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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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head, could be seen a vast glacier, the out-
pourings of the mountain masses which give it
birth. It was a scene which, as I viewed it,
and realised that this seemingly impregnable
array must be pierced and overcome, seemed to
put the iron into my soul and stiffen up all my
energies for the task which lay before me.
Buried in the stirring feelings to which such
a scene gives rise, I sat there for more than an
hour, till the caravan arrived, and then we
slowly descended from the pass into the valley
bottom at our feet. The way was rough and
steep, but we reached the banks of the river
without any serious difficulty. Here, however,
we were brought to a standstill, for there was a
sheer cliff of a couple of hundred feet or so in
height running far away on either hand along
the river's edge. This at first seemed a serious
obstacle, but I had noticed on the way down
some tracks of kyang (wild asses), and as there
was no water above, I knew that these animals
must get down to the river to drink some way
or other, and that where they could go we
could go also. I therefore went back to these
tracks, carefully followed them up, and was
relieved to find they led down a practicable
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