ALPINISTS' DISCOVERIES.
MOUNTAINS IN INDIA. PROCESS OF DISSOLUTION. (Per Press Association, Copyright.) (Received October 31, 9.50 a.m.) DELHI, October 29. The northern range of the central. Himalayas is undergoing, m a geological sense, rapid dissolution according, to members of the Everest expedition iter viewed at Darjeeling. The Aru river is not a raging torrent, put a sluggish stream, winding painfully through obstructions of sand and debris. Inhabitants say the river sometimes resembles liquid mud. Nature is making a tremendous onslaught on thenorthern range. Not only have'landslips scarred the mountain sides, but. the crowns and tops of the mountains are wearing away. A few ice-clad* rocky peats stand out. They are no' longer a mighty snowclad range, as--they once existed. Mr Reaburn says what we saw were not mountains but shapeless, enormous mounds. Thegreat Himalaya range, containing Everest. Kunchinjunga and Makula, prei senting an unbroken chain of sno^clad j mountains, gains by contrast.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9373, 31 October 1921, Page 4
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