62 General Notes. [Jan. 
tracings of maps of the surveys made in October, 1878. This 
shows “ Elk Lake” in exactly the position of Lake Glazier. Into 
it runs a small stream, and another stream, of about equal length, 
flows into the western arm of Lake Itasca. The last stream 
heads in a tiny lakelet. Neither stream much exceeds two miles 
in length. Elk Lake has, of course, precedence of “Lake 
Glazier.” 
The great Lake Mistassini, regarding which exaggerated re- 
ports were afloat some time ago, has been proved to be an expan- 
sion of Rupert River, about one hundred miles in length and 
twelve in breadth. Depths of three hundred and seventy-four 
and two hundred and séventy-nine feet have been found. Above 
this is Little Mistassini, a widening of the river to a width of six 
miles. 
Europe. Moresnet.—Sczence, in its Paris letter, reports a bit 
of political geography not generally known. It is that there is 
between Belgium and Germany a small and quite independent 
state that is smaller than Monaco, San Marino, or Anderra,— 
that of Moresnet. The delegates who fixed the frontier between 
Belgium and Germany in 1815 disagreed at this point, each 
wanting the mineral riches of the little spot of six square kilo- 
metres. Finally they left it independent. It had then about fifty 
sae a now it is a flourishing town of more than eight hundred 
ou 
ee Caucasus is now within reach of English summer tour- 
ists, and Messrs. Dent and Donkin spent the summer of 1886 in 
exploring the peaks and glaciers encircling Kashtantall (17,096 
feet). They ascended Tau Tetmuld (16,500 feet), and made other 
glacier rg eras which will necessitate corrections in the maps 
of the distri 
Asia and A ALIA.—The Kimberley gold- 
fields of Western peores lie in a fertile tract of country between 
King Sound and Cambridge Gulf in the tropical portion of the 
colony. The new town and port of Derby, on King Sound, has 
arisen in connection with these diggings. The entrance to the 
Sound, by arn Strait, is remarkable for the eiecmiss of the 
tide. Cambri idge Gulf, at the head of which the new settlement 
of Wyndham is situated, is pronounced by Mr. Forrest to be one 
of the finest harbors of Australia, is protected from all weathers, 
-has numerous bays, and good deep water. The “proclaimed” 
gold-field is two hundred and twenty miles from Wyndham 
the nearest route. The gold is found in good-sized lumps, on or 
- near the surface, near e head-waters of the Ord River, which 
who are sup- 
