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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Pages.
Preface ... ... ... ... ... vii-ix
List of Abbreviated Titles ... ... ... x
Table of Contents ... ... ... ... xi
List of Plates ... ... ... ... ... xii
List of Maps and Charts ... ... ... xv
Supplementary corrections... ... ... xv
Introductory ... ... ... ... 1-2
Chapter I.—History of the Surveys ... ... ... 3-40

Section i. General character of the topographical work 3
,, ii. First expedition, 1900-1 ... ... 5
,, iii Surveys of the Second expedition, 1906-8 10
,, iv. Surveys of the Third expedition, 1913-5 24

Chapter II.—The Regions Surveyed ... ... ... 41-54

Section i. The Tārim Basin and its mountain ramparts 41
,, ii. The Taklamakān Desert ... ... 42
,, iii. The oases of the Tārim Basin ... 43
,, iv. The terminal depression of Lop and the Turfān
Basin ... ... ... 46
,, v. The Su-lo-ho Basin ... ... 49
,, vi. From the Central Nan-shan to the Etsin-gol
Basin ... ... ... 50
,, vii. The Pei-shan and the Easternmost T'ien-shan 53

Chapter III.—The Maps ... ... ... 55-62

Section i. Compilation of Maps ... ... 55
,, ii. Representation of physical details ... 57
,, iii. Symbols and Local Names ... ... 59

Chapter IV.—Notes on Individual Map Sheets ... ... 63-105

Appendix A.—A short summary of, and discussion into, the
merits of the Triangulation executed during
the three expeditions of Sir Aurel Stein, by Major
Kenneth Mason, M.C., R.E., Survey of India 107-114
List of latitudes, longitudes, and heights of
the stations and points of Sir Aurel Stein's
triangulation and of those other observers who have
worked in the same regions ... ... 115-150

Appendix B.—Notes on height observations made during Sir
Aurel Stein's explorations, by J. de Graaff Hunter,
Sc. D., Survey of India ... ... ... 151-154

Index of local names ... ... ... ... 155-198
General index ... ... ... ... 199-207
Addenda et Corrigenda ... ... ... 208