May 23, 1859.] GERMAN WORKS ON PALESTINE. 287 



Bavaria, surveyed and described under the direction of C. W. 

 Giimbel, will be published in the establishment of Justus Perthes, 

 by authority of the Bavarian. Government. Another geological 

 work by Von Richshofen, member of the Austrian Imperial " Eeichs 

 anstalt," will also soon be published. One volume of ' Travels in 

 Palestine,' made by Dr. Titus Tobler during the year 1857, is, I am 

 told, nearly ready for publication. 



Lastly, from what I know of their usefulness, I can well under- 

 stand that the ' Geographische Mittheilungen ' should have been 

 so generally encouraged and approved of, that they are to be 

 greatly extended in the form of extra numbers, the publication of 

 which will commence this summer. Like the fifth part of last 

 year's numbers, which gave a resume of the geography of South 

 Africa, including the remarkable journeys and discoveries of 

 Livingstone, each of these extra parts will contain one subject 

 only. 



In mentioning the works of German writers, I must specially 

 allude to the last travels in Palestine of the late Dr. Eoth. This 

 able and well-known traveller, a Professor of Munich, whose hj^pso- 

 metrical measurements in the Wadi Araba were mentioned in my 

 previous Address, died, I lament to say, of fever last summer at 

 Hasbeiya in Anti-Lebanon, after making several tours, the results 

 of which have not yet been published. Thus, in exploring the 

 countries east of the Jordan, he reached (March, 1858) Kerek and 

 Tafileh, remained at both places for some time, and investigated the 

 natural history and meteorology of that little-known region. Sub- 

 sequently he returned to Jerusalem, and thence went northwards 

 to the upper basin of the Jordan and the range of Anti-Lebanon. 

 Some of the last points visited by him were Mount Hermon, Lake 

 Phiala, Baneas, and Hasbeiya ; having previously obtained many 

 valuable scientific results. Among his former labours it will be 

 remembered that he accompanied Schubert and Erdl in 1836 and 

 1837 to Palestine, as well as Major Harris in his mission to Shoa 

 in 1841-1843. Just as in his preceding tours through the Wadi 

 Araba and other parts of the Holy countries, Dr. Eoth bestowed 

 great pains in fixing the altitudes of his route and of the chief 

 points visited, and his observations will be found to be among the 

 most trustworthy hitherto made in Palestine. These altitudes, 

 together with various meteorological observations and the last 

 papers of Dr. Eoth, having been put into the hands of Dr. Peter- 



