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CHAPTER XI. 



THE KARAKUL PAMIR AND HOME. 



IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY A STERN CHASE FOUND DEAD 



HARD HIT AN ICE RAFT FINISHED AT LAST A WILD 



LOT AN ADVENTUROUS LADY WE LOSE THE CARAVAN 



A SAD PARTING THE TENGIZ-BAI PASS AT THE CUSTOM- 

 HOUSE A RIDICULOUS MISTAKE MARGHILAN BREAKING 



UP THE CARAVAN JOURNEY BY TARANTASS RETURN TO 



CIVILISATION. 



RETRACING our steps to the last camp, we 

 turned up a valley due west, which led down 

 from the Karaart Pass, and camped on a flat 

 place at sundown. There was sufficient grass 

 to amuse the ponies ; of fuel there was none. 

 Fortunately we had taken the precaution to 

 bring on a sack of cow's dung, which sufficed 

 for culinary purposes. 



Once across the Karaart Pass, which is 15,800 

 feet, we were in Russian territory. The ascent 



