A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



type of granite mountain of which we have seen so 



many lately, viz., rocky " parris," alternating with 



steep slopes of loose shale and stone which come 



down the couloirs from the precipices above and 



spread out into fans or talus, whose skirts are 



bordered by the boulders which have fallen from 



the mountain side. At Machilu I left most of my 



stores, taking only what I considered would be 



necessary for a month or so, the time which I 



expected that I should have to spend in the valley 



before I got the one or two good ibex heads on 



which I was intent ; besides, I could always send 



down for any- 



thing more 



that I might 



need. The 



River Hushe, 



though it was, 



even at this 



time of year, 



only about 



one hundred 



yards across, 



Hows down a 



broad stony 



bed in places 



quite a mile 



wide, a fact which shows what tremendous floods 



must sometimes come sweeping down from these 



giant peaks. On either side, where a supply of 



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LOOKING UP THE HUSHE 

 NALAH. 



