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GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
Arabia—Makalla. Globus 72 (1897): 87-40. Hirsch.
Ein Aufenthalt in Makalla (Siidarabien). Von Leo Hirsch. With Illustrations.
Central Asia. Rev. Frangai-e 22 (1897) : 598-602. Roborovski.
Asie Centrale : L’exploration Roborovski. With Map.
Central Asia—Pamirs. Verh. Ges. Erdk. Berlin 24 (1897): 328-339. Oluffsen.
Herr Premier-Lieutenant O. Oluffsen : Ueber die daniscbe Pamir-Expedition im
Jahr 1896. With Map.
Central Asia—Pamirs. G. Tidskrift 14 (1897): 51-76. Olufsen.
Den danske Pamir-Expedition. Ved Premier-lpjtnant i Hoeren O. Olufsen. With
Map.
This expedition has been referred to in the Journal for November (ante, p. 536).
China—Railways. Oerter. Monats. Orient 23 (1897) : 61-72. Feigl.
Die Eisenbahnfrage in China. Von Hermann Feigl.
China—Historical. Groeneveldt.
Bijd. Taal-, Land- en Volkenk. Ned.-Indie 4 (1898) : 1-598.
De Nederlanders in China. Door W. P. Groeneveldt.
This is the first part of a series of records of the early Dutch trade to China, and
deals with the traffic to China and the Pescadores between 1601 and 1624.
China—Manchuria. C. iM. 124 (1897): 1402-1404. Venukoff.
Sur les re'sultats d’observations me'te'orologiques faites en Mandchourie et dans les
pays limitrophes. Note de M. Michel Venukoff.
Chinese Empire—Tibet. J. United Service I. India 26 (18\G) : 177-198. Wellby.
From Leh to Peking across Tibet. By Captain M. S. Wellby. With Map.
India—Assam.
Report on the River-borne Trade of Assam for the Quarter ending the 31st of
December, 1896. Size 13£ x 9, pp. 44.
India—Assam. Stephen.
Annual Sanitary Report of the Province of Assam for the year 1896. By Surgeon-
Colonel A. Stephen, m.b. Shillong, 1897. Size 13 x 8 £, pp. 44, xlviii., and 6 .
Map.
India—Assam, Tea Culture. '
Report on Tea Culture in Assam for 1896. Shillong, 1897. Size 13£ x 8 J, pp. 6
and iv. Map.
The output of tea in the province of Assam for 1896 was 109 million lbs., an increase
of ten per cent, over the previous year.
India—Bengal. Miss. Catholiques 29 (1897): 368, 380, 391, 403, 418, 429, 439. Gryse.
Les premiers habitants du Bengale ou les Aborigenes du Chota-Nagpore, de
TOrissa et des Santal-Pergannas. Par le R. P. de Gryse. With Illustrations.
India—Burma. Newland.
A Practical Hand-book of the Language of the Lais as spoken by the Plakas and
other allied tribes of the Chin Hills (commonly the Baungshfc Dialect). By
Surgeon-Major A. G. E. Newland. Rangoon, 1897. Size 9£ x 6 , pp. 688 . Pre
sented by the Author.
India—Burmese War. Indian Antiquary 26 (1897): 40-47.
An Unpublished Document relating to the First Burmese War. Preface by Lieut.-
Colonel R. C. Temple.
The document in question was a manuscript bound up with a copy of Wilson’s
■“Documents of the Burmese War, 1827,” which belonged to Colonel Hopkinson, who
took part in the campaign, and was presumably written by him.
India—Hindu Customs. Nevins.
P. Literary and Philosoph. S. Liverpool 50 (1896): 263-291.
Hindu Domestic and Religious Customs. By J. Ernest Nevins, m.b.
India—Malabar. Imp. and Asiatic Quarterly Rev. (3) 4 (1897) : 288-300. Fawcett.
The Moplas of Malabar. By F. Fawcett. With Illustration.
India—Mergui Archipelago. Indian Antiquary 26 (1897): 85-91,119-126. Temple.
Extracts from Official Documents relating to the Selungs of the Mergui Archi
pelago. By R. C. Temple.