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Piedmontese, has given an account of an ascent of Kasbek by the
butti-ess opposite the post-station made bv him in 1887. ^I. Ivanoff
has recounted a vain attempt to ascend Elbruz. Two other Russian
travellers, Messrs. Iljin and Dinnik, visited the lower ends of
several glaciers, and published in Petermanns Mitteilungen in-
structive accounts of their travels.' Professor Kovalevsky and
RUSSIAN SURVEYORS AND ENGLISH CLIMBERS
Dr. Radde have studied on the spot the primitive laws and customs
of the mountain tribes.
In 1890 the distinguished botanist, M. S. Sommier, with M. E.
Levier, visited Suanetia, and traversed the Forest of Darl and the
Klukhor Pass. M. Levier has described their adventures and
discoveries in a most entertaining volume, full of valuable botanical
information.
' Petermanti's Mitteilungen, vol. xxx., 18S4.