A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



water and allowed it to stand some little time, we 

 found a deposit of sand quite half an inch deep. 

 The valley itself is of course much wider than that 

 of the Dras, but the tremendous rock " parris," 

 which might be described as the ribs of the 

 mountain ranges on either hand, come down to 

 the stream, usually ending in steep precipices. 



BALTI ROADWAY. 



Between these "ribs" are stretches of sand, and 

 wherever a side ravine sends down its stream, the 

 " fan" is cultivated, and a village established. We 

 henceforward lost, to a comparative degree, the 

 oppressive feeling of being shut in by walls of rock, 

 as whenever we were high above the stream our 



