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CHAP. viii.] KANJUTI ROBBERS. 205

tured by these robbers and afterwards sold into

slavery. It was necessary to take every pre-

caution, and, as it is their habit to attack at

night, cut the ropes of the tent and let it down

on the top of you, if you are unwary enough to

use one, we had to live in the open, even on

the glaciers, and, however cold it might be,

sheltering ourselves behind any friendly rock

we could find, and after dark always altering

the position we had ostentatiously assumed

during daylight, so that if any Kanjutis hap-

pened to have been watching us then, they

might be unable to find us.

Descending from the Chiraghsaldi Pass, we

followed down the pebbly bed of a stream.

But soon the stream disappeared under the

stones, nor could we find grass or bushes for

fuel, and the three great requisites of a traveller,

water, wood, and grass, were all missing. Dark-

ness came on, and with it a snowstorm ; but

still we plodded on, as under these circum-

stances there was no possibility of encamping.

Stumbling along over the heavy boulders, we at

last came across some bushes, and a little farther

on the stream appeared again ; grass was found

on its edges, and we encamped for the night.

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