ARAL, a great lake in the kingdom of Khwarazm, lying a little to the eaſtward of the Caſpian ſea. Its length from north to ſouth is ſaid to be near 150 miles, and its breadth from eaſt to weſt about 50. The ſhore on the weſt ſide is high and rocky, and deſtitute of good water: yet there are abundance of wild horſes, aſſes, antelopes, and wolves; as alſo a fierce creature called a jollart, which the Tartars ſay is of ſuch a prodigious ſtrength as to carry off a horſe. It is ſurpriſing that this lake ſhould be quite unknown to geographers till within theſe few years. Several great rivers, which were ſuppoſed to run into the Caſpian ſea, are now known to fall into this lake, particularly the Sihun or Sirr, and the Gihun or Amo, ſo often mentioned.
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mentioned by the Oriental historians. This lake, like the Caspian sea, has no visible outlet. Its water is also very salt; and for that reason is conveyed by the neighbouring inhabitants by small narrow canals into sandy pits, where the heat of the sun, by exhaling the water, leaves them a sufficient quantity of salt. The same kinds of fish are found in the Aral that are found in the Caspian sea. The former is also called the Lake of Eagles.