. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. The Torture of Frost-bite. banks of the Irtish where there was wood in abundance, which enabled us to indulge in a fire as some sort of solace to the toils of the day. Mortification of the frost-bitten parts had now set in, and the operation of dressing my wounds and disposing of the gangrene resulting therefrom was indeed a painful task I found a soluti
. Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia. Etherton, Percy Thomas, 1874-; Hunting -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Description and travel. The Torture of Frost-bite. banks of the Irtish where there was wood in abundance, which enabled us to indulge in a fire as some sort of solace to the toils of the day. Mortification of the frost-bitten parts had now set in, and the operation of dressing my wounds and disposing of the gangrene resulting therefrom was indeed a painful task I found a solution of carbolic, from some tabloids I carried, very good for this, and continued the treatment twice daily, despite the pain occasioned by it, until arrival at TREKKING THROUGH THE BLACK IRTISH VALLEY. I was obliged to halt another day on the banks of the Irtish River, pending repairs to the wretched tarantass being com- pleted. The front axle was hopelessly broken down the centre, but we managed to patch it up by binding a piece of iron round the woodwork, not perhaps a brilliant specimen of the black- smith's art, but good enough for the occasion. On January 5th we resumed the march, rather a sorrowful band, as Yusuf was now very bad with a swollen face, due to frost-bite, to allay which I could do nothing beyond bandaging it and seating him on a camel, where he wept steadily from pain and anguish for three whole days, at the end of which time 391. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Etherton, P. T. (Percy Thomas), b. 1879. London, Constable and Company, Ltd.
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