. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. cd by thenatives who live at their foot. Stein tliinks that only troublous times of war and danger fromenemies could have induced them to risk their lives on the glaciers (see the afterLongstafts lecture. The Baltoro Bass, printed in Alp. Jour. 25, 1911, p. 670). Longstaff agreeswith Stein that the glacier routes were more probably used by war refugees and messengers,in times of hostile invasion, instead of for trade purposes, and were abandoned with
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. cd by thenatives who live at their foot. Stein tliinks that only troublous times of war and danger fromenemies could have induced them to risk their lives on the glaciers (see the afterLongstafts lecture. The Baltoro Bass, printed in Alp. Jour. 25, 1911, p. 670). Longstaff agreeswith Stein that the glacier routes were more probably used by war refugees and messengers,in times of hostile invasion, instead of for trade purposes, and were abandoned with the returnof peace. (9-2-21) N 4 200 Chapter XL to nibble the dry grass that stuck out here and there through the the day we finished all our arrangements for the base camp. The coolies enjoyed the unexpected rest, huddled in their dens asthick as rabbits in a warren. They swarmed in every chink and hollowamong the rocks. We discovered that they made as many separatelittle camps as there were villages from which they came, but evidently. THE SHIKARI ABDULLAH (ON THE LEFT), THE WAZIR OF SHICAR (cEXTRE) AND THREE CHUPRASSIS not owing to any hostiUty between these communities, for their relationswere unbroken and seemed very cordial. The variety of anthropo-logical tvpes is striking. By far the gieater number are dark, but afew are blond, occasionally even red-haired. Some are absolutelysmooth-faced, others have thick beards. One would say that the Italictypes prevailed—characteristic Lombard heads, the full and somewhathea^7 features of certain portrait busts of Roman anticj^uity, and mostmarked of all, the type, by no means uncommon, of the Florentine j^ageof the trecento, with a face that agrees very well with the fringe of longhair hanging all round the head. One sees sometimes a group positively Sunset. Taken from the rocks above Kdokass ;l>/l avolii H/lxn -jdl rnoit tij^lnT .Joannrl r ?
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