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A WOMAN ALONE IN KENYA, UGANDA, AND

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PEOPLE OF THE STEPPES

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Antarctic, 1910-1913. An account of Scott's Last Expedition.
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BRITISH NORTH BORNEO : An Account of its History,

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The Geographical Journal

December 1926

Explorations in the Karakoram. Ph. C. Visser (with 10 Plates and Folding Map)
The British Isles in the Nautical Charts of the XIVth and XVth Centuries.
C. Andrews, M.R.I.A. (with 1 Plate and Folding Map).
Notes on the Solomon Islands. C. M. Woodford, C.M.G.
Volcanic Action north of Rudolf in 1918.

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map) Kilimanjaro and Some Observations on the Physiology of High Altitudes in the Tropics. D. V. Latham, M.B., Medical Officer, E.A.M.S. (with 2 Plates and 2 Sketch-maps) 492 Lubaantun (with 2 Plates)

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Finland To-day. O. R. - Czechoslovakia: The Land of an Unconquerable Ideal. J. H. R. — Macedonia, Thrace, and Illyria: Their Relations to Greece from the earliest times down to the time of Philip, son of Amyntas. W. A. H.-British Malaya. C. E. L.- The Economic Position of Persia. B. H.-The Orient I found. O. R. The Voyage of the "Dayspring." E. W. B. Impressions. Nigeria, 1925. E. W. B. - Heirs of the Incas. L. E. E. Acoma, the Sky City. L. E. E. Florida. L. E. E. - The Tide. R. T. G. Geological Maps. A. M. D. Business Geography. G. G. C. — The Oil Industry. A. M. D. .

The Monthly Record:

Glacial Observations in the French Alps.-A Thermal Continentality Map of Germany. -A Canal for Northern Italy. -A Scientific Trip in Southern Palestine.-The Journey of Gabet and Huc to Lhasa.-An Italian Fund for the Study of Palestine. --Agriculture in Central America.-A New Find of Mercator Maps.-Madras Geographical Association.-Gilchrist Studentship..

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Obituary-The Rev. W. A. B. Coolidge. George William Lamplugh, F.R.S. Correspondence-Ukhaidir. H. Devonshire.-"Jhuming" H. S. L. Dewar. H. I. Halliday. W. A. Robertson

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Sketch-map to illustrate Volcanic Activity north end Lake Rudolf
Sketch-map of the Crater of Kibo, Kilimanjaro .

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Map to illustrate the paper by Mr. P. C. Visser on Explorations in the Karakoram
Folding plate of diagrams to illustrate paper by Mr. M. C. Andrews

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All communications for the Editor should be addressed to the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London, S.W.7. Authors are alone responsible for their respective statements. It is desirable that communications should be type-written. In MS. communications all new or unfamiliar geographical names should be written in imitation of Roman type.

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MEETINGS in the ÆOLIAN HALL, 135, New Bond Street, W.1, at EIGHT-THIRTY p.m.

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Monday Dec. 6 The People of the Tsangpo Gorge Earl Cawdor. Dec. 20 The Fjords of the Hebrides Prof. J. W. Gregory. Jan. Io A Periplus of the Persian Gulf

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CHRISTMAS LECTURES for Young People in the Æolian Hall, at THREE-THIRTY p.m.

Mr. Francis Rodd.

Monday Jan. 3 Camels and Caravans
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THE SOCIETY'S HOUSE. The House is open on week-days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., except on Saturdays, when it closes at I p.m. The House will be closed on Christmas Day and on Monday, December 27 (Boxing Day).

By Order of the Council,

ARTHUR R. HINKS,
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