EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXVL 



Views in the three Zones of Life in the Inle Lake. 



Fig. L — Floating gardens in the Marginal Zone, showing crops of spring 

 onions, tomatoes and cucumbers, the last on trellises. 



Fig. 2. — View in the Intermediate Zone, showing floating islands in 

 their natural condition in the background and sub-aquatic 

 thickets of Ceratophyllum rising to the surface in the fore- 

 ground. 



Fig. 3. — A fishing-hut built on piles in the Central Region and sur- 

 rounded by a floating breakwater anchored by means of 

 poles stuck through it into the bottom of the lake. 



