Page:From Kulja, across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor (1879).djvu/62

Rh great elevation, not only above the level of the sea, but also above that of the adjacent plain; the southern range, dividing Lesser from Greater Yulduz, rises in several places above the limit of perpetual snow. Exactly in the centre of Lesser Yulduz, and throughout its entire length, flows the Baga Yulduz-gol, uniting with the Kaidu-gol after the latter has drained Greater Yulduz, and finally emptying into Lake Bagarash.

We forded the Baga Yulduz-gol, but in spring and summer the water is too high to allow of the fords being practicable. Fish are plentiful, both in the Baga Yulduz-gol as well as in its tributaries, but only of two kinds: Dyptichus, a foot or a little over in length, and gudgeon. About half-way down this river, and for some distance on either side, are marshes (sasi) and lakelets. Here we found in the latter half of September numbers of migrating water-fowl; most of the other birds nesting in this country had taken wing for the south, and it was only now and then that we saw a few in the mountains. Non-migratory birds however are common.