1868.] Notes on the Pangong Tale district of Ladahh. 



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I noticed also that the banks were higher and better developed 

 on the western curves of the bays. One reason for this may be seen 

 by a glance at the accompanying diagram, (Fig. 5.) where «, a, a, 



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represent the shore of the lake, the waters of which have a tendency 

 to flow west, in direction of the arrows. These waters (?) suddenly 

 increased by springs in bed of lake, and subjected to the upper 

 pressure of a frozen surface meet with another resisting force in 

 the curve of the bay at B. That line where the ice, united to 

 the frozen ground, meets the dry soil into which water does not 

 percolate, and is consequently comparatively dry, would be the 



