TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. \n 



nasiiim or public school of Smolensk, finishing his 

 studies at the Academy of the Staff Corps. From 

 early life he displayed a strong love for natural 

 science, and it was to gratify these tastes that he 

 applied for and obtained permission to serve in 

 Eastern Siberia. Thither he proceeded in 1867, 

 and there he remained two years, occupying all the 

 time he could spare from his official duties in hunt- 

 ing, shooting, and collecting objects of natural 

 history. On his return to St. Petersburg in 1S69 

 he published his ' Notes on the Ussuri,' containing 

 a great deal of information on the eastern boundaries 

 of Russia in Asia. Soon after its appearance in 

 1870 Lieut.-Col. Prejevalsky prepared for his second 

 greater expedition, for which his previous travels 

 and studies had served as a preparation. His 

 companion and helpmate throughout this arduous 

 undertaking was Lieut. Pyltseff. I have only to 

 add that, from a letter recently received from him, I 

 learn that he is preparing for a third expedition, 

 and that he hopes this time to penetrate to Lob-nor, 

 and possibly from that quarter into Tibet. 



E. DELMAR MORGAN. 



London : Jam/aiy i, 1876. 



