. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. CROSSING THE ON A ZHAK. by Godwin Austen, it is inhabited by a snow-white bird which guardsa lump of pure gold placed on a cushion of embroidered velvet. Anyobject which cannot be found in the morning is supposed to have beenstolen by the Pir. Luckily this thievish fowl paid no attention to us. The Tehsildar of Skardu took leave of the Duke, and retired to hishome, carrying our mails with him. The ponies had been left on theother side of the river, and hen
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. CROSSING THE ON A ZHAK. by Godwin Austen, it is inhabited by a snow-white bird which guardsa lump of pure gold placed on a cushion of embroidered velvet. Anyobject which cannot be found in the morning is supposed to have beenstolen by the Pir. Luckily this thievish fowl paid no attention to us. The Tehsildar of Skardu took leave of the Duke, and retired to hishome, carrying our mails with him. The ponies had been left on theother side of the river, and henceforward our journey was all on foot. From Skardu to Askoley, 146 The Brakloh valley is of the same type as the Indus, only its smallerdimensions make it seem even more narrow, and its walls more pre-cipitous. It makes sharper turns, too, round the foot of the spurs whichrun down on either side and cross each other. The masses of detritusand sedimentary deposit which cling to the precipices up to a consider-able height are extremely insecure, and the path must, without doubt,be frequently destroyed or cut off by THE IXJWER BRALDOn, WITH THE CANCHEN IN THE BACKGROUND. The distance up the valley fiom Dusso to Askoley, the highestvillage, is about 22 miles, with a ]ise of 2,140 feet—from 7,874 to10,013 feet. But the path is several miles longer than the distance asthe crow flies, and there must be several thousand feet of up anddown involved in crossing the numerous lidges which lie in its first and one of the very steepest is the long spur which runsdown just above Dusso, and which the path crosses about feetabove the river. At the top of the laborious climb we halted a littleto take breath, and to gaze upon the great glaciers of Ganchen. Thecoolies made a little fire in the shelter of a big projecting rock, ;ind (9221) K I4(j Chapter IX. prepared their usual early breakfast by crumbling their chupattisinto hot water with a little salt. Others were i
Size: 1788px × 1397px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsavoialu, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1912
