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THE mountain district explored by Mr. Conway lies on the southern side of the watershed of the Karakoram chain, and is drained by tributaries of the Upper Indus. For most of the time he was in Baltistan, but ended his journey by a visit to Leh. Here, at about 11,500 feet above sea-level, is a small meteorological observatory, which enabled Mr. Conway to check his observations by a comparison of barometers. Besides himself, the party consisted of the Hon. C. G. Bruce, Mr. McCormick, the artist, Messrs. Eckenstein and Roudebush, Matthias Zurbriggen, the well-known guide from Macugna, four Gurkas, who took readily to ice work, and one or two two other native attendants, with, of course, a considerable but variable party of coolies.
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Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas1. Nature 50, 199–201 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050199c0
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