Across the Roof of the World. 



now many hundreds of feet above the valley bottom, we descended 

 the hill, being guided to camp by the smoke curling up through 

 the trees. We were able to ford the river on foot as the volume 

 had decreased considerably in the last few days, and the torrent 

 bore a greatly different aspect to what it had when I first entered 

 the Agiass. 



OVIS KARELINI. 



On the 19th I moved down stream and up to the first ibex 

 camp by way of the Kazak hut. The path was very steep but 

 the ponies managed it successfully- On the way up to the pass 

 leading into Kok Terek we came on a herd of wild sheep, or 

 " gulja," as they are known amongst the natives of theThian Shan. 

 There were six rams, two being good heads, and they were feeding 

 unconcernedly on the grassy slopes above us to our left. I there- 



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