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Nam Kiu. After a visit to Padao, the capital of 

 the Bor Kamti, he retraced his journey, following 

 the Turong. which is the principal source of the 

 Kyendwen. The map showing the results of this 

 journey is contained in the January number of 

 the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society. 

 The amount of rain falling in the mountains 

 crossed by Woodthorpe explains the enormous 

 quantity of water carried by the Irawadi. Col. 

 H. C. B. Tanner tried to enter Tibet, but was pre- 

 vented from carrying out his intention by the 

 Tibetan boundary post at Purang Jong. He ex- 

 plored some parts of Bhutan, and had the foot of 

 the Kinchinjinga surveyed. The Indian survey 

 plans the publication of maps showing the coun- 

 tries adjoining India. These ' Trans-frontier of 

 India sheets,' which will be on a scale of an inch 

 to eight miles (1 : 506,880), will consist of four parts : 

 ' North-western trans-frontier,' including Belu- 

 cbistan, Afghanistan. Turanian states; 'Northern 

 trans- frontier.' including East Turkestan and 

 western Tibet ; ' North-eastern trans-frontier,' in- , 

 eluding eastern Tibetasfaras Yuia-Nan; and 'South- 

 eastern trans-frontier,' including Burma and west- 

 ern Siam. These maps will embrace the Indian 

 surveys, the results of which have not been made 

 public, on account of political reasons, and a criti- 

 cal review of the whole available material. It is 

 proposed to extend the work to western Persia, 

 Asia Minor, and Arabia. 



Africa. 



G. A. Krause, whose arrival at Mosi was an- 

 nounced a few weeks since, has proceeded by the 

 way of Duensa to Safaram on the upper Niger. 

 He intends to follow the river to Kabara, the port 

 of Timbuktu. As Krause travels undisguised, as 

 a Christian, he expects to find some difficulties at 

 Massina on account of the fanaticism of the Fulbe. 



Upon his return to Berlin, a reception was ten- 

 dered to Dr. Junker by the geographical .and an- 

 thropological societies. Junker gave a brief sketch 

 of his six years' travels in Africa. In January, 

 1881, he went from Suakin to Khartum, whence 

 he ascended the Nile by steamer to Meshera. From 

 there he travelled to Ndorurao, where he estab- 

 lished a station in May, 1881. He described his 

 explorations south and west of Ndorumo, in the 

 unknown district drained by the Welle and its 

 tributaries. He made large ethnological collec- 

 tions among the Mang-Battu (Schweinfurth's 

 ' Mombuttu '), which he sent by his companion 

 Bohndorf to the Bahr-el-Ghazal. Unfortunately 

 these were lost. The progress of the Mahdi pre- 

 vented Junker's return, so he went to Lado to 

 Emin Bey, expecting to meet a steamer going 

 north. The Emir Karam had sent them notice of 



the capture of Lupton Pasha, governor of the prov- 

 ince of Bahr-el-Ghazal, and in January, 1885, 

 they learned of the loss of Khartum. Later on, 

 the Mahdi attacked Emin Bey. and took Amadi, 

 which is only five days distant from' Lado. For 

 some unknown reasons, however, he retreated. 

 Dr. Junker then returned to Europe, starting from 

 Wadelai. 



America. 



The proposed field-work of the Canadian geo- 

 logical survey for the coming season includes an 

 extensive topographical and geological survey 

 of the upper Yukon, of which Mr. George M. Daw- 

 son will be in charge. It is proposed that one 

 branch of the expedition shall proceed through 

 the valley of the Stakeen River, cross the summit 

 of the Rocky Mountains, and ascend the Liard 

 River. Here they will pass the watershed be- 

 tween the Yukon and Mackenzie, and descend 

 Pelly River. At Fort Selkirk, where the Pelly 

 River joins the Yukon, they will meet the other 

 branch of the expedition, which will proceed from 

 Chitlkat Inlet (Lynn Fiord) to the head waters of 

 the Yukon. From Fort Selkirk, short expeditions 

 will be made up the branches of the Yukon, on 

 both sides, and down the main stream. W. 

 Ogilvy, who will be in charge of this branch of 

 the expedition, will remain in the district during 

 the winter of 1887. but Dr. Dawson will return 

 next fall by the route of Lynn Fiord. We are in- 

 debted to Dawson for his explorations in Van- 

 couver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and the 

 Rocky Mountains of British Columbia ; and we 

 may expect that the proposed exploration, carried 

 on under his skilful management, will be success- 

 ful, and glean valuable results in the vast un- 

 known north-western territories. It must be re- 

 gretted that a survey of the boundary between 

 Canada and the possessions of the United States 

 cannot be undertaken at the same time, as both 

 expeditions would help and further one another. 



The French hydrographical office has published 

 a map of the Cape Horn Archipelago and the 

 Beagle Channel, from the surveys made by the 

 steamer La Romanche during the years 1883 and 

 1883, when a polar station, according to the inter- 

 national plan, was established in Orange Bay. 

 The map contains many important corrections of 

 the coast-line. 



The Institute geografico Argentino has issued 

 the first sheets of the ' Atlas de la R^publica 

 Argentina,' edited by Dr. A. Seelstrang. The basis 

 of the atlas are the surveys of the land-office, rail- 

 roads, and boundary commissions. It will consist 

 of thirty sheets, each province being represented 

 on a scale of 1 : 1,000,000. 



