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follow. The ice that was then driven out into the lake would come together and form a continuous sheet, which, if only the cold and the calm weather continued sufficiently long, would be able to withstand the storms successfully.
But the question of the definitive freezing of the Lower Kum-köl can only be settled by a winter visit. Under any circumstances the name bestowed upon the lake by Prschevalskij can only be set down as extremely unsuitable; moreover it is quite superfluous, for the lake already possesses a native name of its own.
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