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THE MAMISOX PASS AND GEBI 125
us the basin of Oui and the rough bare slopes that lead down to
the forests of the Racha. But not a glimpse of the great chain,
of the immense prospect, extending from Kasbek to Ushba, which
Signor Sella has added to liis panoramas, was granted to me. It
was a mischievous freak of the weather-clerk, for by sunset the sky
was again cloudless, and the two following days were superb.
At last we gave up hope. We varied our track, making
straiuht for some white rhododendrons near a snow-bed at the
head of the glen where oiu- camp was. Our Gebi porter had
made ready for us afternoon-tea, and then, watching with mingled
feelings the mists melt away one by one from the bright ci-ests
of the great chain, we sauntered home together in the beautiful
evening light. Gebi had become quite a home to me.