flows into the Yangtze, in which case the

Crei-tay is the Yangtze-Ho Chu divide and it

continues in a high snow-peaked range running

N.N.E. The road then ascends a side valley, and

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