Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . THE UPPER YENISEI BASIN 95 steadily in a wrong direction, and it was only after manyfalse attempts that, late in the day, we emerged from thejungle on to upland meadows, knee-deep in marigolds,and covered with luxuriant bog-plants, and camped onthe edge of the tree-line below the peak. The next daywe climbed over banks covered with dwarf rhododendron,on to slopes of moss and lichen, which led up to rockyskrees culminating in a snow-patched summit. We greatly appreciated the change when at length,after
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . THE UPPER YENISEI BASIN 95 steadily in a wrong direction, and it was only after manyfalse attempts that, late in the day, we emerged from thejungle on to upland meadows, knee-deep in marigolds,and covered with luxuriant bog-plants, and camped onthe edge of the tree-line below the peak. The next daywe climbed over banks covered with dwarf rhododendron,on to slopes of moss and lichen, which led up to rockyskrees culminating in a snow-patched summit. We greatly appreciated the change when at length,after eleven days of toilsome jungle and curtailed views,we climbed triumphant to the summit above the forestsand gazed down for the first time into the romanticregion beyond. The form of the mountain was that of atable, and its flat top was composed of a jumble of graniteboulders ; moss, lichen, and dwarf rhododendron greweven at its highest altitude in places where there wassufficient soil, while a few patches of snow were stilllying in deep drifts. Beyond and below us were longreaches of pl
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