The Tzanma Valley. 



snow. The view therefrom is a pleasing one, the aspect of the 

 country being diametrically opposed to that on the Yulduz side. 

 Beneath was a descent of 500 feet, past rocks and shale, while 

 beyond stretched a narrow valley, its sides clothed with fir and 

 pine and carpeted with rich herbage, so prominent a feature of the 

 northern slopes of the Thian Shan. 



KALMUKS AND KAZAKS WATCH US STRIKE CAMP. 



At the far end of this valley I could discern a broader one, 

 the Tzanma, its breadth being some two to three miles, dotted 

 here and there with clumps of fir and spruce, imparting an 

 air of restful comfort after the monotonous plains of the southern 

 ranges. 



I had been informed by the Kalmuks of the Yulduz I should 

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