. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ere provided with dark glasses for the journey of themorrow. All through the afternoon showers of fine snow kejit falling likewaterfalls off the rocky spur of Kanipatri in the rear of the the clear evening light we could distinguish the deep walls of thevalleys furrowed with gulUes and chinmeys between sharp ridges endingin spires, aiguilles and peaks, covered with virgin snow. From thePanjtarni valley a dizzy ridge leads up to the fine peak of Ambarnat
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. ere provided with dark glasses for the journey of themorrow. All through the afternoon showers of fine snow kejit falling likewaterfalls off the rocky spur of Kanipatri in the rear of the the clear evening light we could distinguish the deep walls of thevalleys furrowed with gulUes and chinmeys between sharp ridges endingin spires, aiguilles and peaks, covered with virgin snow. From thePanjtarni valley a dizzy ridge leads up to the fine peak of Ambarnath,above 17,000 feet in height. It all seemed quite inaccessible, but it 62 CMuipter IV. must look very different in the summertime. Later in the eveninga great landsHde fell from a considerable height from the wall of theZoji La valley, and hurled itself down with a thundering sound, rollingdown earth, stones and snow, which spread out in a gigantic fan, coveringthe path up to the pass for a long distance. The mountain wall aboveis left scarred by a wide gash that stands out conspicuous amid thespotless snows surrounding THE MOUTH OI THE ZOJI LA, FROM BALTAL. We went to bed for a few hours only, for the ascent must be madebefore the sun rises to melt the bonds of frost which hold the snow fastupon the slopes. CHAPTER V. ZOJI LA. Ethnological and Commercial Importance. — The Gorge of Baltal. — The Pass in Summer.—Geology. — The Gumber Valley. — The Metjuhoy (Glacier. — Minimurg. — The Plateauof Mutajun. — Pandras. — The Last Gorges of the Valley. — The Dras Basin. — Fort andBungalow. — Population. — Farewell to Kashmir. Zoji La is the Tibetan nameof a pass wMch has the greatesthistorical and commercial im-portance. It is 11,230 feet abovesea level, ^ and is the lowest pointin the Himalayan ridge betweenthe Indus valley and the vale ofKashmir. From time immemorialit has been the great trade routebetween Chinese Turkestan andTibet on one hand, and In
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