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CHAPTER XXII.
FIRST CONTACT WITH THE TIBETANS.
On the 8th July we travelled through a broken region
abounding in yaks and kulans ; but although we did not
cover much more than 8+ miles, only 27 camels were able to
reach the next camp, No. XXXIII., situated at an altitude
of 16,540 feet. The other three had as usual been left
behind, one of them being the i8g6 veteran. However, he
and one of the others managed to struggle in next day.
It was evident we could not go on in this way any longer.
So I made an alteration, and separating out the eleven
worst camels, live of which had for some time been travel-
ling without loads, as well as six of the horses, decided to
leave them behind. With the rest of the caravan I resolved
to push on south at a faster rate, letting those we had weeded
out follow on at their leisure. These I left in charge of
Rosi Mollah, Mollali Shah, Kutchuk, Khodai Kullu, Almaz,
and Chernoff, with Chernoff as chief. We also left with
them four of the dogs, namely, Malchik, Hamra, Kalmak,
and Kara lit, as well as half of the dozen sheep that still
remained alive. Chernoff’s orders were to rest where he
was for a few days, and then march slowly on in our track.
We promised, wherever it seemed necessary, to build up a
mound of stones for his guidance. It was not, indeed, alto-
gether prudent to divide our strength just now when we
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