. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. lly. On every side we kept hearingtheir shrill frightened squeak. The pasture lands of the Deosai are saidto harbour a good many bears. Birds are scarce, likewise insects. Wpsaw no crickets, bees or wasps, and but few butterflies, despite the richgrass and many blossoms. The species of the latter were in no waystriking. There is a certain sort of gnat native to these parts, of very Tlie Ketuni fo Srina<iiir. 347 bad fame, said to be most annoying during the warm
. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. lly. On every side we kept hearingtheir shrill frightened squeak. The pasture lands of the Deosai are saidto harbour a good many bears. Birds are scarce, likewise insects. Wpsaw no crickets, bees or wasps, and but few butterflies, despite the richgrass and many blossoms. The species of the latter were in no waystriking. There is a certain sort of gnat native to these parts, of very Tlie Ketuni fo Srina<iiir. 347 bad fame, said to be most annoying during the warm part of the , however, were not troubled by it, and found the horseflies muchmore vexatious. Spiders were plentiful. Sella overtook us at our second stage, not far from the western limitof the plateau. As we had feared, he was prevented by mists and badweather from completing his photographic campaign in the Karakoramwith a panorama which would have had greater illustrative value thanany taken in the chains themselves. The disapjjointment was the morelamentable when the next day proved absolutely clear and brilliant,. SARSDJCIAR LAKE. without a vestige of mist. To the west of us, back of the mountainsbounding the plain, we saw far off the snowy peak of Nanga was our only glimpse of it. Leaving the Deosai plain, we ascended the gentle valley which leadsup to the col called Sarsingar, 14,042 feet high. Near it we passed amoraine lake, then on the summit of the col a second and larger one,which Drew and Workman consider to be likewise of morenic origin ;but Oestreich calls it a watershed lake. The downward slopes were quitegentle, and had patches of snow coming down from heights that lookedvery moderate, but are really 16,000 feet or more. According toOestreich the great glacier of Deosai must have come down over this-col, but it probably had more than one outlet. 348 Chapter XVIII. The head of another large valley, like a wide amphitheatre, calledChota Deosai,
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