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narrower. About 1,500 feet from the end a velocity of about 
194 feet per year was measured.’ 
Caucasus.— A number of glaciers in the southeastern part of 
the chain are retreating, and a number of glacial lakes have been 
discovered there. The glaciers of the central part of the chain 
are also found to be retreating. Two glaciers on Mt. Ararat give 
evidence of retreat. 
Szberia.— Professor Sapojnikov has published a finely illus- 
trated book on “‘ The Katoun River and its Tributaries’ (Tomsk 
1901) in which he gives a detailed account of the glaciers drain- 
ing into that river. Some of the glaciers he has mapped, others 
he has only photographed. They are all retreating. 
Turkestan.— A number of glaciers have been recently dis- 
covered in Turkestan, all of which give distinct evidences of 
being in retreat.? 
Flimalaya.— The gréat glaciers of Kanchinjanga are from 15 
to 17 miles long, and descend to about 13,000 feet above sea 
level. They are slowly retreating. The Anglo-Indian surveyors 
formerly restricted the name glacier to the clear ice between the 
névé fields and the lower moraine-covered portions; many erro- 
neous ideas regarding these glaciers have thus been introduced.3 
REPORT ON THE GLACIERS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR NO One 
The narrative and general papers of the Harriman Alaska 
expedition have been published in two handsome volumes, which 
contain many excellent illustrations of the glaciers. The general 
description of the glaciers is written by Mr. John Muir, and he 
notes that at the time of his first visit in 1879, the two branches 
of the Grand Pacific glacier and the Johns Hopkins glacier were 
united and presented a single ice-front; the Hugh Miller and the 
Charpentier glaciers were also united at that time. He estimates 
"Report of Messrs. G. and William S. Vaux, Jr. 
? Report of Professor Mouschketov. 
3 Report of Mr. D. W. Freshfield. 
4A synopsis of this report will appear in the Seventh Annual Report of the [nter- 
national Committee. Yhe report on the glaciers of the United States for 1900 was 
given in the Jour. GEOL., Vol. LX, pp. 252-54. 
