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Progress of Geography in 1836-7. 



disturbed state of the country prevented their proceeding with Acar- 

 nania and Etolia, about 600 square leagues more, which still remain 

 unexamined, except the sea-coast of the former, which was surveyed by 

 Mr. Cooling, R. N., in 1830. We have also the whole northern frontier 

 line from Arta to Volo, a distance of 137 miles, laid down by the Com- 

 missioners for fixing the boundaries.* This, combined with the admi- 

 rable travels in Northern Greece, by Colonel Leake, just published, 

 has dor e much towards removing our ignorance of this highly inter- 

 esting country. 



TurJiey.—HhQ southern shores of Turkey in Europe have been recent- 

 ly surveyed by Captain Copeland, R. N., who, commencing at the 

 Island of Cerigo, has carried the examination round to the entrance 

 of the Dardanelles ; he has also determined the height of many of 

 the principal mountains, as Olympus, Ossa, Pelion, Athos,t &c. The 

 charts of this survey are now publishing by the Hydrographic Office, 

 on the scale of 5 miles to an inch. Of the interior of this fine country 

 we know very little, except an account of its statistics and its resources 

 by Mr. Urquhart ; and we have the testimony of the excellent geolo- 

 gist, M. Ami Boue, w^ho has lately examined the structure and direc- 

 tion of the mountain ranges, " that even the best maps of this coun- 

 try are extraordinarily incorrect." J 



Now that there is no difficulty in travelling in Turkey, and that no- 

 thing but a little personal discomfort need be feared, it may be hoped 

 some unoccupied tourist may find a more worthy subject than to re- 

 cord the whimsical adventures of a voyage down the Danube, and may 

 be induced to visit a part of Europe where there are yet discoveries to 

 be made ; namely, sources of rivers, mountain-ranges, extensive plains, 

 &c., as indicated by M. Boue, and of which we know nothing. 



Archipelago.— M^n^ of the Greek and Turkish islands have been ac- 

 curately examined during the late survey, which from the Dardanelles 

 has extended along the shores of Asia Minor to Ephesus — charts of 

 w^hich, with the islands of Lemnos, Samothraki, Samos, &c., are com- 

 pleted, though not yet published. In Candia, the ancient Crete, we 

 have the recent travels by Mr. Pashle}^, in which the author, besides 

 illustrating with great learning the classical and antiquarian interest 



* See Memoir by Colonel Baker, in Journal R. G. S., vol. vii. p. 76. 



+ See Journal R. G, S., vol, vii, p, 61, 



t See Bulletin de la Soci^t^ de G6ographie, Oct. 1836. 



