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0229 The heart of a continent : vol.1
The heart of a continent : vol.1 / Page 229 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000247
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e had actually been captured b
ds sold into slavery. It wa
n, and as it is their habit t
ropes of the tent and let it do
e unwary enough to use on
en on the glaciers, and, hav
g ourselves behind our tent
, dark always altering the pa
ed during daylight, so that F
been watching us then, we o
ht, stand less risk of then fol
the Chiragholdi Pass, we fol
stream. But soon the stream
ar could we find grass or bak
n, and with it a snowstorm;
ular these circumstances there w
ry. Stumbling along over the bare
ras some bushes, and a little furt
rain; grass was found on its sl
ht.
y day we reached the Yarkot
ground—the furthest point
rch down the river nearly ther
at this time of the year follo
ily bed, the width of the valley
r four hundred yards. All al
of jungle, and here and there
in-sides were quite bare.
the Yarkand River, we reached
a dozen huts and a smiling
arash-tarin. There were also
nerly cultivated, and it is well
ly recent period, certainly within
of the Yarkand River was iden