CHAPTER XIV.

Start for Karakoram -- Steep ascent out of Nubra valley -- Meet a party of Merchants from Yarkand -- View from summit of pass -- Rapid torrent -- Large glacier -- Steep moraines -- Alpine vegetation -- Numerous glaciers -- Lakes -- Glacier on crest of Sassar pass -- Sassar -- Cross Shayuk river -- Murgai -- Limestone rocks -- Ascend Murgai Valley to 16,800 feet -- Singular limestone formation -- Open plain above 17,000 feet -- Re-cross Shayuk river -- Karakoram pass -- Return to Sassar -- Glaciers of Sassar -- Return to Le -- Start for Kashmir -- Lamayuru -- Phatu pass -- Kanji river -- Namika pass -- Molbil -- Pashkyum -- Kargil -- Dras -- Zoji pass -- Kashmir -- Lahore -- Completion of journey 408