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Art. X.—Geographical Notices. No. V. 
region and Manchooria, in respect to which intelligence has re- 
cently been received, are events which combine to give peculiar 
interest and importance to our meagre knowledge of Eastern 
sia. 
: t such inquiri 
ington has lately published (Wash. 67 DP» 8vo) a “ Report of 
rae on the Amoor river,” which were made last year 
by Mr. P. McD. i iti i 
The official rank of Mr. Collins gave him opportunities of in- 
_ tercourse with Gen. Mouravieff, the Governor of Eastern Siberia, 
and with many other dignitaries, from whom he gathered some 
Important facts in respect to the Russian policy in that region. 
Tn addition to these, he states his own observations made on a 
urried tour through a region of vast extent and varied resources. 
report accordingly will be valuable to those who are inter- 
ested in political changes, and to American merchants, but the 
circumstances under which it was prepared were by no means 
favorable to the collection of scientific materials. ree hasti 
constructed maps, (without the indications of latitude and longi- 
tude,) appended to the volume, add almost nothing to our 
Imowledge. 
