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0-2 THE EXI'LOKATION OF THE CAUCASUS
This catalogue, ruthlessly abbreviated as it has been, is perhaps long
enough to be tiresome. It seemed necessary, however, from my point
of view, to indicate, once for all, how nuicli has been done in the last
quarter of a century by mountaineers to elucidate the to^Jography and
characteristics of the snowy region of the Central Caucasus.
During this period the lower grounds, the valleys
and horse-
passes, have not been neglected by general travellers, several of
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whom have contributed to Caucasian literature. If I do not include
them in my list of mountain explorers, it is not from any disposition
to underrate the interest of their travels. I give elsewhere a list of
the more important of these authors. I need only mention here,
among our countrymen, Captain Telfer, K.N., an ardent archaeo-
logist, and Mr. Phillipps-Wolley, equally eager as a sportsman.
M. de Bernoville's handsome volume contains much that is inter-
esting with refei'ence to Suanetia and its antiquities. M. Chantre's
ethnological studies have, by the liberality of the French Government,
been embodied in a monumental work. Signor Lerco, a