= ‘AU = 
However almost everywhere from great Mardjanaj toward 
the east, one may trot if one likes, for here between the 
lake and the steep mountains, lies an even, horizontal plain, 
— the remains of one of the usual Pamir plains, — formed 
by the filling-in of former eroded valleys. The same plain 
is also to be found at the eastern end of the lake; it is a 
direct continuation of the plain of Alitshur-Pamir, whose 
upper portion is Shatyr Tash. 
+ 2 (0, OLUFSEN fot.) 
Fig. 6. 
The western end of Jashil Kul. In the foreground willows are seen, 
piles of boulders behind. 
The southern shore of Jashil Kul is quite different from 
the northern shore. Here partially green mountain-sides, 
with almost no loose talus, slope gradually down to the lake. 
The soundings made by the expedition and published 
by OLUFSEN in Geografisk Tidsskrift, 1900, Table IV, show 
that the bottom of the lake drops more precipitously on the 
south than on the north side. Only 2 of the cuts, (there 
are 10 in all), are at variance with this and may be ex- 
plained on topographical grounds, (mouth of a brook on the 
south side). 
The fact that the bottom of the lake slopes more precipi- 
