LITTLE KARA-KUL LAKE 
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“ But we had to think of getting back before dusk came 
on and put an end to our map-making. We therefore set 
our course over the moraine, where we again found many 
pretty cirques with vegetation in the middle. In such 
situations grass grows comparatively well, as it is sheltered 
by the ring-like formation of the moraine, which also 
retains any rain that may fall. We reached the new 
camp on the shore of the Lower Bassyk-kul by way of the 
Angher-kul. In the middle of the former lake there was 
MUS-TAGH-ATA FRO.M BASSYK-KUL, LOOKING SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST 
Erratic Blocks (Gneiss) and Moraines in the foreground. 
an island, with a moraine cairn sticking up in it. Our two 
yurts were pitched on a patch of grass, and around us lay 
a new domain to be explored. 
“ Our first day at Bassyk-kul was anything but a success. 
The wind blew ; it poured with rain from morning till 
night, the heavy drops pattering incessantly on the tent- 
covering. Open-air work was out of the question ; but 
happily I had so much back work to make up that the 
involuntary confinement was rather welcome than other- 
