. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ^. ^:. THE CAMP, LOOKIXC! DOWN THE VALLEY. followed by a trail of small detritus that slitl down the ice with a pro-longed crackling sound. All this fell at the foot of the slope withoutdanger to us, but the coolies were uneasy and kept looking at the glacieras though they had an obscure consciousness of the life animatingthe huge mass. It is so seemingly inert, yet within so full of motionand ceaseless transformation, that one gets an impression as of some-thing f
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ^. ^:. THE CAMP, LOOKIXC! DOWN THE VALLEY. followed by a trail of small detritus that slitl down the ice with a pro-longed crackling sound. All this fell at the foot of the slope withoutdanger to us, but the coolies were uneasy and kept looking at the glacieras though they had an obscure consciousness of the life animatingthe huge mass. It is so seemingly inert, yet within so full of motionand ceaseless transformation, that one gets an impression as of some-thing furtive and insidious, like a monster crouching. One single ravenkept watch over our camp the whole day, perched on a near-byprojection and following all our movements with the closest attention. Guillarmod noticed similar trunks of old juniper uj)on the sIoj)es above Liligo, and theVVorkmans saw along the sides of the Chogo Lungma valley dead tree trunks considerablylarger than any of the living trees. These too are symptomatic of a change of climate. From Askokv to IMoksiss. 185 With the cool of the evening the atmosphere graduall
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