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THE KUNGES.
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river, which is at least 650 feet wide at the point where we are to cross it, for it branches out and forms numerous small islands,

A LAMA DOCTOR (p. 15).

while the current is very impetuous. We hope that in the morning, when the water is lowest, we shall get our caravan over without mishap before sunrise. From our bivouac we can distinguish to the north white specks in the plain, at the foot of the mountains. These, it appears, are the tents of the lamas