. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. afternoon. They generally lasted three or four hours and ceased toward evening. (9221) F 2 84 Chai)tcr y\. Almost opposite the camp the Dras was joined by the Sum, a largeriver which flows from the south, bringing the waters produced l)y themelting of the glaciers of the Nun Kun. Oestreich rightly observesthat it would be more correct to regard the Dras as a confluent of theSuru. A ragged, wretched, sickly-looking crowd was gathered upon therocks, and gazing at us
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. afternoon. They generally lasted three or four hours and ceased toward evening. (9221) F 2 84 Chai)tcr y\. Almost opposite the camp the Dras was joined by the Sum, a largeriver which flows from the south, bringing the waters produced l)y themelting of the glaciers of the Nun Kun. Oestreich rightly observesthat it would be more correct to regard the Dras as a confluent of theSuru. A ragged, wretched, sickly-looking crowd was gathered upon therocks, and gazing at us quite motionless. Perhaps they came from. 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 »/
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