

A SUMMER IN HIGH ASIA. 



Lamayuru is even more quaint than most of the 

 Ladakhi villages. Below, in the valley, are the 

 terraced fields, with a few habitations immediately 

 above them, but the main part of the hamlet is 

 perched upon the crags and pinnacles of a high cliff, 

 which is split up into innumerable fissures, some of 

 which are bridged across, and the houses are built 

 on the platforms. Altogether it is a striking-looking 

 place, many 

 of the sur- 

 rounding hills 

 being con- 

 spicuous for 

 the sandstone 

 pillars, mostly 

 surmounted 

 by large 

 stones, which 

 look just like huge 

 petrified mushrooms, 

 and which are so often 

 a prominent feature of 

 these regions. The 



road below the village is bordered by rows ef 

 innumerable Churtens and tombs of varying size. 

 On leaving Lamayuru H. started for a day's 

 shapoo shooting on the Fotu-La, whilst I set 

 out for Kharbu, the next march. The road 

 gradually ascends up sandy, barren hills, which 

 look (and I believe are) very good for shapoo. 



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ON THE ROAD TO LEH ; VILLAGE 



AND MONASTERY OF CHAMBA- 



MOULBEKH. 



