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described the lake in 1823, "We found on said hillock, a little further on, the large lake of Tolay—named after the chief of the Indian nomadic tribals "(Mr.Hukalaka Tolay), who in former times settled there. Its width at some parts is, with little difference, one hundred and fifty varas (420
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