946 THROUGH ASIA 
TOGDA MOHAMMED BEG, OF KOPA 
price to a reasonable figure. For 1275 tengeh (.^30) 
I bought six male camels of the variety which are 
accustomed to travel in mountainous districts, and which 
had had a thorough summer’s rest. 
Leaving Kopa on July 30th, we directed our march 
towards the east-south-east, and crossed over a series of 
ravines, called chapps, deeply excavated in the conglomer- 
ates, but dry, except after rain. At the Mitt, an affluent 
of the Kara-muran, the landscape became picturesque. 
The river emerged from between the granite cliffs 
