the interesting _Scaphirhynchus_, which represents a
survival from the Tertiary epoch, is found. The fishing is very
productive, the fish being exported to Turkestan, Merv and Russia. The
shores of the lake are uninhabited; the nearest settlements are Kazala,
55 m. east, on the Syr, and Chimbai and Kungrad in the delta of the Amu.

AUTHORITIES.--Maksheev's "Description of Lake Aral," and Kaulbars'
"Delta of the Amu," in _Zapiski of Russ. Geogr. Soc._, 1st series, v.,
and new series, ix.; _Grimm's Studies of the Aral-Caspian Expedition_;
Nikolsky's "Fishing in Lake Aral," in _Izvestia, Russ. Geogr. Soc._,
1887; Prof. Mushketov, _Turkestan_, vol. i. (1886), which contains
bibliographical references; Rosler, _Die Aralseefrage_ (1873); Wood,
_The Shores of the Aral Lake_ (1876); and Berg in _Izvestia, Turkestan
Branch of Russian Geog. Soc._ (vol. iii., Tashkent, 1902).
(P. A. K.)

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