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MM. BONVALOT, CAPUS, AND PEPIN, who have just returned to France from an extensive journey in Central Asia, are credited with having been the first to cross the Pamir. They may certainly have been the first to take the particular north to south route traversed by them, but the Pamir has been crossed and very thoroughly explored in recent years by several Russian travellers, while Mr. Ney Elias has done much to make known its peculiar features. The three French travellers seem to have suffered much daring their journey across this mountain mass, especially from the extreme cold and the rarefaction of the air. They had frequently to throw themselves down upon the snow from exhaustion. These enforced halts were taken advantage of by M. Capus to register the pulse-beats of himself and his companions; he found the mean number per minute rise to 170.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 36, 588–589 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036588c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/036588c0