Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume VIII, No. 5 [‎56r] (114/154)

THE MONTHLY RECORD.
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where the Sheristanek falls into it at Doab. The next morning the ShikarcJii
Bashi appeared, but not till one of our party had started over the mountains by
the short cut for home, hoping to get a shot at ibex on the way. The rest of us
were honoured with a full parade of lambs at every village through which we
passed, and on July 1 we reached our homes at Gulahek.*
THE MONTHLY RECORD.
THE SOCIETY.
The New Session. —The first meeting of the New Session will take place
on Tuesday, November 10. It was hoped that Dr. Nansen might have
been able to come to England and open the session with an account of
his remarkable expedition. Unfortunately, he will not be able to leave
Norway till towards the end of January, when it is expected that he
will address the Society. The first paper of the session will be an
account of the expedition under Mr. Jackson, which is pushing its way
■and carrying out scientific observations in Franz Josef Land; the paper
will be by Mr. Arthur Montefiore Brice, as will be seen from the pro
gramme inserted in the present number. This will be followed before
Christmas by papers on Uganda and Unyoro, by Lieutenant S. Yandeleur,
#nd on the Sources of the Niger by Colonel J. K. Trotter. Other
interesting papers, as will be seen, are in preparation for the meetings after
Christmas. During the session special meetings will probably be held
in connection with the 400th anniversary of the voyage to America by
Cabot and of the route to India by Yasco da Gama. For other special
features reference is made to the Programme.
Special Medal to Dr. Nansen. —At a recent meeting of the Council, it
was decided to award a special gold medal to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, in
recognition of the value of the geographical and other scientific work
which has been accomplished by his North Polar Expedition. Dr. Nansen
has already received a Royal Medal from the Society.
EUROPE.
Geographical Work in Finland. —The Finnish Geographical Society at
Helsingfors has recently sent us their publications for the years 1894, 1895, and
1896, which show a record of solid geographical work of a very satisfactory
•character. There appears to be an awakening to the value of geographical study in
Finland, which is accompanied, not only by the production of such memoirs as the
volumes under notice contain, but by an earnest effort to adopt whatever is good in
the geographical teaching of other countries in the schools of Finland. The papers
in the Vetenskwpliga Meddelanden af Geografiska Foreningen i Finland are
* For a general illustration of the country traversed by Colonel Wells, the reader is
referred to map of a Route along the Alburz Mountains, between Tehran, Astrabad, and
Shahrud, by Lieut.-Colonel Beresford Lovett, r.e., to be found at page 120, vol. v.,
Proceedings (New Series) of the Royal Geographical Society. The section of country
now treated may be identified by the names Gatchasir and M aliabad on that map, and
is between long. 51° and 51° 40'.