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that Mr. Forsyth very reluctantly had to cause the 
pundit, and the two men who were with him, to 
retrace their steps, and they left our camp that night. 
Next day we made a short march of four miles to the 
village of Sakt^, at the foot of the pass. On the way I 
saw peat being made — the people called it " Spang" — 
it was of very inferior quality. This was the only 
time I had seen peat in Asia. There are three 
or four passes over the granite range to the north of 
the Le valley ; viz. the Kardong pass to the north of 
the town of Le, the Digar-la, a little farther to the 
east, and the Chang-la still farther east. The last 
mentioned is said to be easier than the other two, 
and was the one we proposed to follow ; the fourth 
is a few miles to the eastward, and was the one 
crossed by Mr. Hayward. 
Both in July and October we found very little 
snow on the Chang-la, although it is 1 8,000 feet high. 
We crossed this pass on the 10th of July, marching 
sixteen miles to the Chortak lake ; and this being the 
first occasion on which almost every one in camp 
suffered from the rarity of the air, the following ob- 
servations, made after half an hour's rest at the 
higliest point, may be of interest : — 
July 10 — Mercurial barometer 15*73. 
Attached thermometer 61° F. 
Water boiled at 181°F. 
I walked to the top and my pulse was 80, and respiration 26 per minute. 
Mr. Forsyth, who rode ... 100 „ 22 
Mr. Shaw, who rode .... 94 
MuUikKutubDeen, aPanjabi, whorode 92 
A Panjabi Hindu, who walked . . 93 
A Tibetan, who walked .... 78 
Before reaching camp most of our followers were 
