EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 
CLIFF ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE HAMUN-I-HELMAND 
NEAR LAB-I-BARING. DECEMBER, I918. 
The photograph was taken on a calm day two days after the 
wind had fallen. 
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Uniform lacustrine deposit of stiff clay. 
Superficial layer of more friable earth and water-worn 
pebbles. 
Blocks of clay fallen from the cliff. 
Beach of water-worn pebbles derived from superficial 
layer of cliff. 
Normal flood-level marked by fragments of reeds and 
other vegetable debris. 
Winter water-level in windy weather. 
Water-level after two days’ calm. 
Footpath. 
Reed-beds. 
