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...Cherrie is to be the advance agent, preparing arrangements there before the Roosevelts arrive. In early May or June, as soon as the snow melts from the passes of the Himalayas, the party will cross and continue its explorations on the plateau of Pamir and beyond toward the Tian Shan Mountains...
...descriptions brought back by Marco Polo several centuries ago furnished the first account of that strange land. The animals sought are the Ovis Poli, or great sheep described by Polo, the yarklandstag, the ibex of Tian Shan, the goitered gazelle, the long-haired tiger, and the markhor (large goat...
...clock, in the Geological Lecture Room of the University Museum. Mr. D. W. Johnson will read a thirty-minute paper on "The Tennessee Gorge at Chattanooga," and Professor W. M. Davis will read a twenty-minute report from Mr. Ellsworth Huntington on "The Physiography of the West Tian Shan Mountains," Mr. Huntington, who was a member of the Graduate School last year, accompanied Professor Davis on a trip to Turkestan during the past summer, and is at present in Persia. The meeting will be open to all members of the University...
...Geological Conference. Papers: The Tennessee Gorge at Chattanooga (30 m.); Mr. D. W. Johnson. Report on the Physiography of the West Tian Shan Mountains (20 m.); Mr. E. Huntington. (Read by Professor Davis.) Geological Lecture Room...
...Geological Conference. Papers: The Tennessee Gorge at Chattanooga (30 m.): Mr. D. W. Johnson. Report on the Physiography of the West Tian Shan Mountains (20 m.): Mr. E. Huntington. (Read by Professor Davis.) Geological Lecture Room...