. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. OUR CAMP UNDER THE APRICOTS AT OLTHIN-(lTHAN(;. some village nestled high up among the neighbouring rocks, or possiblyfrom Karkitchu, the big village on the opposite bank of the Dras. Wepaid and dismissed the ponies which we had brought from Dras; andfifty-eight others, come we knew not whence, were immediately loadedand sent on before. All through the night we heard our coolies coughing as they squattedround the camp, ill-protected by their wretched woollens from
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. OUR CAMP UNDER THE APRICOTS AT OLTHIN-(lTHAN(;. some village nestled high up among the neighbouring rocks, or possiblyfrom Karkitchu, the big village on the opposite bank of the Dras. Wepaid and dismissed the ponies which we had brought from Dras; andfifty-eight others, come we knew not whence, were immediately loadedand sent on before. All through the night we heard our coolies coughing as they squattedround the camp, ill-protected by their wretched woollens from thecold, which went down to 42° F. Next morning we found them stillsquatting in a circle at a respectful distance from the tents, in the sameposture in which we had left them the evening before. Perhaps theyhad spent the whole night without moving. We had to enlist thirty-eight extra coolies, as only twenty-one ponies were available. At Olthingthang i;(ij^ni(hlI »/. The Dras Vallev. 85 The valley, as it approaches its end, grows so narrow that thereis no room for the path at the bottom, and it has to wind up and downthe steep spurs. The temperature had risen considerably, and the sunwas hot even early in the morning, so that our third stage in the Drasvalley, though only 14 miles long, Avas fatiguing enough. The pathfollowed the left and steeper bank of the valley, where there is no levelground suitable for cultivation. The opposite bank was dotted withvillages and gardens.
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