CHAPTER VII.

Departure from Le -- Sabu valley -- Pass between Le and Nubra -- Snow -- Encamp at 15,500 feet -- Digar -- Valley of Shayuk -- Alluvium -- _Populus Euphratica_ -- Tsatti -- Nubra river -- District of Nubra -- Villages -- Irrigation -- Saline soil -- Isolated rocks -- Chirasa -- Panamik -- Lower Nubra -- Platforms of Alluvium -- Traces of a great flood -- Unmaru -- Kuru -- Great contraction of valley -- Mountain pass of Waris -- Boghdan ravine -- Chorbat -- Mahommedan population -- Villages -- Outburst of granite -- Siksa -- Khapalu -- Open plain of Khapalu -- Junction of Shayuk and Indus -- Nar -- Iskardo plain -- Description of Iskardo -- Aqueduct -- Fort -- Lacustrine clay formation -- Vegetation 187