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THE first report of Prof. Hull, dated from Gaza, January 1, has been received. It is necessarily brief, the details being reserved for the full report to follow, but it announces the success of the expedition so far. The professor has made a complete geological survey of the Wady Arabah and the Dead Sea, with a traverse across Southern Palestine. Capt. Kitchener, R. E., who accompanied him, has made a trigonometrical survey. Akabih he found to be laid down too far south; the south part of the Dead Sea as shown on the maps, is quite out of its true shape and position, and the Lisan has to be shifted three miles. From Gaza, when the rest of the party were in quarantine, Capt. Kitchener rode back to Egypt, accompanied by four Arabs only. He took a previously unknown route, particulars as to which will follow, and arrived at Ismailia after a ride of 200 miles. He was everywhere well received by the Arabs, who took him for a cousin of Sheikh Abdullah (the late Prof. Palmer), whose memory is still revered among them, and whose murder they still deplore. They are also reported to be deeply impressed with the energy and pertinacity of Sir Charles Warren's pursuit of the murderers. As regards the other members of Prof. Hull's party, Mr. Hart is reported to have made large additions to the flora; Mr. Lawrence has kept a continuous series of meteorological observations, and Mr. Gordon Hull has obtained a hundred photographs, large and small. Prof. Hull had still to execute two traverses of the country, in which he is no doubt at present engaged. The complete reports, both of himself and Capt. Kitchener, will be extremely important. They will probably be published in the journal of the Society.
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Geographical Notes . Nature 29, 318–319 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029318a0
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