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may also be mentioned. For the general geography of the region, Reclus s
Geographic Universelle (vol. xv.), and the lately issued volume of the new edition
of Stanford’s ‘ Compendium/ by Dr. S. E. Dawson, may be consulted. A good
general map of the region, including the results of the latest surveys, seems still a
desideratum, though it may be hoped that such may soon be published by the
Canadian Survey Department. Sketch-maps are given in most of the books and
papers above mentioned, and in particular Mr. McConnell’s report is accompanied
by a large scale-map in nine sheets. A general map of the north-west parts of the
British territory on a large scale was also issued by the Canadian Ministry of the
Interior in 1888, and this shows clearly the results of the surveys of Dr. Dawson’s
party. As one of the routes to the goldfields is by the lower Yukon, it may be of use
to refer briefly to the literature dealing with that section of the river, which is tar
more voluminous. Mr. F. Whymper’s ‘Travel and Adventure in the Territory of
Alaska’ (1868) describes the journeys made by him as a member of the American
Expedition in connection with the proposed Asiatic-Americau Telegraph. Mr. Dali,
in his book ‘Alaska and its Resources’ (1870), gives both the results of his own
travels and a summary of our knowledge of the country at that time. Mr. H. W.
Elliott’s work, ‘An Arctic Province’ (1886), has also a chapter on the Yukon
region, the history of which is treated of in Bancroft’s ‘ History of Alaska ’ (1886).
With regard to the region of the passes leading to the upper Yukon, Mr. Seton Karr’s
paper published in the It.G.S. Proceedings (vol. xiii.), and Dr. Aurel Krause’s
work,‘Die Tlinkit-Indianer’ (Jena, 1885), may be mentioned. Finally, it may
be of interest to note that prospecting for gold was carried on by the Russians in
the southern parts of the region during their occupancy of Alaska (cf. Erman’s
Archiv fur Wissenschaftliche Kunde von Russland, vol. xxv. (1867), p. 229).
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EUROPE.
Oceanographical Researches in Loch Fyne.— The results of Dr. Mill’s
further investigations on the circulation of the water in Loch Fyne have recently
been published.* The observations were carried out on board the Fishery Board’s
cruiser Garland, on two occasions, the first from April 2 to 6, and the second from
September 3 to 11,1896. The results of his earlier observations, undertaken between
1886 and 1889, are fully discussed in his paper on the ‘ Clyde Sea Area,’ published
by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (see also the Geographical Journal for October,
1894, pp. 344-349). The general results of the work on Loch Fyne in 1896 are
summarized as follows: Hie flood-tide brings in water from the upper and deeper
layers of the Arran basin, which is thoroughly mixed in passing Otter spit before
high water, and fills the Gortans basin with a nearly homothermic mass, which is
passed on through Minard Narrows into the Upper basin, where it does not sink
through the cold deep water in summer, but only mixes with the upper layers above
-0 fathoms, becoming more superficial in its eflects as the tide passes upwards. In
the ebb there is, at the upper end of the loch, only a superficial movement, but at
the platform between I urnace and Minard the rush of the surface current into the
Gortans basin, while it is strongest at half-ebb, draws up the deep cold layers to a
slight extent, causing a slight mixture with the warmer water. The homothermic
mass pours out into the Arran basin, acting on the ebb probably in the same way
Part III, ‘ I ifteenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland,’ pp. 2G2-279.