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Citation Information
CONTENTS. xiii.
PAGE
—We lose our way—Shi-ga-tai—Bad inns of Kashgaria—Pi-chan—A pleasant oasis—Curious holes—A Turki inn—Wells of Chinese soldiers—Arrival at Turfan—An Afghan merchant—A cross-examination—The AndijanisThe shops and wares—A Hajji—His experiences and his influenceKokhandees—Living in holes—Description of Turfan—Toksun—A hard day's work—Kumesha—Karashar—Tunganis—Kalmak encampments—The Turks—Purchasing a pony—A rescued Mongol lady—Fords, ferries, and swamps—Hospitable Turks—Mosquitoes again—The worst carter in Asia—The art of cart-driving—Korlia—A reorganization—Doolans—Kuchê —Soldier thieves—A regular horse-dealer—Traces of Yakoob Beg—Kizil-
Cultivated land—Aksu—Travelling merchants—Rahmat-ula-Khan—Ush
Turfan—Memories of Robert Shaw—A Kirghiz encampment—Curious
companions—Darning my stockings—Balls of curds—The Kara-kara Pass
—The Syrt country—A captive eagle—Riding down eagles—Hostile Kirghiz—Rahmat-ula-Khan's diplomacy—His opinions on Russians and
English—First sight of the Pamir Mountains—Artysh—Arrival at Kashgar —The Afghan aksakal—" Robert "—MM. Petrovsky and Hendriks-
Arrival and welcome at Yarkand ... ... ... ... ... I23:-
CHAPTER VII.
INTO THE HEART OF THE HIMALAYAS.
Chinese Turkestan—Chiefly desert—Oases—A land of extremes—A people of imperturbable mediocrity—A suggestion from Colonel Bell—Preparations for the Mustagh Pass—Dalgleish's house—His characteristics—Robert Shaw—His career and fate—Chinese officials—Courtesy of the AmbanA sumptuous feast—My guide Wali—Start from Yarkand—Market daysKugiar—Tupa Dawan Pass—The Pakhpu—Chiraghsaldi Pass—Danger of Kanj uti robbers—The Yarkand River—Karash-tarim—Raskam district —Disused smelting furnaces—Khoja Mohammed gorge—Surakwat stream —A bad day's march—Foretaste of severe cold—Elation of difficulty—The Aghil Pass-" The other side of the hill "—A stupendous scene—A precarious descent—The Oprang River—The Karakoram—Suget Jangal—K.2 I7o•
CHAPTER VIII.
THE MUSTAGH I'ASS.
A discouraging start—A precipice blocks the way—My Ladaki servant refuses descent of the precipice—Mountains of solid ice—My first glacier—Icecaves—Scarcity of supplies—Difficulties of the ponies—A possible way out —My last pair of boots—In a sea of ice—The two Mustagh passes—A choice of evils—A critical stage—Intense cold at night—On the summit of the pass—Advantages of silence—A perilous ice-slope—Drogpa gives in—A sheer precipice to pass—Courage of my men—The last to descend—In safety once more—A glorious night scene—Crevasses—My last bottle of brandy broken—Baltoro Glacier—Suffering from want of boots—A ducking, —We reach Askoli—Inhospitable reception—Start for the New Mustagh Pass—Superstitious dread of the mountains—Cornered between two glaciers —The Punmah Glacier—A rope bridge—Wali's fear—The Braldo River—The Shigar valley—Baltistan—The Baltis—A subject race—I take leave
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