CONTENTS. xxi

Pages 3 [3. Ancient lore of mountains..... xxxi
323. Erroneous beliefs about views from high points . xxxi
325. A military mountain-climb..... xxxii
328-335- Ancient signals....... xxxii
335> 336 Measurement of mountains..... xxxii
338. Ptolemy........ xxxii
341, 342. Ptolemy's error about the length of the habitable
world........ xxxii
346. The Indian Ocean a lake..... xxxiii
352. The land route to China..... xxxiii
352. The Nile and the Mountains of the Moon . . xxxiv
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY........ xxxv
INDEX..........371—387