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WESTWARDS TO LEH. 465
ness of the ice in a series of cracks. If we led the camels
round one by one, we might perhaps manage it. Never-
theless, when evening came, I sent Ordek across the lake
on foot, to see what the southern shore was like, instructing
him that, if he found it impossible to advance with the
camels, he was to light a signal-fire. Meanwhile we waited
on the northern shore, and very soon three big blazing
The Skiff on Lake Panggong-lso.
fires told us that the southern shore was as impassable as
the northern.
However, it was not absolutely certain that the ice would
bear the camels, and as I did not want to go all round the
northern side of the mountains that were stopping our
way, I set my wits to work. We had overcome worse
difficulties than this, and there were now only ten camels
left. Suddenly an idea struck me. There was an abundance
of brushwood in the locality and plenty of dry poles. Why
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