Gordon, Thomas Edward: The roof of the world: being the narrative of a journey over the high plateau of Tibet to the Russian frontier and the Oxus sources on Pamir (Edinburgh, 1876)

YOL mazak (roabside sheine) on the geeat pamir branch of tiie oxits.

CHAPTEE XI.

SEVERB WEATHER—SUPPLIES—SNOW ON GREAT PAMIR—SIGNS OF SPRING—DEPARTURE
FOR GREAT PAMIR — CAPTAIN BIDDULPH GOES TO THE CHITRAL PASSES — ALI
MURDAN SHAH'S SIGNET RING — KIRGHIZ OF GREAT PAMIR — ROAD — WOOD’S
VICTORIA LAKE—GREAT PAMIR WATERSHED—DEEP SNOW—PAMIR PATHS—CAPTAIN
BIDDULPH REJOINS—ALICHOR AND SIRIZ PAMIRS—RANG KUL—TASHKURGAN ON
SIRIZ PAMIR—WILD ANIMALS—GIGANTIC PAIR OF OVIS POLI HORNS—RAREFAC-
TION OF THE AIR—LOCAL NAME OF LAKE VICTORIA—GENERAL DESCRIPTION
OF THE PAMIR PLATEAU —MEANING OF “ PAMIR ” — HOT SPRINGS— “BOLOR ” —
AKTASH—SHORT SUPPLIES—DIFFICULT DEFILE—RETURN TO SIRIKOL.

We remained tliirteen days at Kila Panja. The weather was
very severe most of that time. Snow fell on six days, and an
intensely colcl wind hlew regularly till within three days of our
departure. Wood speaks in his Journey to the Source of the
Oxus of the withering blast of the “ bad-i-Wakhan ” (wincl of
Wakhan), blowing down the valley. This wind prevailed dur-
ing a great part of our stay at Panja, and only ceased occasion-