. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. nto many branches, none of them too big toford. The valley was remarkably barren, without a single stretch ofverdure as large as that at Rdokass. We saw a few thorny bushes ofastragalus, some artimesia, myricaria and e-phedra, and a small camped near the mouth of the Punmah valley, where we had stoppedon our upward march. At evening it rained again. The Punmah, which in May we had forded without difficulty, hadnow become a boisterous stream, obliging
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. nto many branches, none of them too big toford. The valley was remarkably barren, without a single stretch ofverdure as large as that at Rdokass. We saw a few thorny bushes ofastragalus, some artimesia, myricaria and e-phedra, and a small camped near the mouth of the Punmah valley, where we had stoppedon our upward march. At evening it rained again. The Punmah, which in May we had forded without difficulty, hadnow become a boisterous stream, obliging us to climb up its valley forover two miles to a place where there was a jhula bridge across a narrow 330 Chapter XVIII. gorge. All easy path led to it, but was broken by a large stream which,at this season, could only be forded in the morning hours, when it wasat its lowest. Here we found a number of coolies on the slope, with thelittle herd of goats. The bridge was in fair condition, though ratherlong and swaying. After crossing it, we stopped for nearly an hourto enjoy the sight of the passage of the caravan. Jemadars and. BRIDGE OVER THE PUNMAII. chuprassis shouted deafening orders, and the men got from one bankto the other, moving with great caution but not awkwardly. Afterthe loads were over, the little flock had to be transported, each goatriding on the shoulders of a coolie, carried in a sort of sling. It lookedodd enough to see the goats head with its curling horns rising like ahelmet over the head of the coolie. Most of the animals let themselvesbe carried quite docilely, but a few bleated and wriggled with fear. The usual summer route runs from the bridge to a pass in theLaskam spur, which forms the right side of the valley, 12,730 feet high,and descends thence directly to Korophon. But our Balti guides tookus along the slope of the spur to its end, where it falls vertically to the
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