The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 35J. Murray., 1865 "List of geographical works and maps recently published" in vol. 6-11. |
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Pagina xiii - IV. No work of any kind can be retained longer than one month ; but at the expiration of that period, or sooner, the same must be returned free of expense, and may then, upon re-entry, be again borrowed, provided that no application shall have been made in the mean time by any other Fellow.
Pagina 124 - No evidence, however, exists that any considerable diminution of them has taken place in very recent times, although within thirty years preceding Humboldt's visit the gradual desiccation of this great basin had excited general attention. This diminution is not to be accounted for, our traveller declares, by imagining the existence of subterraneous channels, as some suppose, but by the effects of evaporation, increased by the changes operated upon the surface of the country. Forests, he says, by...
Pagina 108 - BO does the Orange River in the west ; while other rents made in the eastern ridge, as the Victoria Falls and those to the east of Tanganyenka, allowed the central waters to drain eastward. All the African lakes hitherto discovered are shallow, in consequence of being the mere residua of very much larger ancient bodies of water.
Pagina 114 - Nothing could be more trying. We dug down in the bed of the river deeper and deeper as the water receded, striving to get a little to keep the fruit-trees alive for better times, but in vain. Needles lying out of doors for months did not rust ; and a mixture of sulphuric acid and water, used in a galvanic battery, parted with all its water to the air, instead of imbibing more from it, as it would have done in England.
Pagina 117 - The human inhabitants themselves are a prime cause of the disaster, to account for which we find only partial reasons in the central position and physical characteristics of these regions. THE NATIVES HAVE FOR AGES BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO BURN THE PLAINS AND TO DESTROY THE TIMBER AND ANCIENT FORESTS.
Pagina 117 - Batlapis, and the neighbouring tribes," says he, " are a nation of levellers ; not reducing hills to comparative plains, for the sake of building their towns, but cutting down every species of timber without regard to scenery or economy. Houses are chiefly composed of small timber, and their fences of branches and shrubs. Thus, when they fix on a site for a town, their first consideration is to be as near a thicket as possible. The whole is presently levelled, leaving only a few trees, one...
Pagina lxxxi - WORKS PUBLISHED IN PHOTOZINCOGRAPHY. DOMESDAY BOOK, or the GREAT SURVEY OF ENGLAND OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, 1086 ; fac-simile of the Part relating to each county, separately (with a few exceptions of double counties). Photozincographed, by Her Majesty's Command, at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Colonel SIR HENRY JAMES, RE, FRS, &c., Director. 35 Parts...
Pagina 108 - Unguesi flow back towards the centre of the country, and in an opposite direction to that of the main stream. It was plain then that we were ascending the farther we went eastward. The level of the lower portion of the Lekone is about 200 feet above that of the Zambesi at the Falls, and considerably more than the altitude of Linyanti; consequently, •when the river flowed along this ancient bed, instead of through the rent, the •whole country between this and the ridge beyond Libebe westwards,...
Pagina clxvi - When we consider the severe nautical duties which have been performed by Captain Spratt, and know that he is the officer, who, called away from peaceful, scientific efforts, so distinguished himself afterwards in the late war, by boldly and accurately determining the soundings along the coasts of the Crimea, and under the enemy's batteries at Kinburn, thus leading in our fleet to act with effect, we cannot too much admire the many fine qualities which are combined in this gallant seaman. Let me say,...
Pagina cxx - ... possessed by Russia and Sweden the longest measurement which can ever be made on terra firma. In his open and frank manners, M. Struve had much of what we rejoice in considering the English character, and was as much liked by all our countrymen who knew him as he was esteemed and beloved in Eussia, the country of his adoption.