'The next day we ascended a short way higher, and then entered a new valley, well wooded In paris' with spruce and with hanging valleys that Wad once. been. glaciated. Later in the day we reached the heed stream, when followed. a slit climb Ancient camp below the Sarala pass Here we saw. numbers of those glorious mecanopsis, yellow lilies Father tulip-shaped, and with longish, spatulate furry leaves" branching from the base of the central stalk. 'At the same. time we noticed our and guards were on their knees. 'Romantleally, we imagined they must be praying to the spirit of the moun 3 fain. Acwally' they were gathering wild onions, of which there were 3 great many. "The sky darkened as We reached the Sarala. The pressure on my aneroid showed only 4 Uimetres of mercury. Forty. cen metres was the Umit of its readin ud T began to fear that I might have Strained the instrument. "This Was the highest point we were destined reach during the whole Journey.
To the north and west great snow mountains. showed on the skyline the valley to the west it was pour: Ing with rain. The ext moment we Were. lashed with hail lasting, for= tunately, "fora. very short time Descending the northern valley we Soon entered the rhododendron and {hen the spruce zone, and camped for the night.
The next day we continued steadily downstream through glorious. wood lend height with starry wild flowers Soon after Iwo pum. we once again Teached the" brows "Yalung river, frassed gri Interesting Tibetan cans lever bridge and at reached Chan-hua on the aft day of the ftth month of the Chinese calender, and camped Under some very high trees near the Imposing ruins of the old fortress and tone that, unlike its counterpart at Litang. did not harbour thousands of (To be Continued)
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