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We made a large basin full of very weak grog for his party, who were all friendly and polite; and having made us the unexpected offer of allowing us to rest ourselves for the day at Yeumtso, he left us, and practised his men at firing at a mark, but they were very indifferent shots.
On the 18th of October we had another brilliant morning, after a cold night, the temperature having fallen to 4 degrees. I took the altitude of Yeumtso by carefully boiling two thermometers, and the result was 16,279 feet, the barometrical observations giving 16,808 feet.
Campbell's party were completely knocked up by the rarified air; they had taken a whole day to march here from Yeumtso, scarcely six miles, and could eat no food at night.
Though the sun shone brightly, the wind was bitterly cold, and I arrived at the stone dykes of Yeumtso at 3 p.m., quite exhausted with fatigue and headache. The sun set behind Chomiomo at 5 p.m., and the wind at once dropped, so local are these violent atmospheric currents, which are caused by the heating of the upper extremities of these lofty valleys, and consequent rarefaction of the air.
Campbell Motives for his journey Second visit to Lachen valley Autumnal tints Red currants Lachen Phipun Tungu Scenery Animals Poisonous rhododendrons Fire-wood Palung Elevations Sitong Kongra Lama Tibetans Enter Tibet Desolate scenery Plants Animals Geology Cholamoo lakes Antelopes Return to Yeumtso Dr.
Campbell lost Extreme cold Headaches Tibetan Dingpun and guard Arms and accoutrements Temperature of Yeumtso Migratory birds Visit of Dingpun Yeumtso lakes.
I ascended with Campbell to the lake he had visited on the previous day, about 600 or 800 feet above Yeumtso, and 17,500 feet above the sea: it is a mile and a half long, and occupies a large depression between two rounded spurs, being fed by glaciers from Kinchinjhow.
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