Explanation of Plate XI. 



Fig. 1. Aspect of Vegetation around Dal Lake. Note: the natives are 

 collecting water-plants (Trapa?). G. Jarring, July, 1935 

 (Copyright). 



Fig. 2. Lsland with luxuriant vegetation, Dal Lake. Figures 1 and 2 give 

 a good idea of the richness of the Kashmir I>akcs in contrast 

 to the Ladak Lakes. G. Jarring, July, 19,35 (Copyright). 



Fig. 3. The flat, flooded shore of W'ular Lake in the midst of the great 

 Kashmir-Basin. G. Jarring, July, 1935 (Copyright). 



Fig. 4. Mitpal Tso. G. E. Hutchinson, August, 1932. 



