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grass and bushes; and there we rested over September 
23rd. The minimum thermometer gave a reading of 41° 
Fahr. (5° C.), showing that we had descended to lower 
reo-ions. At 4 p.m. the temperature of the water m the 
brook was 46=9 Fahr. (8°3 C.), and it was pure and bright, 
and good to drink. The volume of the stream was 70 
cubic feet in the second. • • r 
It had been my intention to make the entiie circuit of 
the Mus-tagh-ata from the Tegherman-su in a north and 
north-westerly direction till I came to the Little Kara-kul. 
Unfortunately the Kirghiz declared this project to be im- 
practicable, owing to the east side of the mountain being a 
labyrinth of precipitous and jagged crests, which it was 
impossible to surmount even on foot. In order to convince 
myself of this, I made a reconnaissance to the source of 
the brook, and found that the Kirghiz were quite right. 
There was nothing for it, therefore, but to go round the 
mountain by the old way, via Gedyack and Ullug-rabat, 
and on September 30th, 1894, we reached our old haunts 
on the east shore of the Little Kara-kul. 
