. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. The Ketuni to Sriiiagar. 331 river. Here we had a most diverting climb up and down steepcheminees, at some points of which stone slabs had been set in Mke steps,or crossing steep smooth rocks. The coolies took these much betterthan we did, thanks to their pabboos. We rounded the end of the spurabout 700 feet above the river, and descended on the other side overbroken schists scattered with garnets down to the flat valley bottom,where the great boulder stands that m
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. The Ketuni to Sriiiagar. 331 river. Here we had a most diverting climb up and down steepcheminees, at some points of which stone slabs had been set in Mke steps,or crossing steep smooth rocks. The coolies took these much betterthan we did, thanks to their pabboos. We rounded the end of the spurabout 700 feet above the river, and descended on the other side overbroken schists scattered with garnets down to the flat valley bottom,where the great boulder stands that marks the stage of Korophon. It. BRIDGE OVER THE BRALDOH AT ASKOLEY. was now noon, and we made our camp, though hardly more than amile and a half beyond the opening of the Punmah valley, on the otherside of which we had stopped the day before. In the afternoon we hada severe rainstorm, which confined us to our tents for several hours, thecoolies meanwhile huddling in the lee of the great boulder. The fulltide marking the daily period of maximum melting on the glaciersreached us between seven and eight oclock, unexpected and severe, likea heavy flood. The river was at least twice its former volume, thoughwe had not had a ray of sun for two days. Next day we were soon atthe Biafo glacier, which gave us a couple of hours of marching verylike that on the Baltoro. We found the Braldoh vallcv covered witli 332 Chapter XVIIT. bushes. The snow h<ul quite disappeared from the sides, and everylittle nook on the high slopes was rich in pasturage for the ibexes. Wewent along the alluvial terrace, which was strewn with blocks
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