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WE WERE OBLIGED TO UNLOAD THE PACK-HORSE . . l8l 

 FIRST NEAR VIEW OF KATUNSKIE-BELKI RANGE FROM AKKEM 



RIVER ........ l8l 



katunskie-belki and lateral moraine, from "windy 



camp" ....... 182 



hunter on glacier-scraped boulder . . .184 



katunsklfi-belki with belukha west peak on extreme 



left, from height of ii,0oo feet . . . 186 



GLACIER NEAR WILLER's PEAK . . . . .188 



END OF FROZEN LAKE ...... 188 



PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR TAKEN BY HIMSELF ON THE 



TOP OF SOME STEEP RCKDKS ..... igo 



ICE-GLAZED PEAKS FROM WILLER'S PEAK . . . I90 

 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR TAKEN BY HIMSELF NEAR 



SUMMIT OF WILLER's PEAK — 17,800 FEET . . I92 

 KATUNSKlfi-BELKI, WITH WILLER'S PEAK, I7,8oO FEET, ON 



EXTREME RIGHT ...... I94 



SNOWBOUND TENT ANu UNNAMED PEAK, AT 4 A.M . . 201 

 TENT ON MORAINE, AUTHOR, AND PEAK NEAR BELUKHA, AT 



4 A.M ........ 203 



PEAK NEAR TO BELUKHA ...... 203 



WEST PEAK OF BELUKHA AND NEXT PEAK FROM TOP OF 



GLACIER . . . . . . . 205 



KALMUCKS ON AKKEM PASS . . . . .212 



AKKEM STREAMS WERE BREAKING UP . . . . 2I4 



WE CROSS THE RIVER AKKEM IN CANOE . . . 214 



SLEDGE NEAR ABBI VILLAGE BOUNDARY RAILINGS . . 229 



SOLONOFKA — CROSSING KATUN ..... 257 



A CHINESE COW, MAIN STREET, BYSK .... 261 



PEASANTS DRAWING FERRY-BOATS OUT OF ICE . . . 275 



THE ONLY SLEDGES WE MET FOR 4OO MILES . . . 277 

 DURING THE JOURNEY WE HAD SOME GOOD SHOOTING IN THE 



FORESTS ....... 277 



