. Et de l'ouest Himalaya 1909 Karakoram, un compte de l'expédition de H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo de Savoie, Duc des Abruzzes. inscriptionsand inscrit des Symboles Bouddhistes ici et là sur le chemin sur les roches, certainement prouver que les Baltis ont franchi le samerehgious phases comme le reste de l'Inde du nord. En plus des Baltis proprement dite, qui constituent le plus gros de la population,il y a au Baltistan petites colonies d'un peuple connu sous le nom de descente,Brokpas Dard et rehgion bouddhiste, dont l'idiome, les douanes et l'casteare propres aux individus.^ensuite Ils sont moins civihzed que le Balti

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. Karakoram and western Himalaya 1909, an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amadeo of Savoy, duke of the Abruzzi. inscriptionsand Buddhist symbols inscribed here and there upon the rocks alongthe path, certainly prove that the Baltis have passed through the samerehgious phases as the rest of northern India. In addition to the Baltis proper, who form the bulk of the population, there are in Baltistan small settlements of a people known as Brokpas, of Dard descent and Buddhist rehgion, whose idiom, customs and casteare peculiar to then^selves. They are less civihzed than the Baltis, who hold them in sHght regard ; and they lead a primitive hfe, mainly The Dras VallcN •ji as shepherds of the high valleys, where the greater degree of moistureallows of a small extent of pasture. We did not come into contactwith any of them. The indulgence of the reader will forgive this long digression, whoseobject has been to make clear how little we know, and how uncertainis even that little, as to the origin, history, tradition, legend and evenethnographical classification of a population so interesting, and showing. NATIVES OF ASKOLEY IN THE BRALDOH VALLEV. such clear signs of strong external influence in the past, despite a geo-graphical position so secluded, in a country so wild and inhospitablethat whole groups of villages are cut off from all communion with therest of the world during ten months of the year. The Balti race deservea high degree of esteem and goodwill. They are scrupidously honest, mild of manners, gentle and good-tempered, naturally amenable todiscipline, capable of the hardest labour, incredibly temperate, happywith very Uttle and invariably good-humoured. CHAPTER VII. THE INDUS VALLEY. Character. — (liological Chaos. — Stone-falls, Landslips. Dei)Osits and Erosions. — AlluvialCones. — Signs of Climatic Change. — The Tenipoiary Damming of the Valleys. — GreatHistorical Floods. — Oases. — Irrigation Canal.s. — The Skardii Route.

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