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panied by a small sketch map of this little known region. Another con- 

 tribution by Prof. R. D. Salisbury, entitled "Studies for Students," 

 treats in ontline of glacial phenomena. 



The Scottish Geographical Magazine for January, 1897, contains as its 

 leading article a paper by Dr John Murray on the " Temperature of the 

 Water of the Scotch Lakes." The observations, which are tabulated in 

 extenso, show as a rule a slight increase of temperature from the surface 

 down to three or four fathoms, and a gradual reduction in temperature 

 down to the greatest depths obtained, viz., 80 fathoms. The article is 

 illustrated by diagrams, which admirably summarize the results. 



The Geographical Journal for January, 1897, contains a number of articles 

 of interest, among them being accounts of journeys and explorations in 

 Malay, Africa, Australia, and South America. These are, "A Journey 

 Through the Malay States of Trengganu and Kelantan," by Hugh Clifford; 

 '^'Researches in Karia," by W. R. Paton and J. L. Myres; "Journeys 

 in Gosha and Beyond the Deshek Wama," by Clifford H. Craufurd ; 

 " Lake Mweru and the Luapula Delta," by A. Blair Watson ; " Journey 

 from Western Australia to Warina, in South Australia," by W. Carr 

 Boyd. Mr W. L. Sclater continues his series of articles on " The Geog- 

 raphy of Mammals," the present article being devoted to the Nearctic 

 region. Mr George G. Chisholm has an article on the " Distribution of 

 Towns and Villages in England," especially with reference to their 

 geologic location, an aspect which is beginning to receive attention. 



The Bulletin of the Sierra Club of California opens with an ascent of 

 Mount Lefroy, in the Canadian Rockies, which resulted in the death of 

 Mr Philip Stanley Abbot. Mr Bolton Coit Brown contributes a pleasant 

 sketch entitled " Wanderings in the High Sierra between Mount King 

 and Mount Williamson." The mountain-climber is advised by Mr How- 

 ard Longley " What to Take and How to Take It." Mr J. M. Stilhnan 

 writes of a "Trip to Tehipite Valley from the Kings River and Grand 

 Canon," and Theodore S. Solomons upon "An Early Summer Excursion 

 to the Tuolumne Canon and to Mount Lyell." 



The Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Number 4 of the year 

 1896, opens with a brief summary of the " Topographic Work of the U. S. 

 Geological Survey in 1895." Signor Romero, the Mexican Minister to 

 the United States, furnishes a most admirable descriptive article on the 

 topography, climate, people, government, and resources of his country. 

 It is well that we should have a better knowledge than we have hitherto 

 possessed of our next-door neighbor on the south. Mr J. V. Brower has 

 an article entitled " The Utmost Waters of the Missouri River." The 

 region described, the headwaters of Red Rock creek, Montana, was ex- 

 plored twenty-five years ago, and has since been subdivided by the Gen- 

 eral Land Office, which by running a line at every mile— east, west, 

 north, and south— surely leaves little room for geographical discovery. 



The Geographical Society of Lima, Peru, publishes a report, accom- 

 panied by a map, on the " Navigability of the Eastern Rivers of Peru." 

 The map summarizes the information contained in the report, showing, 

 by means of symbols, the head of navigation of the rivers. 



