Scottish Geographical Magazine, Volume 11

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Royal Scottish Geographical Society., 1895
 

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Page 384 - But not a setting beam could glow Within the dark ravines below, Where twined the path in shadow hid, Round many a rocky pyramid, Shooting abruptly from the dell Its thunder-splinter'd pinnacle; Round many an insulated mass, The native bulwarks of the pass, Huge as the tower which builders vain Presumptuous piled on Shinar's plain. The rocky summits, split and rent, Form'd turret, dome, or battlement, Or seem'd fantastically set With cupola or minaret, Wild crests as pagod ever deck'd, Or mosque...
Page 385 - GLEN ; In this still place, where murmurs on But one meek streamlet, only one : He sang of battles, and the breath Of stormy war, and violent death ; And should, methinks, when all was past, Have rightfully been laid at last Where rocks were rudely heaped, and rent As by a spirit turbulent; Where sights were rough and sounds were wild, And everything unreconciled...
Page 206 - D'Arblay). With an Introduction and Notes by AR' Ellis, y. 6d. Cecilia. With an Introduction and Notes by AR Ellis. 2 vols. y. 6d. each. BURN (R ) Ancient Rome and Its Neighbourhood.
Page 491 - In other words, we may consider the phenomena of a given type in all parts of the globe, or we may discuss in a given part of the globe the phenomena of all types. In the former case, our book should as a...
Page 496 - At the head of the third and last chapter, is the word " biogeography," the geography of organic communities and their environments. It has three sections — phytogeography, or the geography of plants ; zoogeography, or the geography of animals; and anthropogeography, or the geography of men. This chapter postulates all that has preceded, and within the chapter itself each later section presupposes whatever has gone before. To each later section and chapter there is an appendix, dealing with the...
Page 496 - The streams of commodities over the face of the earth, considered as an element of human environments, present many analogies to the currents of the ocean or the winds of the air. Strategical opportunities, also, have a constant action on communities, in the shape of tempting or threatening possibilities. Political geography becomes reasonable when the facts are regarded as the resultant in large measure of genetic or historical elements, and of such dynamic elements as the economic and strategic.
Page 492 - ... the aid of the modern methods. Here, for the first time, we have an exhaustive attempt to relate causally relief, climate, vegetation, fauna, and the various human activities.
Page 491 - Erdkunde. By whatever name we call it, however, it is clear that the treatment by regions is a more thorough test of the logic of the geographical argument than is the treatment by types of phenomena. Hence Humboldt's...
Page 694 - Society," the sum of £ , such legacy to be paid out of such part of my personal estate, not specifically bequeathed, as the law permits to be appropriated by will to such a purpose. NOTE A. — All gifts by will to the Society of land, or...
Page 429 - This little book is devoted to the description and treatment of many tropical diseases and minor emergencies, supplemented by some useful hints on diet, clothing, and equipment for travellers in tropical climates. The issue of a third edition proves that the book has hitherto been successful. On the whole we can commend the hints which have been given for the treatment of various diseases, but in some places much has been left to the knowledge of the reader in the selection and application of a remedy.

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