Nature . met aRussian expedition which to hisdelight was not intending to w oikover quite the same tract of coun-try, while Dr. Friedrichsen andSignor Giulio Brocherel havealready published the results oftheir explorations of the samerange, which were being under-taken almost simultaneously withthose of Dr. Merzbacher and hiscompanions. Health)- rivalry is tobe encouraged, but such over-lapping of work as this is re-grettable. In this volume, which is of the nature of a pre-liminary report, Dr. Merzbacher has embodiedobservations on the present and past glacier condi-1 ions of the Tian-Shan Mo
Nature . met aRussian expedition which to hisdelight was not intending to w oikover quite the same tract of coun-try, while Dr. Friedrichsen andSignor Giulio Brocherel havealready published the results oftheir explorations of the samerange, which were being under-taken almost simultaneously withthose of Dr. Merzbacher and hiscompanions. Health)- rivalry is tobe encouraged, but such over-lapping of work as this is re-grettable. In this volume, which is of the nature of a pre-liminary report, Dr. Merzbacher has embodiedobservations on the present and past glacier condi-1 ions of the Tian-Shan Mountains, and on pecu-liarities in the physical features of its valley forma-tions, subjects to which, throughout the expedition,hi- attention was specially directed. A more detailedreport, however, is to follow when his rich collec-tions have been scientifically examined and arranged. 1 The Central Tian-Shan Mountains, 1902-1903. By Dr. GottfriedMerzbacher. Pp. ix+285. (London: John Murray.) 1.—Telephoto^rapbic View of KharMiddle Course of the Bayumkol VTian-Shan Mountains, 1903-1903. for any future travellers in this region to made his winter quarters at Kashgar, but wasnot content to wait for more clement weather, andmade many useful excursions during the wintermonths, which happened to be unusually mild. Itwould be out of place to attempt here a description,however short, of his journeyings, and indeed, wilh-i, .1 map, it would be nigh impossible to follow anysuch description. glacier, each valley, eachridge is in turn visited, surveyed, and position of the great peak of Khan-Tengri NO. 1888, VOL. 73] 228 NA TURE [January 4, 1906 (23,622 feet) was correctly fixed, and the discoverywas made that this, the culminating eminence of thewhole Tian-Shan, does not stand in the main water-shed, and is not a nucleus of converging ranges,but is situated on a secondary spur which projectsfrom the main range far to the south-west. Thetr
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