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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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lofty snowy mountains on the southern side. On the north
only one glacier of any size joins in, and it is evident that
the southern range gets far the greater portion of the snowfall,
although the mountains on the north are in some cases very
little inferior in height. The Crevasse Glacier seemed to me
to be retiring; at any rate I should certainly say it was not
advancing, for the moraine was deposited some few hundred
yards in advance of the ice of the glacier, and there were
marks of glacial action on the mountain-sides far above
the present level of the glacier. The small glaciers—those
resembling clotted cream—on the mountain slopes were
certainly retiring. The glacier was very much lower in the
centre than at the sides, and at the sides were the remains
of successive beds of conglomerate, compact and hard, and
level at the top, of a different character altogether to glacial
moraine, so that it appeared as if there had formerly been
a thick bed of conglomerate filling up the valley, and that
it had now been swept out by the glacier. This, however,
is only in the lower half, where the mountain slopes are
comparatively gentle and formed of shingle; higher up, the
sides are precipitous, and there are no signs of the conglomerate
formation. The fall of the glacier as far as we went was
two thousand two hundred and eighty feet in twenty-four
thousand four hundred yards, or about one in thirty-two. Its
general direction is N.N.W.
It was a glorious morning as we descended the glacier—
clear and bright, as it can be only at these great mountain
heights. I set off at a good pace ahead of the men and ponies,
so as to get back to the luxury of my larger tent, table, chairs,
books, and papers as quickly as possible. As I approached
the Suget Jangal camp, the men, when they saw me alone
came rushing out, thinking something desperate must have
happened. I told them that all the matter was that I wanted
some lunch and a change of lower garments, for I had had
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