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have black muzzles. We negotiated the pass next day, 

 after a very difficult ascent over glaciers, moraines, etc., 

 which took us more than four hours, at a rate of about a 

 mile an hour. The descent on the other side was very 

 steep and long. I had breakfast on top of a huge rock, 

 under which, close to the path, lay the bleached skeleton 

 of a man. It was that of a Kashmiri who died of 

 exhaustion and cold many years ago while trying to cross ; 

 his body was placed in a hollow under the rock, and 

 covered with large slabs. The skeleton was, however, 

 plainly visible from the path ; it was quite perfect, and had 

 never been disturbed. 



After two more descents, reached Kon-nag at 4 p.m. ; 

 the distance of the whole march was about twelve miles. 

 The pass, named " Lanwi " in the map, is at the head of 

 the Kaintal valley, in which Dr. Genge and his camp were 

 buried under an avalanche of fresh snow a few years ago. 

 I missed seeing the place where the accident occurred, as 

 the pass by that route was closed, but heard the details of 

 it from an old Kashmiri shikari at Sorii. 



Dr. Genge was shooting ibex in the Kaintal valley, and 

 had bagged one and wounded another. His camp was 

 under a precipice in a perfectly safe place, according to 

 the experience of the men with him ; but during the night 

 a dreadful snowstorm came on, and several feet of snow 

 accumulated on the mountain slopes above. An enormous 

 mass was loosened, by its own weight, no doubt, and 

 rushed over the precipice in an avalanche. The servants' 

 tents were quite close under the rocks, the doctor's a 

 little farther out. His body was found subsequently some 

 distance off, with his bed, etc., but the tent remained 

 where it was, crushed and broken. The body was found 

 only half covered with snow. It is singular that the body 

 and furniture were found at a distance from the tent. The 



