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falls into the lake.” Now the river Hem, by which is meant the Emba, 
flows from one of its two sources from the Miigodjarski mountains, re¬ 
ceives, as has been said, on its right hank, the waters of the Temir and at 
a distance of 72 versts from the Caspian Sea begins to split up into 
branches. At 21 versts’ distance from the same sea it again passes into 
the same bed, and then again divides into branches, of which there are two 
principal ones. These having diffused their waters into lakes fall into the 
Caspian Sea,* “ 50 versts distant from the right bank of the Hem, is the 
Kainyar-Sakgiz which discharges its waters into another lake. The Ivain- 
yar-Sakgiz has a course of 200 versts.” The river Sagiz towards its mouth 
flows parallel with the Emba and at a distance from it of 70 versts, and 
then without reaching the Caspian Sea is lost in the salt marshes of the 
Tentyak-Sor, which lie at the mouth of the Emba. The length of the 
course of the Sagiz is 875 verstsf “ 420 versts below the river Vor, there 
flow into the Yailt through its left bank three streams without name. Be¬ 
tween them there is a distance of 70 versts. Below these streams again 
the river Ilez enters the Yaik” just below Turtebi, which we call the Salt 
Mountain, for in it they break salt. The distance along the river Ural 
between the mouths of the Ori and Ilek is 300 versts. During this extent 
there fall into the Ural, on its left bank, not three but more rivers. J” 
Alphabetical Index to the Geographical names in the Kirghiz Steppes and 
in the Country of Turleistan , which are contained in the Boole of the 
Great Survey.—Translated from the Russian by Capt. W. E. Gowan, 
II. M.'s Indian Army. 
1. Akbashli, Akbashl, Akbalish. A lake. 
Ak-sakal-barbi or Ak-sakal-taup, into which falls the river Irgiz. 
2. Akkol. Lakes Ak-kul, into which falls the river Jilanchik. 
3. Aknurgan. The town of Ak-kurgan, between Turkistan and Tash¬ 
kent, which does not now exist and the site of which is not known. 
4. Amu-Darya, Amedariya. The right arm of the river Amu, which 
falls into the Sea of Aral. The Oxus. ( Vide E. Schuyler’s Turleistan.) 
5. Ara-Kum. The sands, probably the Lesser Barsuki, which border 
on the Sea of Aral. 
6. The Araltova mountain. Aral-tau, probably the southern portion 
* Topographical Description of the river Emha, compiled by Sub-Lieut. Alek- 
sayeff, of the Topographical Department, 1853. Vide Beport of the Geographical Socie- 
ty, 1855. Part 15. 
f Blaramberg. Page 54. 
+ Materials for the Geography and Statistics of Russia collected by Officers of the 
General Staff, also “the Cossack Force of the Ural.” St. Petersburgh, (page 36). 
