The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-12-05

wlntry solltudes OF everlasting snow
Marching along the slopes OF one OF
Its exquisite valleys at height Oh
$500 feet above sea level we came to
one point where we were able to look
over preciplce that sank straight
down for 1000 feet to the bed OF the
Teesta River itself. here no more than
| l,50O feet above the sea.
ION the opposite side OF the valley
was a deep rift In the tree-ciad hills,
and looking up this gorge the eye sur
mounted ridge after ridge In quick
succession, until 1t finally rested on the
top OF Kinchlnjunga, 2s,150 feet, the
third highest mountain In the world.
No more than thirty miles separated
the Teesta from the top OF Its lordly
neighbor, and In the clear air It was
almost impossible to believe the dis
lance was so great"
The panorama spread before the
traveller at this point did not fail 30
make a conquest OF Mr.. Fraser. 1T
looked" he said, "as If the very foot
OF KlnchinJunga was set In tiny
thread Of silver that cleaned far be-
low us, and that his mighty tanks rose
sheer until they ended In tho twin
white peaks, 20,650 feet above. The
dark hillside and rushing waterfall, OF
serrated ridges and gloomy gorges, OF
blue glacier and lofty snow fields ar
forded by thls scene Is surely one OF
the wonders Of the world"
Peak Five Miles High.
Heights of mountains In the Hima-
laya region, where they are the great
est In the world, are difficult to COM
prehend by those who have never been
so fortunate as to climb, or attempt to
climb. these immense elevations. But |
fair Idea OF the height of Klnchln- |
Junga may be had by the simple state
ment that, could the mountain be laid
on It's side, and its base placed at Del
aware avenue, Its summit would be
found to be at Goth street. or within
few hundred feet of Ave miles
The traveller found another marvel
ous country In the regions stretching
north from Slmla. where official India
spends the summers, 1000 miles west
II SllklSlm. From the summer capital
II India" he says. "the foothills Of the
,reat backbone OF mountain lie tum-
He'd In lnextricable confusion and
scored at intervals by the sources of
he famous rivers that give It's name
o the Punjah, The first encountered
s the SutleJ. rising In the distant
OF Tibet and racing through
lark gorges until II debouches In the
'laIns 500 miles below the point where
We crossed, over the Jaolewrl Pass.
O,2OO feet, we cross into the lovely
alley Of Eulu, which lies about 1000
Get above the sea. Then over the Ro-
ang Pass. 1850 feet, into Lahoul.
ouatry bare and de~olate beyond be
ef, and at no point lower than TO-.
% feet, Crossing the Shlugo Pass
$500 feet, we are In the most rugged !
I all HImalayan countries, Zaaskar !,
here we cross four passes OF over
5000 feet above sea level before de.
'endlng Into the valley Of the Indus
nd reaching the ancient and curious
,wn Of Ieh. 4 800 feet"
Travel Through cIoudIand.
Here It seems that the yoyageys have
lrdly made beginning, for uueal &
.ely north OF Leh lies the Eharluny
ass 1850 feet quickly followed by p
drop to le,0oO feet, aud then another "
Sc to the Saser Pass, $1,000 feet n
Between these two" says Mr., Fra a
r, 1--WE engage a large caravan OF "
,uies to carry the baggage for IN n
urteeu days travel there win be no p,
lbimtions, no food for man or beast. 81
" even fuel by the way. Everything OF
ust be carried except water, Of which, V
as. there Is too much IN this sum e
er season, when the hot sun daily at le
cks the eternal SHOWS that lank the el
ute, From the top Of the Saser we v
op into the valley OF the Shyok Rlv- =
, 1890 feet where great glaciers
Ike their shouts across the valleys
u choke up tho passes. Through a m
ng. deep gorge We slowly and labor
usly climb to the Depsang plain, a
eat stretch OF smooth gravel beds. II "a
o feet above the sea. and over which IN
> take a day to travel m
Beyond Depsang We rise 10 the n,
IT. KarakOrum Pass 1850 feet. and
three days later cross the suget
,ss, 1900 feet. after which we drop
,vn TO 1900 feet, and once more en- 50
unter human beings and some vege
ton" an
From Canneis TO Ysks.
Arrived al Kurgah, the travellers
ere on Chinese territory, and the re
mics wsrs exchanged for canasis, for gr