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Title: Trans-Himalaya; discoveries and adventures in Tibet Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952 Subjects: Tibet (China) -- Description and travel Publisher: London : Macmillan and co., ltd. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing After Image: 294. Abdul Kekims New Tent. A iNEW CHAPTER 231 Four of the others made an attempt a little higher up,and got over, but they were up to their necks in water!Then the whole troop of mules and horses were driveninto the river; the horses managed best. One mule, I feltsure, would be lost. He made no attempt to hoist himselfon to the ice until he had been pelted with stones fromour bank. And when at length he was up and was follow-ing the track of the others, the ice cracked and gave wayunder him, and there he lay enclosed. All five men had topull him out and drag him over the ice to solid ground. Barely 100 yards farther down is the fifth ford. Be-tween the two stands a steep, smooth, projecting rock, itsfoot washed by the river. It is, however, possible toclimb over the rock up small fissures and over slightprojections and thus avoid the two detestable fords.Here all the baggage was carried over by the coolies, andI myself climbed over the rocks barefooted ; a short waybeyond this crag a

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