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about if miles, and then takes a turn to. $* 80° W. and joins the rivef 

 along which we went to Ghertope t At 4460 paces crofs the river three 

 feet deep, rapid with large flippery (tones ; water very clear. At 

 26260— -13 wild horfes grazing to the left. At 79579 came to bank of 

 river, which crofs, about 2 J feet deep, 80 yards broad, and very rapid, 

 At 8200, reach our ground and encamp. The valley well furnifiied 

 with grafs —-Several Tatar tents, and cattle grazing — Much furze on the 

 adjacent hills. River comes from N. 75 E, and runs N. 50 W. for about 

 1 1 mile when it takes a turn to the S. 75 W. and forms one of the princi- 

 pal branches of the Ghertepe, fuppofed to belong to the Attack — Wind very 

 cold, raining all round. The river rofe rapidly, and the Tatar horfemen 

 refuted to crofs their horfes, in order to bring over fome of the people 

 who had flayed to conduft our goats and (beep acrofs the river; the 

 yaks were fentin, who flemmed the current. Some clung to the tails 

 of the animals and came over eafily ; the others, more timid, prefer- 

 red retreating to fome huts at a diftance, where the Tatars gave tkem 

 milk and lodging— A few drops of eflence of pepper-mint on fugar 

 to the Hindus, and a dram of brandy to the Mujfelmans, with ftrict in- 

 junctions, that they fhould run aboutand not approach the fire till 



warm, prevented any £$& the perfons who had been much expofed to 



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the cold from fuffering by it. 



July 28th.— Thermometer at fun-rife 44* ; obliged to Wait until ten 

 o'clock, before the river had funk fufficientiy to admit of themen and 

 a few goats which were left, palling over. At i h 2 o^ march. The moun- 

 tains have the particular red appearance indicating the prefence of 

 gold; and though adorned with little verdure, are piclurefque in their 

 forms. Crofs feveral fmall rivulets which come from the left, and fall 

 into feveral ponds to the right: — air very cold. At 7050 paces reach a 

 pile of (tones covered with infcriptions. At 8160 road croffes feveral 



