THE GHAS-KÖL AND TO THE DOUBLE GORGE IN THE AKATO-TAGH. 285
below the pass. In this expansion the glen is joined by another similar glen coming from the main crest and running to the south-east. Had a fresh land-slide taken place above this camp, we should have been caught as in a rat-trap. On our way back up to the pass, the mountain-masses on both sides stood out more conspicuously than before; for without turning we were able to see all the way up each of the side-glens, which came down at an acute angle and had at their heads the mountain-masses in question. Camp CIV was situated a short distance above Camp CII, where the little side-glen leads down from the pass.