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season, and supplies traders at rather an exor- 

 bitant rate. 



From Changlang we crossed the Carawul Pass 

 to Totiyalek. The road was very rough and 

 stony, 'winding amongst debris of granite and 

 shale. Our ponies were not in until late ; but 

 having gone a good way towards the Sasar Pass, 

 it left less climbing for the morrow. This was 

 our first really cold camp, being amongst glaciers. 



The road over the Sasar Pass is a very bad 

 one, winding over the moraines of glaciers, which 

 come down each side of the gorge. It was a 

 good scramble to the top, where there was fresh 

 snow, but not enough to impede us much. Once 

 over, we again camped on the Shyok. 



Nothing eventful happened before reaching 

 Shahidula, except the destruction of a Tibet 

 antelope by Bower at Wahab Jilga. 



We found the Karakoram very easy, with no 

 snow. On reaching the spot where Dalgleish 

 was murdered, we found the stone pillar which 

 had been sent on ahead by Dauvergne. There 

 he set it up. I only wish we could have put the 

 head of Dad Mahomed on a post on the other 

 side. 



After halting four days to rest the ponies, we 



