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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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we were running a risk in starting without our supplies
complete, but the exploration of such a region could not be
accomplished without running risks of some sort. Camels in
sufficient numbers could not be obtained, and it was therefore
necessary to make the most of those that were available, and
trust to the second instalment of supplies reaching us as
arranged for.
The ponies and their equipment having been thoroughly
looked to, the pack-saddles repaired, and the loads properly
made up, we left Shahidula on September 3, leaving behind
the seventeen Kashmir sepoys, who were to stay for a month
at Shahidula to protect the trade route, and then return to Leh.
The party now consisted of six Gurkhas (guard); one orderly
surveyor; one interpreter (an Argoon of Leh); one cook (a
Ladaki); two Balti raft-men; five Kirghiz. Total, sixteen men,
with nineteen ponies (including one riding-pony for myself)
and thirteen camels. The Kirghiz all rode ponies in addition.
We struck off westward from Shahidula, following the route
which Hayward had taken on his exploration of the upper course
of the Yarkand River. We followed the valley of a river on
which were several patches of fine grazing, and till the
previous year had been well inhabited, but was now deserted on
account of Kanjuti raids. This valley is known by the name
of Khal Chuskun. Chuskun in Turki means "resting-place,"
and Khal is the name of a holy man from Bokhara who is said
to have rested here many years ago. The mountains bounding
the north of this valley are very bold and rugged, with fine
upstanding peaks and glaciers; but the range to the south,
which Hayward calls the Aktagh Range, was somewhat tame
in character, with round mild summits and no glaciers. The
Sokh-bulak is an easy pass, and from its summit to the east
could be seen the snowy range of the eastern Kuenlun
Mountains, while to the west appeared a rocky mass of
mountains culminating in three fine snowy peaks which
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