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Wild camel hunters — Habits of this animal — Mode of killing it — Distinguishing marks — Its origin considered — Lake Kara-buran — Chon-Kul, or the Great Lake — Disappearance of the Tarim — Mode of fishing — Lake-dwellers — Animal life — Details of population — Appearance of natives; language; dwellings — Cloth made of Asclepias fibre—Domestic utensils — Occupations and religion— Marriage— Burial of dead— Expert boatmen — Existence in winter — Novel surroundings — Ornithology, extraordinary number of birds — Duck-shooting — Specimens for the collection — Migratory waterfowl — Climate — Departure of birds — Dust storms — Spring at Lake Lob— Return to Korla — Yakub Beg's presents — Yulduz again — Spring vegetation — Return to Kulja — Close of expedition |
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Earliest notices — Origin of name — First surveys — Russian explorers — Assanoff; Schrenk — Incorrect cartography — Feodoroff's observations — Height of lake and rela- |
