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FIRST CONTACT WITH THE TIBETANS. 337
tired of the game, and were sitting on the bank panting and
watching their enemy.
After picking up a tributary from the right, the river
turned to the south-east, traversing a distinctly marked
valley, which we hoped would eventually lead us to a region
with better grass. In this glen we came across a highly
remarkable formation, namely, two thick shelves of ice,
one clinging to each bank. We elected to travel on that
Hewing a Path Down off thellce.
which bordered the right bank ; it v/as there six to seven
feet thick. But we were soon stopped by a gap in the ice,
and to get over it were obliged to go down into the bottom
of the glen, which was filled with rushing water. It took
us a fearful time chopping out a path with axes and spades,
and strewing it with gravel and sand, before we could
venture to lead the camels down one by one. Meanwhile,
Shagdur had proceeded down the gorge to reconnoitre, and
when we at length met him he explained that we might
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