boundary of »Chinese Tartary»; and — the representation of the main branch of the Indus. On the Upper Shayok there are some names, difficult to recognize. They may have been misunderstood from Mir Izzet Ullah's verbal report. The uppermost part of the Shayok is running almost W.-E. between Yapchan and Sassar, both names correctly written. From Yapchan the road goes directly up to the Karakorum Pass, on the northern side of which is Barangsar. From Sassar to Yapchan the road is marked along the Shayok, crossing the river at five places. But of the Murghu road there is no trace at all. This proves clearly enough that Mir Izzet Ullah did not hear of the Murghu road, or, at any rate, did not use it, showing that the Kumdan road was open in 182 I, as it had been in 18 12 . At that period the glaciers were in a period of retreat.
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