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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 703 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KAZALA, or KAZALINSK

KAZALA, or KAZALINSK , a fort and See also:

TOWN

town in the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

province of Syr-darya in See also:

West See also:

Turkestan, at the point where the Kazala See also:

RIVER

River falls into the Syr-darya, about 50 M. from its mouth in See also:

Lake See also:

ARAL

Aral, in 450 45' N. and 62° 7' E., " at the junction," to quote See also:

SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN (1733–1804)

Schuyler, " of all the See also:

trade routes in Central See also:

ASIA

Asia, as the road from See also:

ORENBURG

Orenburg meets here with the See also:

KHIVA

Khiva, See also:

Bokhara and See also:

TASHKENT, or TASHKEND

Tashkent roads." Besides carrying on an active trade with the See also:

KIRGHIZ

Kirghiz of the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, it is of growing importance in the See also:

general current of See also:

commerce. Pop. (1897), 7600. The floods in the river make it an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring; in summer it is parched by the See also:

sun and hot winds, and hardly a See also:

tree can be got to grow. The streets are wide, but the houses, as well as the fairly strong fort, are built of mud bricks.

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