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ridges which surround Ibi Gamin. The highest point which we 

 reached had an elevation of more than 22,200 E. E. (22,260 E. E. 

 calculated from Agra). At 2 o'clock a strong North wind began to 

 rise, and this especially obliged us to descend as quickly as we 

 could ; the wind became very strong indeed lower down, and we 

 were glad enough when we had all reached our camp safely in the 

 evening. Ibi Gamin re-appeared for some moments between the 

 clouds, beautifully coloured by the setting sun, and it may be 

 imagined that we all looked back with great pleasure upon our route 

 which was distinctly traceable upon the highest point which we had 

 reached. We had got much accustomed to the influence of height, 

 especially during our Thibetan journey, but here not one escaped 

 unhurt ; we all felt head-ache and more or less severe pains in the 

 eyes, the latter being especially caused by the furious wind which 

 constantly blew the fine snow dust into our eyes. The night was a 

 very bad one, we had scarcely any fuel left for cooking, the wind 

 threatened every moment to tear to pieces our light tent, the cold 

 was intense, and our people, with the exception of one, had entirely 

 lost courage and the faculty of thinking. In the morning at 9 

 o'clock, as soon as the cold was a little less intense, we commenced 

 our descent to our second camp, which was in a somewhat more 

 sheltered position. This day we very nearly lost one of our men. 

 This poor fellow, a man called Dolpa, from Milum, an excellent 

 servant, who had been with us during all the Thibetan journey, was 

 taken ill the day before, when going up Ibi Gamin, and had a dan- 

 gerous effusion of blood. We of course ordered another man to 

 accompany him in going down to the second camp ; but his com- 

 panion made his appearance soon after us at our lower station, say- 

 ing that he had lost sight of the sick man in the heavy snow-storm 

 which we encountered on the glacier. We immediately sent back 

 two of our people to look for him and when they returned without 

 him three others started, but they could discover no traces of the 

 missing man. The next day we left behind two other men, with 

 strict orders to look after Dolpa, but all in vain. After our arrival 

 in Mana, we had already made all the arrangements with the Put- 

 warri for the family of the supposed dead man, when to our great 

 delight the poor fellow came in three days after us. He had been 



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