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called by the Tibetans orongo. Although Islam tried his 
hardest, he never succeeded in getting within range of 
them. They gazed at us attentively, then with quick, 
elastic leaps disappeared behind the desolate hills. 
Beyond the snowy mountain-peak we again found fine, 
close -growing herbage ; and the ground was actually 
spotted brown w'ith the droppings of the wild yak, so 
abundant were they. The men always had tw'o or three 
THE GREAT SALT LAKE OF CAMP NO. XV. 
View from its Eastern Shore 
empty sacks hanging at the camels’ harness during the 
march ; and as they went along, they filled them with 
that splendid fuel. Thanks to the favourable country, we 
accomplished not less than 20^ miles before we halted 
at camp No. XVII. 
September 2nd. We skirted pretty near to the Southern 
Mountains, and discovered two or three new lakes. Al- 
though the ground was strewn with fragments of green 
slate and black tuff, the bare rock was not visible. Animal 
