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   hat North: 33" 39•S'   I.on'. East of Green. 78' 38•5"   freight 14,010 Engl. feet.

This lake, which is ,Lout 70 miles in length, and the largest in Tibet, is divided by a river delta .110W d,;v' 1111, ts.. par1s like the lakes of' (Hem and Tian, n n Switzerland. The ports are nearly equal to size, but they differ In the specific gravity of the water and also in height. the latter

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difference amounting to some 411 feet. The water of the upper part, not visible from here, is nearly uetk:,I,I,'_ tl.• part L..1, , ns is at preseut 350 feet below its former level, and the deepest point of the water I found, by soundings taken front a raft of inflated skins fastened to sticks, was but

170 fret. The Out ,•nand a little above the lake, to the right, Is Ihr valley or l'Iaisnl: i.et   hone• before us, nearly    11111M, .,s ibm a Tibetan summer nhodr. be topographical details see Panoramic Profile S" 13,PIate 'l.The immediate rosirons of the lake are a desert of stunt and rocks; the clouds remain but
for a time, they are not, i,e.roer, uho@etlar unasu,l al 11.1', season.

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