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questions of improved husbandry, of irrigation and of famines. 
Then follow sections on commerce and trade, arts and manufac- 
tures, mines and minerals, and on vital statistics, the whole being 
illustrated by a series of tables.” A similar treatment is observed 
in the articles on Bengal and other provinces, or districts and 
towns. 
_In concluding his review Mr. Markham remarks: “ The Impe- 
rial Gazetteer is the crowning work which brings the results of 
the great statistical survey within reach of the general public. It 
represents twelve years of incessant labor demanding many high 
qualities for its efficient execution and natural gifts such as are 
rarely combined in one man, Learning, experience and scholarly 
research were no less essential than habits of accurate thought, 
administrative talent, and orderly, methodical arrangement. 
bove all, imagination was needed—that quality without which 
work cannot be endued with life and movement, but remains dead, 
a mere receptacle of lifeless facts. It is to the rare combination 
of literary skill and the imaginative faculty, with the qualifications 
of an able and energetic administrator, that we owe the comple- 
tion of this great and difficult task.” ; 
This great achievement is a model for our own people. Such 
a Gazetteer of the United States should be the final result of the 
explorations, observations and collections that have been and are 
yet being made under the authority of the National and State 
Governments. 
THE Arctic CAMPAIGN OF 1881.—The U. S. steamer Feannette 
sailed from San Francisco on an exploring voyage through Behr- 
Ings Straits on July 8, 1879. She was supplied for three years’ 
voyage in the Arctic regions and Captain De Long's instructions 
do not require him to return until the expiration of that period. 
he Feannette was last heard from by a letter from Captain De 
Long, dated August 27, 1879, off Cape Serdze on the north-east 
Coast of Siberia. She was last seen on September 2d of that year 
y the American whaler Sea Breeze about fifty miles south of 
Herald Island, and on the following day several whalers in lat. 
70” 51’ N.,, long. 174° 30’ W., saw the smoke of a steamer go- 
‘ng north a little east of due south of the island. As no news 
has since been received of her safety, several vessels have been 
ordered by the Government to visit the Arctic seas for her relief 
iM necessary, 
The U.S. revenue steamer Corwin sailed on May 4, 1881, from 
San Francisco, and has already made investigations along the Si- 
berian coast, resulting in the discovery of relics of one of the two 
Missing whalers in the possession of the natives, who had obtained 
them in November, 1880, from a wreck northward of Cape Serdze. 
Captain Hooper expected to sail on July 8th from St. Michaels 
and proceed along the American shore as far as the ice would 
Permit and then attempt to reach Wrangell Land. 
