CHAPTER VI. 



AN EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCE OF THE GANGES. 



" There's a lofty realm where the lightnings play, 

 And the avalanche rolls on its fateful way. 

 Where the glaciers crack and the landslips fall, 

 And snow-wastes cover the earth like a pall." 



Early morning. — The start. — Musk-deer. — Wild scenery. — Difficult 

 travelling. — Burrul shooting. — A snow-leopard killed. — More 

 sport. — A grand view. — Eudru Himaleh. — Burrul stalking. — 

 A snap shot. — Game a-foot. — Successful work. — The bivouac. 

 — The appearance of the Great Glacfer from the Valley. — The 

 Cow's Mouth. — The Source of the Ganges. — An adventure 

 with snow bears. — Preparations for glacier-land. — The appear- 

 ance of the glacier. — Crevasses. — Obstacles in tx^avelling. — 

 Sunrise on the mountains. — The head of the glacier. — The 

 chasm of the Ganges. — Ice caves. — A storm. — A dangerous 

 position. — The shelter.— Avalanches and landslips. — Intense 

 cold. — Our bivouac at a high altitude. — The return. 



The next morning early I opened the door of the 

 tent without disturbing my sleeping companions, 

 and looked out into the night. The gorge was 

 still in darkness, for although the moon was shin- 



