1132 General Notes. [November, a 
Cilician plain, where it is joined by several important tributaries, 
The Giaour Dagh runs from the Taurus south-west to the Med. 
terranean south of the Gulf of Scandertn. The great Cilician 
plains is thus enclosed by the Taurus and Giaour Dagh. The plan — 
of Issus is parted off from it to the east by the hills of Jebel Nur — 
east of the lower course of the Jihtn. The Cilician plain com — 
sists of a rich stoneless loam brought down by the rivers, butthe — 
plain of Issus is stony and uncultivated. The Giaour Dagh, the — 
Ansariyeh mountains, Lebanon, and the hills of Western Pales- | 
tine form one side of the great hollow in which lie the valleysof 
the Orontes, Leontes, and Jordan, with their continuations to the 
Red sea. The eastern wall of this depression is formed by the 
Kiart-Dagh and the Anti-Lebanon. When the accounts of the 
movements of Darius and Alexander are compared with the | 
topography of the plain of Issus, accessible only by three “gates, 
and narrow at its southern portion, it is probable that the Pinarus | 
(on which Darius’ army was encamped) is the stream W 
enters the sea south of Piyus. 
GEOGRAPHICAL Norgs.—M. Aumoitte gives, in L’Exploration, 
a record of his journey from Hanoi through Bac-Ninh to Lang- 
Son, on the Chinese frontier. At the meeting of the prora 
of Bac-Ninh and Lang-Son the country becomes mon 
the roads are bad and the brigands have almost depopulat the 
district. The first mail of the season from Kadiak m : 
news that the eruption on Augustine island, Cook's inlet, w — 
i lit in two, nor waè 
much exaggerated. The island was not spi it has fallen, 
the north of Victorià 
t of Kilimanjat®, 
shows signs of activity. Mount Kenia, though a m 
trees, stands in a desert. The customs, dwellings, e 
— 
from those of other African peoples known.to Mr. Tho o 
ives t 
hical e 
gress, which meets at Turin from Aug. 15 to 19. m 
subjects for discussion are, “ What ethnological conc p a 
to be drawn from recent anthropological and philolog! «What 
regarding the indigenous populations of East Africa 
are the best means of organizing an independent Hatia schoo! 
tion to the Antarctic seas ?” “ On the need of prep arato pishing : 
. for training travelers,” and “On the importance of a iniog 
Commercial stations in the Barbary States as a means 
