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| Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol.3 |
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Citation Information
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MY JOURNEY ALONG THE ARKA-TAGH IN 1896.
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Fig. 399. OUR CAMP IN THE MIT VALLEY.
On the 5th August we started with the entire caravan, • and travelled by way of Joli-kol and Sarik-kol, and on the following day, passing the western glen of Tschokalik on our left hand, we entered the recently mentioned great mountain-portals that lead off the river Mit. There cliffs of red granite predominate. We encamped beside the river in the district of Lajka at an altitude of 4008 m. The name is indicative of the great amount of sediment in the river-bed. The volume of the river was only 4 cub.m. in the second. On its right side it is fenced in by a thick terrace of gravel-and-shingle. The accompanying sketch (fig. 4o I) gives
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Fig. 400. LOOKING ENE FROM JAPKAKLIK-DAVAN.
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