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0323 The heart of a continent : vol.1
The heart of a continent : vol.1 / Page 323 (Color Image)

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proceeding to the capital of the country. The valley we were
in soon narrowed to a precipitous gorge, and Lieutenant
Cockerill, who explored it three years later, confirmed the
stories of the Kirghiz, and indeed of the Hunza men them-
selves, that the road along it is quite impracticable for ponies,
and even very difficult for men.

An official, with a letter from Safder Ali, the chief of Hunza,
came into camp this day. Captain Durand had duly impressed
him with the necessity of seeing me through his country, and
he accordingly extended a welcome to me. I wrote him back
a letter thanking him for his welcome, and saying I wished
to travel on the Pamirs first, and would do myself the pleasure
of paying him a visit a few weeks later. I then returned with
my party across the Shimshal Pass, and rejoining Turdi Kol
and the Kirghiz, who had been left behind with the camels,
again descended the Oprang River to its junction with the
Yarkand River, or Raskam River as it is known locally, at
Chong Jangal.