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Shugnan and Wakhan (Langarkisht), our expedition crossed 
Pamir via Chargush. The heaviest snows were encountered 
in Goran in the Pandsh valley. Even though most of the 
valleys of High Pamir were filled with deep snow yet no- 
where did it lie in such quantities as to impede passage. In 
many places near Pamir Daria the Kirghiz had gone into 
Table 1. 
(Prepared from Ficker's statements.) 
Pamirski Post Chorock *) 
38° IL ONCE 9 274.902, Tong: 37° 27°N. L. 74259260 
3640 metres above sea-level 2105 m. above sea-level 
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February ... |— 16.6 | | 1825 1,5 | 49 | — 6,6 20,2! 4,8 
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Aprils + ta. 0,2 | | 3,6 Zag) Ay 7,9 21,4| 4,6 
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November .. |— 8,0 | ei 2,0 | 54 3,0 | 43,0| 5,7 
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1) OLUFSEN published as a minimum for Chorock — 249,8 (winter 1898 - 99). 
winter quarters at an altitude of about 3,800 mètres above 
sea-level. The snow here was not thick enough to prevent 
the numerous herds of yak, fat-tailed sheep, goats and horses 
from finding pasturage. 
In Lower Pamir, where the summers are even dryer 
than in High Pamir, much more snow falls during the 
winter, as the table and curve show. During the winter 
journey referred to above, the worst obstacle to our pro- 
