. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ing to bud. and a few isolated juniper bushes—Juniperus excelsa—the only woody growth of all these desolate shores except where thereis artificial cultivation. It assumes such a twisted, stunted andcontorted aspect as scarcely to deserve the name of tree, even whenit has a thick tiuiik of many years standing and numerous branches. The valley runs eastward at first for 7 or 8 miles, and then turnsnorth-eastward. Some 14 miles from Dras the path leaves the leftside o
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ing to bud. and a few isolated juniper bushes—Juniperus excelsa—the only woody growth of all these desolate shores except where thereis artificial cultivation. It assumes such a twisted, stunted andcontorted aspect as scarcely to deserve the name of tree, even whenit has a thick tiuiik of many years standing and numerous branches. The valley runs eastward at first for 7 or 8 miles, and then turnsnorth-eastward. Some 14 miles from Dras the path leaves the leftside of the valley and crosses the river over a bridge built in two sections,resting on a big boulder in the middle of the stream, and not confidence by its appearance. We crossed it leading our poniesover the beams, which shook and groaned under the weight. The long days march ended at Karbu bungalow, 21 miles fromDras, in a narrow gorge of the valley. Beyond the brawhng torrent,on the rocks of the steep left side of the valley, were a troop of ibexes, Tlic Dras Valley below Kartil IiniiH (jUeV aBiG jil. Tho Dras Vallev 79 which the Shikari Abdullah followed with hungry eyes, pointing themout to us for several hours. All this upper part of the Dras valley, asfar as the place where the road to Leh branches off, is inhabited by amixed population. Among the coolies engaged at and the peoplewe met on the road and in the villages and fields, the marked Mongoltypes were numerous and perhaps in the majority, with their slantingeyes, projecting cheek bones and hairless faces or thin, brLstly beards.
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