LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Lansdowne 

 Rifleman Giyan Sing 



Changing " Tongas " on the Road to Srinagar 



"The Way was Blocked by a Huge Avalanche of Rock and Stone 

 A Waterway in Srinagar 



Crossing the Tragbal Pass 



A Ravine in the Gilgit Valley, Showing the Tracks of the Exped 



Minimerg... 



The Telegraph Station at Minimerg Buried in Snow 



A Summer View of the A'alley Leading to the Burzil Pass 



Coolies near the Summit of the Burzil Pass 



A^Snow Leopard... 



"The Track Hangs on to the Mountain Side " 



A View of Mt. Rakapushi beyond Chalt 



" Camp was in a Delightful Orchard" 



"The Mir's Castle is Situated at the Mouth of a Grand Gorge" 



"The Hunza Valley is Shut in by Gigantic Mountains" ... 



The Mir of Hunza and His Bodyguard 



"The River had to be Forded a Number of Times " 



The Mighty Canyons of the Kanjut River ... 



Changing Coolies in the Kanjut Valley 



The Glacier Below the Mintaka Pass 



On the Summit of the Mintaka Pass (15,430 feet) 



A Typical Kirghiz Woman 



A Riding Yak 



Kirghiz with Yaks who Met Me at the Foot of the Mintaka Pass 

 The Tracks of the Expedition Across the Roof of the World 

 Typical Poli Ground on the Pamirs ... 

 Where Three Empires Meet ... 

 Camped on the Roof of the World 



Camp in the Oprang (14,500 feet) 



The Gorges on the Yarkand River 



View of the Raskum \'alley 



"The Gorges of the Kulan Urgu River " 



My Caravan on the Summit of the Kara Dawan (14,000 feet) 



Crossing the Yarkand River 



A Prisoner Suffering the Punishment of the " Cangue " ... 

 Guests at the Governor's Dinner in Yarkand 



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