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Among the Celestials : vol.1 |
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"shoot" in the cliff. It was very steep and
rocky, but by unloading the ponies, and putting
one man on to lead each in front and two others
to hold on to the tail behind, we managed to
let the ponies down one by one, and after a
good deal of labour found ourselves, bag and
baggage, on the edge of a river, which in some
ways might be considered the main branch of
the Yarkand River.
This tributary, which the Baltis with me
called the Shaksgam, but which the Kirghiz
seem to know as the Oprang, was previously
unknown. It rises among the glaciers of the
main watershed. Two years later I followed
it down to its junction with the other branch of
the Yarkand River.
We continued down the valley of the Oprang
(Shaksgam) River, till we came to another
stream, which my Baltis called the Sarpo Laggo,
flowing down from the main range and joining
it on the left bank. This we ascended till we
reached a patch of jungle called Suget Jangal.
Just before arriving there I chanced to look up
rather suddenly, and a sight met my eyes which
fairly staggered me. We had just turned a
corner which brought into view, on the left
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