. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. akhis, Tartarsfrom Chinese Turkestan andTibetans, often accompaniedby tlieir wives, their flocksand their herds, and leadinghorses or yaks laden withmerchandise, crossing andrecrossing the Himalaya overthis, the only trade routebetween Tibet and Kashgaron one side and Kashmir,Afghanistan and Persia on theother. Baltal stands 9,258 feetabove the sea leveP at thefoot of a perpendicular spurof the Kanipatri group, whichdominates the Zoji La tothe south. Here the Sind
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. akhis, Tartarsfrom Chinese Turkestan andTibetans, often accompaniedby tlieir wives, their flocksand their herds, and leadinghorses or yaks laden withmerchandise, crossing andrecrossing the Himalaya overthis, the only trade routebetween Tibet and Kashgaron one side and Kashmir,Afghanistan and Persia on theother. Baltal stands 9,258 feetabove the sea leveP at thefoot of a perpendicular spurof the Kanipatri group, whichdominates the Zoji La tothe south. Here the Sind valley bifurcates. The greater branch,through which the Panjtarni torrent flows, runs south-east; the otheris a short, steep gorge, which leads to the pass and carries on the generaltrend of the Sind valley towards the east. Both are deep gorges withprecipitous sides much broken up by landslides. In the angle formedby the meeting-place of the Panjtarni torrent with the stream that comesdown from the Zoji La. is a small plateau with a grove of sycamores,birches, poplar and willow trees, mingled with several sorts of NEAR BALTAL. Hypsometric measurement calculated with tour stations of a height of 9,321 feet; Oestreich 9,350 feet. Schlagintweit gives The Sind \alley. ci Here stands a new, roomy bungalow, where caravans can dwell at ease,to give time to the new-fallen snow either to be hardened by frost or tofall in avalanches, before attempting the dangerous pass. Mr. Baines had sent thirty Balti coolies from Dras to meet us, underthe guidance of the head Shikari Abdullah, so as to beat the path overthe snow on the hills and to help our Kashmiris with the loads. Thusthere were over 300 coolies gathered at Baltal and lodged partly in
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