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in particular, seems to be too much to the east, and JRadomir 

 too much to the north-west of Dubnitza. 



The road from Sophia to Nissa is imperfectly marked, which 

 is also the case with many post-roads in Servia. The road 

 from Seres to Dubnitza is wrong, and Libanovo is on the east, 

 not the west bank of the Karasu. The town Tikavech does not 

 exist in Macedonia ; it is the name of a district. Negotin should 

 be marked on the spot where Tikavech is indicated. The basin 

 of the White Drina is ill-figured, as it is a vast plain and not a 

 valley. The same is the case with the great Perlepe and Bitoglia 

 tertiary basin. The Perindagh is not correctly laid down. The 

 hilly country marked between Radomir and Scharkoe is a pure- 

 ly ideal representation. The sources of the eastern Morava are 

 ill delineated. 



If I pass over the faults in nomenclature which are known to 

 me, I may at least be allowed to express a wish, that in future 

 maps the following names may not be marked as localities : 

 Koliba, a single small house ; Keny, or, in Servish, Celo, a vil- 

 lage ; Tschiflik, a farm ; Kula, a tower ; Kale, a fort ; Hissar, 

 a fortified place ; Palanka, a place fortified with palisadoes ; 

 Karaul, a military post ; Hammam, a bathing place (in Ser- 

 vish, Banjo) ; Han or Ghan, (and not as travellers or geogra- 

 phers write and pronounce it, Khan) an inn ; Monastir, a con- 

 vent; Grad (Servish), a large town; Varosh, a small town; 

 Maidan, a mine, &c. All those are useful for travellers if indi- 

 cated by small signs, but it is absurd to put thirty or forty 

 times on a map, Keny, Karaul, and the like, with only some vari- 

 ations in the orthography, as Kei, Kioi, Kdi, Karaula, Karaoul, 

 Karakul, KareuL The poor geographer, in compiling from 

 the data of others, has not perceived that each traveller had his 

 own orthography for the Kish or Servish names. It is also 

 most singular to find upon a map marked as villages, three inns 

 which are not far distant from each other. 



Another incongruity in maps is the partial translation of the 

 following words annexed to names: Beuk (Servish, Veliko), 

 great ; Kutjuk (Servish, Malo), small ; Gorne, superior ; Dolne, 

 inferior, &c. Sucli words should either be entirely translated, 

 or left in the original language, as also all the following : Dagh, 

 Balkan, Planina, a chain of hills; Dere (Servish, Dolina), a 



