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very sick. Captain H. suffered during the night from a violent 

 headache. (P. 142.) 



July 11, passage of a place the height of which Mistress Hervey 

 estimates at about 17,000 feet: 



I had a worse headache than usual with a terrible oppression of 

 the chest. It is true that since the crossing of the pass of Bara-Lacha, 

 I have constantly suffered greatly from the effects of the rarity of the 

 air; a constant headache, and, especially during the night, a painful 

 pulmonary discomfort, and a very annoying acceleration of the move- 

 ments of the heart. I had hardly an hour of continuous sleep; I had 

 to sit down on my bed, as I could not breathe when I was lying down. 

 These lofty regions do not suit my lungs. (P. 152.) 



The following night, camp at 14,800 feet on the banks of Lake 

 Choomoreeree: 



I am now afraid of the night, because, far from sleeping, I suffer 

 terribly. Yesterday, it was really very painful; besides a cruel head- 

 ache, I suffered from great oppression in the chest, and my heart went 

 at a railroad pace, when I moved even an inch in my bed. (P. 153.) 



These sufferings were so great that they decided her to change 

 her route a little, to avoid great heights (P. 162) . And yet, July 16, 

 when she reached the foot of the pass of Tunglund, she wrote: 



We saw much poisonous bootie today on the road. I was wretch- 

 edly sick all night. About eleven o'clock in the evening, the 

 respiratory oppression and the suffocation became so unendurable that 

 I had to sit up on my bed to get my breath a little. (P. 169.) 



The next day, ascent of the pass (between 16,000 and 17,000 

 feet) : 



The odious moss of which I have spoken so often covered the 

 pass, and long before I reached the summit, I had a most violent 

 headache. But I had no nausea, perhaps because the pass is very easy. 

 (P. 171.) 



July 19 of the following year, in spite of her continued resi- 

 dence in the lofty regions of Little Thibet, Mistress Hervey was 

 not acclimated, for, as she crossed the pass of Brarmoorj in Wurd- 

 wun (from 15,000 to 16,000 feet), she said: 



I suffered from an absolutely unendurable headache, which kept 

 constantly increasing; but I did not have the nausea which I always 

 felt on all the passes of Ladak. (Vol. II, p. 298.) 



And August 5, 1851, while crossing the pass of Hannoo (be- 

 tween 15,500 and 16,000 feet), in Ladak, a pass of rather easy 

 access, she suffered horribly; it is true that she was already ill. 

 She said the next day: 



