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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume X, No. 6 [‎158v] (169/186)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (88 folios). It was created in Dec 1897. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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viii CONTENTS.
PAOB
No. 5. November.
Discovery by Baron Nordenskjold that Fresh Water will be found by boring
through Hard Rock. By Sir Clements R. Markham, k.c.b., f.r.s 465
Mr. Fitzgerald’s Expedition to Aconcagua. By Edward A. Fitzgerald .. .. 469
Geography at the British Association, Toronto, 1897 471
The Phlegraan Fields. By R. T. Gunther, m.a., Magdalen College, Oxford 477
British Caves and Speleology. By E. A. Martel 500
On the Distribution of Towns and Villages in England. By Geo. G. Chis
holm, M.A., B.SC 511
On the Distribution of Earthquakes in Japan. By Charles Davison, sc.d., f.g.s. 530
The Monthly Record .. 535
Obituary 545
Geographical Literature of the Month 546
New Maps 557
Maps and Illustrations—
Boring at Dalbyo 466
Spring reached by boring through Archaic Rock 468
Map V.—Valleys and Watersheds of Camaldoli 481
Fig. 12.—Vallone Verdolino, just before reaching the Soccavo Plain .. 482
Fig. 13.—Upper Slopes of the Cavone Delle Noce 484
Map VI.—Hills of Camaldoli 485
Maps VII. and VIII.—Various Diagrams and Sections .. 486
Fig. 14.—Bed of the Cavone Delle Noce 486
Fig. 15.—Path through young Chestnut Wood 496
Underground River at Marble Arch, Ireland 503
The Interior of Gaping Ghyll, in Yorkshire 506
Lago Miramar, Majorca 510
District in the Provinces of Mino and Owari 531
Sketch-Map of the Distribution of Earthquakes in Japan during 1885-1892 564
No. 6. December.
The President’s Opening Address, November 8, 1897 565
Recent Journeys in Persia. By Captain P. Molesworth Sykes 5b8
A Journey to Siwa in September and October, 1896. By W. Jennings-Bramly 597
Ancient Trading Centres of the Pen-ian Gulf. By Capt. A. W. Stiffc, r.i.m. 608
Potamology as a Branch of Physical Geography. By Prof. A. Penck, ph.d. 619
The Topographical Work of the Geological Survey of Canada. By J. Burr
Tyrrell, m.a., b.sc., f.g.s 623
— History and Literature of the Klondike Region 631
> The Monthly Record 632
f Obituary ; 642
Geographical Literature of the Month 646
j New Maps 657
Maps and Illustrations—
(r The Farman Farma’s Garden at Mahun 571
The Taftan Range, Sarhad 573
The Governor of Magas and Family 576
The Fort at Bam 579
Kubeh-i-Subs or “ Green Dome ” at Kerman 581
Pass of the “ Old Woman ” between Shiraz and Bushire 583
Tombs of the Kaianian Maliks at Jalk 587
The Lajji Valley on the Beluch-Kalat Frontier 589
The Water-Mills of Shuster .. .'. 591
Map of Siwa 601
Date-drying Yard, Siwa ’ 605
Maskat, from the Anchorage outside the Forts 610
Maskat, from Makallah Bay, the Anchorage for Small Vessels .. .. 611
Inscription over Gateway in Fort Merani ; 612
Inscribed over a Window in Fort Merani 613
Fort of Felej ( 5 X 4
Sketch-Map of the New Franco-German Boundary in West Africa .. 636
Sir Rutherford Alcock, k.c.b., d.c.l 644
Sketch-Map of Persia, Afghanistan, and Beluchistan 660
Maskat and Matrah in Oman, Arabia 660

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Content

A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 77 and the entire contents are listed on folio 78.

The contents of the journal are as follows.

  • The President's Opening (ff 87-88).

Articles:

Other items:

  • Historic and Literature of the Klondike Region (ff 120)
  • The Monthly Record (ff 120-125)
  • Obituary (ff 125-127)
  • Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 127-132)
  • New Maps (ff 133-134).

The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.

In addition, folio 161 features a pattern of the commemorative coin for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, with an advert on the back.

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1 volume (88 folios)
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English in Latin script
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