a great lake, in the kingdom of Khowarazm, 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 70. 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 jolhart, 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 Silun or Sirr, and the Gilun or Amo, so often 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 Aral that are found in the Caspian sea. The former is also called the Lake of Eagles.