A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



greatly in volume and became very thick. At the 

 head of the valley is a range of snow-covered hills. 



CAMP IN THE GYA 

 NALAH. 



On either side of the stream for some little 

 distance, is found green turf and abundance of wild 

 flowers, while occasionally its waters flow through 

 quite a boggy bottom with tussocks of grass and 

 short reeds, the sort of place where one would make 

 sure of meeting a snipe in Europe, though here I 

 saw none. The yaks luxuriated in the green grass, 

 and there was abundance of fuel in the shape of a 

 low-growing shrub, looking rather like gorse, and 

 called by the natives "Jupsang," or " Dhepsang," 

 and the eternal " Boortse " (Eurotia]. The northern 

 branch of the Gya Nalah, Tubbuh, presents rather 



different characteristics ; the water of the stream in 



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