18 SPORTING WANDERINGS. 



glaciers all the way, until reaching the glacier 

 itself. Over this the going was good enough, 

 as the snow on the top was caked hard. But the 

 descent on the other side was just the reverse, 

 and our difficulties were great. However, getting 

 over at last, I camped on the shore of the Shyok 

 river. 



The next morning, crossing the river with my 

 tent, &c., in the ferry-boat, the ponies swimming 

 as before, I loaded on the other side, and pro- 

 ceeded up a narrow gorge to the plains of Murghi. 

 It was early morning, and the water in the stream, 

 which I forded about fifty times, was low, so had 

 little trouble and made a good march. The 

 following day I crossed the Depsang plains, 

 1 7,000 feet above the level of the sea, and found 

 myself again on the Shyok river, now a very 

 shallow stream. 



My next obstacle was the Karakoram, 18,500 

 feet ; but it was easy going, and I f did not feel it 

 in the least. 



Two days after, I reached Wahab Jilga, from 

 which it was my intention to go over a pass 

 called Karatagh towards Kizil Jilga, where yak 

 are said to swarm. Failing, however, to strike 

 the road, I found myself, after two days' trav- 



