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0248 Southern Tibet : vol.4
Southern Tibet : vol.4 / Page 248 (Color Image)

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few kilometers before traversing it. We therefore crossed the plain south of the
lake in a straight line. The rise was gradual and comfortable to the foot of the
southern hills. A comparatively large erosion furrow from the western mountains
was crossed, and later on we followed a dry watercourse from the southern hills.
These beds, as well as many others around the lake, carry water at some seasons
and very likely the lake bed becomes filled with a very thin sheet of water, which
soon evaporates in the autumn. At half an hour's distance from *Camp LXXI*, we
crossed an old beach-line of the lake. We entered the valley coming from the next
pass in front of us. Its gravelly bed was filled with extensive ice-sheets and some
running water, from springs. Here *Camp LXXII* was pitched. Of wild animals,
only a few antelopes were seen. Dung of kyangs was common, but no signs of
wild yak was to be found. From numerous old fireplaces, one could see that the
Tibetans used to pass a night here on their wanderings. At half past ten a. m. the
usual S. W. wind began.

Pan. 80, Tab. 13, shows the view to the north from *Camp LXXII*. In the
foreground are the last slopes of the hills on both sides of the valley from the pass.
Above them a part of the lake is visible and north of it, the mountain group
bordering the lake basin at that side.