Geophysical Logs, Speciifc Capacity, and Water Quality of Four Wells at Rogers Mechanical (Formerly Tate Andale) Property

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...would attack them. '. / General Zelenoi, concluded my visitor, is sure;tOt go to Central Asia, and to be ready for the rendezvous, but unless England accepts the zone pointed out as thft natural frontier by the economical conditions of the region in question the meeting of the Commissioners will come to no result. Very few people know anything. about these regions, and there is no perfectly correct map to guide us. M. Lessar is the only authority on' the question, and we may fairly hope that his sojourn in; England may be useful, as he is very anxious to corhQ. to an understanding with England. IX.--THE LATEST MAP OF THE DISPUTED FRONTIER. THE following map embodies all the latest surveys. It is based upon M. Lessar's well-known survey, with additions from the sketch map sent home by the topo.-apher? attached to Sir Peter Lumsden's staff. The fancy frontier to the north was drawn in all the earlier maps from Sarakhs as a fixed point in an unknown region, and possesses as much political value as the elephants which, as Hudibr.is says, geographers were wont to plant on Afric downs in lieu of towns. The secondfronner, that suggested by the delimitation agreement, according to the telegrams from Simla which announced the assent of the Indian Government to the Commission, started a little south of Pul-i-khatun and stretched eastward to Khoja Saleh, crossing the Murghnb, according to Mr. Marvin, who drew several maps to illustrate its course at the time, just north...f the oasis of Penj-deh. The third fionticr is that which appears in General Walker's official AngloIndian map, published in 1872. It starts south of Pu!-i-khatun, but crosses the M: irghr.b a little to the north of the lino suggested by the Indian...