clouds from its highest peaks. Those above the glaciers of Kongur-debe and Koksel rise, according to our triangulation, to elevations of 23,600 and 23,470 feet, respectively, and thus fairly rival Murtagh-Ata, for which 24,321 feet is the latest ascertained height. All the same I was glad to learn from the Kashgar pony-men that I should not have to force my way through the gap known as the Kara-task ("Black stone ") Pass, which on the south separates that range from the " Father of Ice Mountains." Instead of this difficult route the Gez gorge was reported to be available, though in the flooded condition of the Yamanyar River I had scarcely-ventured to hope for this.
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