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dry watercourfes, and afcends to the fummit where are two fmall heaps 

 of flones, over which is a line covered with flips of rags, and fupported 

 by two (licks. At 9460 paces crofs a rivulet formed by frefli melted 

 fnow. This rifes on the left and runs to the right. Reach our ground, 

 10066; at 5 h 20' very cold, windy and cloudy— A norm rifes in the 

 • N. W. attended with thunder and fmall hail. Thermometer 47, Hail 

 changes to rain, which falls fteadily till 7 P. M, 



To-day I heard a flrange fharp and loud noife proceeding from the 

 fide of a Ml at the bottom of which the road ran— It feemed between 

 a bark art' ]cs pf- 1» and expreffed much anger. Forfome time I could 

 not make ot, hence it came, but, whilft cafting my eyes on a furze 

 bum, an animal about the fize of a rniddle-flzed dog fprung . from a 

 hole underneath it, about fifty yards op the hill, and after furveying 

 the paflengers and repeating his yelping, retreated with precipitation into 

 his cave, as fbon as he faw me jump from the back of a Ckownr^- His 

 general colour was a yellow-brown. His head was round with fmall 

 ears, his face burned light and dark-yellow and his tail long. . . _ ■ - 



July 29th.— Thermometer 37*. At g h 45' began to hail, which foon 

 changed to rain, and lafted until io h . We began our march at io h . 45'. 

 Mountains on the left covered with fnow ; many wild horfes grazing on 

 the high Table Land. At 16652 paces reach a branch of the Sctfjjdra 

 river which I forded here, and again at 16868, much againft my will, 

 as it was extremely cold : but my yak had played fome tricks, which in 

 my weak Mate of health I did not think prudent to experiencajmore than 

 once. At 7 . 15' reach Mifar, very cold and much fatigued. Thermo* 

 meter 46 . 



July 30th,— Halt at Mfar. Thermometer 44?. In the forenoon, 8 



