Supplement, "1 

 Jitnnary 18, 1894 ) 



NATURE 



vu 



bound with vol. ii., in which alone that region is dis- 

 cussed, while the general map showing the route to 

 Yarkand would be more useful in vol. i. One other 

 criticism must be made before turning to the pleasanter 



each volume, we can only gu2ss darkly from the context 

 the significance of diikore, chit, and fank\ to mention 

 only a few we have puzzled over. 



Lord Dunmore has travelled extens'vcly in many parts 



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\ IG I — Uvis 1' 11 



Fic. 2. — The Roof of Asia, piaieuu i^ 



consideration of the merits of the work. Native words 

 are introduced in unnecessary profusion, and although 

 akoi, jigit, puitoo, and seventy-five other uncouth terms 

 are interpreted in a glossary considerately prefixed to 

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of the world, and he is able to brighten his des:riptions 

 by many shrewd comparisons with distant places and 

 diverse peoples. His power of description is above the 

 average of;^the sncrting traveller, and from first to last 



