THE DUAB OF TURKESTAN— Continued 



Instructions on the pronunciation and the spelling and 

 meaning of native names, a scientific glossary, a bibliographical 

 list, and classified as well as alphabetical indexes meet all the 

 reader's needs. During his travels Mr Rickmers has taken 

 the greatest trouble in securing instructive photographs and 

 panoramas, aiming less at beautiful pictures than at typical 

 views of physical features such as mountains, deserts, valleys, 

 meanders, glaciers, moraines, mudspates, and also vegetation, 

 cultivation, village life, architecture, and so on. The publishers 

 have spared no effort in reproducing these illustrations to the 

 best advantage. Many diagrams help towards a better 

 understanding of the text. 



The book is suitable for all students and teachers of 

 physical geography and natural science ; and it is hoped that 

 it will appeal to everyone interested in geography in general, 

 and Middle Asia in particular. 



CONTENTS 



CHAP. 



I The Duab of Turkestan 



II The Physical Features of the Duab 



III The Zarafshan 



IV A Visit to Makhan-Kul 



V Bokhara and the Road to Karshi 



VI Samarkand 



VII The Ascent of Kemkutan 



VIII A Trip to the Mountains of Urgut 



IX From Samarkand to Varziminar 



X From Varziminar to the Zarafshan Glacier 



XI The Zarafshan Glacier 



XII To the Mountains of the Fan 



XIII To Garm and the Mountains of Peter the Great 



XIV Tupchek and the Ascent of Great Achik 



XV The Glaciers and Moraines of Tupchek 



XVI To Kalaikhumb and the Yakhsu Conglomerates 

 XVII The Oxus Jungles, Baljuan, Karatagh 



XVIII From Karatagh to Samarkand 



Appendix : Review — Climate — Forest and Climate — Snow line — Glacia- 

 tion — Desiccation — Sand and Loess — Climate as Cause and 

 Effect — Spelhng and Pronunciation — Native Words — Scientiiic 

 Glossary — Literature 



Index : 'I. Subject Index. — II. Alphabetical Index 



List of Unpublished Pliotographs 



[A special 8 //. prospectus, with specimen pages and illustrations, 

 will he forivarded o?i application^ 



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