MarcuH.14, 1912] 
TRAVEL, SPORT, AND ADMINISTRATION.’ 
ioe a handsome volume Mr. Hesketh Prichard 
tells the story of a short journey made by 
Mr. G. M. Gathorne-Hardy and himself in Labra- 
dor in 1910. The coast settlement of Nairn, from 
which the journey started up the Fraser River, 
lies somewhat north of the centre of the Labrador 
coast. In this latitude there is little enough to 
tempt men up to the interior plateau, and the 
explorers broke new ground in striking out of the 
Fraser Valley, climbing a tributary valley on its 
south flank, and striking southward and westward 
to the George River. They returned on their 
tracks, so were able to travel light when on the 
plateau by leaving caches of food at different 
points against their return. They depended largely 
on game and fish, and were fortunate in obtaining 
a sufficiency of both, though more than once they 
went hungry. The writer points out, and it is 
easy to realise, how near 
NALS 35 
for the most part to the interests of the moun- 
taineer and the simple love of the mountains 
which is shared by all who visit them. Some- 
times, however, occasion is found for an easy 
lesson on mountain-building and like topics; on 
page 357 and following pages there is an admir- 
able explanation of the raising and shaping of 
Mount Robson, the summit of which the author 
was not destined to reach, in spite of more than 
one attempt. The accounts of the author’s 
journeys range back over a number of years. His 
first visit to the Rockies was made in 1884. In 
1885 he was in the Selkirks, and in 1888 he made 
a venturesome journey by canoe on the Columbia 
River. The latest journey described in the book 
is that above referred to, when Mount Robson 
was visited in 1908. It is not always easy to 
say exactly where a traveller has broken new 
ground in these mountains; hunters, prospectors, 
and railway reconnaissance surveyors have covered 
to the margin of safety 
an expedition § travels 
thus lightly equipped and 
in so desolate a country. 
Adverse circumstances 
carried Leonidas Hub- 
bard across that margin 
and drove him to starva- 
tion; Mr. Prichard pays 
a moving tribute to his 
efforts. It does not ap- 
pear that the present 
expedition attempted 
more than to see “what 
the country looks like ” ; 
scientific observation was 
not systematically at- 
tempted in any direction. 
But valuable details as 
to the physical geo- 
graphy of the country 
fraversed are to be 
gathered from the narra- 
tive, and among several 
photographs of interest 
in this connection, that of a raised beach in the 
George Valley may be selected for mention. And 
the travellers can speak with authority on sub- 
Arctic insect pests. 
The Rocky Mountains and Selkirks in Canada 
have been visited by more than one scientific 
mountaineer, and Prof. Coleman’s name stands 
very high among the number. In the present 
volume the scientific side of his work gives place 
By H. Hesketh Prichard. With a 
1 * Through Trackless Labrador.” 
Pp. xv+254. (London: 
Chapter on Fishing, by G. M Gathorne-Hardy. 
Wm. Heinemann, torr.) Price 155. net. 
“The Canadian Rockies. New and Old Trails.” 
man, F.R.S. Pp. 383+3 maps. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, rgrr.) 
12s. 6d. net. 
“The Land of Uz.” 
XXvili+354-+plates+ map. 
Price 8s. 6d. net. 
* Sporting Reminiscences.” 
(London: John Murray, 1gtt.) Price 8s. net. 
“The Making of Northern Nigeria.” By Capt C. W.J. Orr. Pp. x+ 
306+4 maps. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., rgtx.)_ Price 8s. 6d. net. 
“The Story of the Zulus.” By J. Y. Gibson. New edition, revised and 
extended. Pp. viit+338. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911.) Price 
7s. 6d. 
NO. 2211, VOL. 89] 
By Prof. A. P. Cole- 
Price 
By Abdullah Manstir (G. Wyman Bury). Pp. 
(London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., rorr.) 
By Sir Edward Darand, Bart. Pp. xi+200 
Fic. 1.—A>“ raised beach” in the George Valley, 
From “ Through Trackless Labrador,” 
much of the ground. Moreover, instances have 
often been mentioned (and Prof. Coleman men- 
tions some) of existing maps being found so un- 
trustworthy as to be unrecognisable on the spot. 
In localities where he was not actually treading 
a new trail Prof. Coleman was sometimes the first 
scientific traveller to tread an old one, and moun- 
taineers and tourists who may in the future follow 
him in increasing numbers as the country is opened 
up will find many occasions to thank him for what 
is obviously to him a labour of love. 
The area dealt with in “Abdullah Manstr’s” 
book is, broadly speaking, south-western Arabia, 
and more particularly the Aden protectorate and 
its hinterland. The writer brings to his task the 
experience of ten years’ service in the protectorate 
and a keen sense of humour, which together make 
his book no less entertaining than instructive. 
He points out, on the opening page of a very able 
introduction, how on leaving the sphere of imme- 
