This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...across and cut a precarious foothold in the It was half-past one, and we had been six hours in the fall, and nine hours from our bivouac, before we sat down on the level snows to consider our further course through the undiscovered country no human eye had ever before seen. We were on a great snowfield, sloping gently ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...across and cut a precarious foothold in the It was half-past one, and we had been six hours in the fall, and nine hours from our bivouac, before we sat down on the level snows to consider our further course through the undiscovered country no human eye had ever before seen. We were on a great snowfield, sloping gently towards us from the south; more steeply from the east. A low rocky mass divided the branches; to the right rose a conspicuous and welcome landmark, the crest of Burdjula. Behind us were wild rock-peaks, the Karagom Khokh of my map: the highest summit of Adai Khokh and its neighbours were no doubt seen to our left, but I did not identify them till long afterwards. We chose the southern bay, and again set out. The surface at this late hour of the day was soft, and it was not till after three hours of steady and heavy wading that the monotony of the white and blue world into which we had broken was suddenly relieved by the appearance, above the level snows that had hitherto formed our skyline, of the purple line of the mountains on the Turkish frontier. The view from the pass towards Asia was of surpassing beauty. The whole basin of ancient Kolkhis, Mingrelia and Imeretia, the Racha and Lechgum, lay at our feet. Flashes of reflected sunshine showed where the waters of the Rion forced their way through a labyrinth of green ridges and dark forest-clad ravines to the pomegranate gardens of Kutais. Far away in the west we saw for the first time the snows of the Laila, the range that encloses Suanetia on the south. The mid-day vapours had disappeared early: it was a perfect late summer afternoon, and the rays of the sun, which was already sinking towards the west, transfigured parts of the landscape with a golden glory, heightened by contrast where th...
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