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IT is with a lingering feeling of regret that we recognise how different, of necessity, are the explorations of the present day from those of fifty years ago. No longer is it possible, except in rare instances, for a traveller to return with tales of new discoveries of lakes, sources of rivers, mighty peaks, and of the strange peoples that dwell there. Much work still remains, but it is of a more scientific nature, and therefore will probably provide matter which when published may be less entertaining and less widely read. When a traveller makes a speciality of one particular branch of science, as Dr. Gottfried Merzbacher does in his volume on “The Central Tianshan Mountains,” to the almost entire exclusion of all others, it follows that he can only appeal to a limited number of readers; to those, in fact, who are interested in the study of geology and glaciers. We would, however, make this reservation, that the photographs which adorn this book are exceptionally beautiful representations of snow scenery, and will more than satisfy the ordinary reader as well as the man of science, and that the map is of great general value.
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Scientific Exploration in Central Asia 1 . Nature 73, 227–228 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/073227a0
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