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for it in the United States. The frontier region of Dauria 
| Mongolia is capable, the author thinks, of producing two 
lions of sheep; whilst cattle-rearing must for some years re- 
nin its present state, owing to the scantiness of population, 
the difficulty of making provision for the winter.” 
\HANIKOFF'S TRAVELS IN Pursta.—Through the attentions 
of D. W. Fiske, Esq., General Secretary of the American Geo- 
_ faphical Society, we have received the Proces- Verbal of the meet- 
ings of the Imperial Geographical Society of St. Petersburg, held 
Dec, 16, 1859, and Jan. 13, 1860. : 
-, At the latter sitting, M. Khanikoff presented an account of 
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fall 
P othe limits of this vast province, bounded on the north by a 
3 sie which stretches in the direction of latitude from Hindou- 
ousch to the southern extremity of the Caspian Sea, and to- 
: pein, as well as by the mountains which separate Séistan 
, Béloudchistan, The space thus enclosed presents four na- 
_ inl sub-divisions, to which M. Khanikoff gives the name ter- 
kon The first embraces the salt desert lying between Kaschan, 
Be, s. Its general inclination 
.... 2 dry desert of Lut, and toward the north borders on 
i 
q oA Se inclination is from north-northwest to south-south, 
2 is its lowest point is probably no more than 500 feet above 
evelof theca. The lowest point of the thind, which ne 
— mea is at the surface of Lake Hamoun, of which the 
= 
1es from the first of these villages to Toun, Haff, and 
The its general slope inclines from southwest. to north- 
+he limits of these four divisions of Khorassan are no: 
ern frontier of Khorassan coincides with the isother- 
dlidign sete Cent., a fact which gives plausibility to the con. 
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