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THE JOURNAL
OF THE
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
OF
LONDON.
VOLUME THE NINTH.
1839.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
MDCCCXXXIX.
st
212731
Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
Stamford Street.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX.
Annual Report of Council
Instructions for the Kurdistan Expedition
Accessions to Library
List of Members
Address at the Anniversary Meeting, May 27, 1839, by W. R.
HAMILTON, Esq., President
xlvii
ARTICLE
I. On the Stade, as a Linear Measure. By W. MARTIN LEAKE,
Esq.
II.-Notes on a March from Zoháb, at the foot of Zagros, along the
mountains to Khúzistán (Susiana), and from thence through
the province of Luristan to Kirmánsháh, in the year 1836.
By Major RAWLINSON, of the Bombay Army, serving in
Persia
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. 26
III.-Notice of a few Observations which it is desirable to make on
the frozen Soil of British North America; drawn up for
distribution among the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany. Communicated by Dr. RICHARDSON, F.R.S., Physi-
cian to the Royal Hospital at Haslar
117
. 121
IV.-Note on the best Points in British North America for making
Observations on the Temperature of the Air; and also for
the Height of the Station above the Level of the Sea. By
Dr. RICHARDSON, F.R.S.
V.-Memoir, to accompany a Chart of the South Coast of Arabia,
from the Entrance of the Red Sea to Misenát, in 50° 43'
25" E. By Captain S. B. HAINES, Indian Navy
125
VI.-Some Remarks on a short Vocabulary of the Natives of Van
Diemen's Land; and also of the Menero Downs in Austra-
lia. By Dr. JOHN LHOTSKY, F.R. Bot. Soc. of Bavaria
VII.-Notes of a Journey to Kordofán. By ARTHUR T. HOLROYD,
. 157
163
VIII. On the Ethnography of High Asia. By JAMES COWLES
PRICHARD, M.D., F.R.S.
IX.-Notes on a Journey from Constantinople, by Heraclea, to
Angora, in the Autumn of 1838. By WILLIAM AINS-
WORTH, Esq., in charge of an Expedition to Kurdistán
X.-Notes on a Journey from Jerusalem by Hebron, the Dead
Sea, El Ghór, and Wádí 'Arabah to 'Aķabah, and back
by Petrá, in April, 1838. By the Count DE BERTOU
192
216
277
XI.-Extract from a Notice on the Site of Ancient Tyre. By
the Count J. DE BERTOU
XII. Extracts from a Journal of Travels in Palestine, &c., in
1838; undertaken for the Illustration of Biblical Geo-
graphy, by the Rev. E. Robinson and the Rev. E. Smith.
Drawn up by the Rev. EDWARD ROBINSON, D.D., Pro-
fessor of Theology in New York
XIII. Translation of a Portion of the Account of a Pilgrimage
begun at Oppenheim on the 23rd of April, 1483, to
Jerusalem, Terra Santa, Mount Sinai, and Egypt. Written
in Latin by BERNARD DE BREITENBACH, Dean of Mentz
XIV. Note on some Names of Places on the Shores of the Red
Sea. By A. THOMSON D'ABBADie, Esq.
XV.--An Account of Arctic Discovery on the Northern Shore of
America in the Summer of 1838. By Messrs. PETER
WARREN DEASE and THOMAS SIMPSON. Communi-
cated by I. H. PELLY, Esq., Governor of the Hudson's
Bay Company
XVI.-Results of Thermometrical Observations made at Sir Edward
Parry's several Wintering Places on his Arctic Voyages,
and at Fort Franklin. By Dr. RICHARDSON, F.R.S., &c.
XVI!.-On the Province of La Rioja, in South America, to accom-
pany a Map. By J. O. FRENCH, Esq.
XVIII. Some Notes on the Route from Cordova to Mendoza, in 1837.
By Capt. GOSSELMAN, of the Swedish Navy
286
295
311
€ 316
321
331
XIX. A Visit to the Sinjár Hills in 1838, with some Account of
the Sect of Yezídís, &c. By F. FORBES, Esq., M.A.
XX. On the Nile, and the present and former Levels of Egypt.
By Sir J. GARDNER WILKINSON
XXI.-Note accompanying a Survey of the Tigris, between Ctesi-
phon and Mósul. By Lieut. H. BLOSSE LYNCH, I.N.
441