"H." AND THE AUTHOR, WITH THEIR LADAKH TROPHIES. 



CHAPTER XL 



ON the 1 5th of September H. and I bid farewell 

 to Captain Godfrey, who had returned, and started 

 on our journey back to Kashmir. The first day 

 we traversed the barren road that leads to Snemo, 

 which I have already described when on my way 

 up to Leh, and on our arrival found the camp 

 pitched and a meal prepared, as we had sent every- 

 thing on ahead the previous day. The next march 

 took us to Saspul, past picturesque Bazgo. As 

 we crossed the high plateau we got a magnificent 

 view, across the river, of the crags on either side 

 of the Zanskar stream, which here flows into the 



Indus ; they looked very grand, but very inacces- 



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