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apricots. Most of the berries were ripe, or nearly ripe, and the wild currants were as large and abundant as in an American garden. The scenery was extremely wild and
DESCENT INTO THE VALLEY OF THE WHITE BERÉL.
grand, surpassing, at times, anything that I had seen in the Caucasus.
On Saturday, August 1st, we reached the foot of the last great ridge, or water-shed, which separated us from the main chain of the Katúnski Alps, and camped for the night
