30 10. River Jaik. The Ural.
30 33. scenical propriety. Compare the statement with similar ones made by the author elsewhere.
31 11. decrement. Compare with its positive correspondent, increment.
31 20. acharnement. Fury.
31 26. The first stage, etc. A time mark in the essay.
32 10. liable. Another instance of a word often misused, correctly employed in the text. Compare note on aggravate, p. 26, l. 28.
32 23. Bactrian camels. There are two species of camel, the dromedary, single humped, and the Bactrian, with two humps. The former is native to Arabia, the latter to central Asia. The dromedary is the swifter of the two. Bactria is the ancient name of that district now called Balkh, in Afghanistan.
33 7. evasion. Compare with its positive correspondent invasion; compare decrement, p. 31, l. 11.
34 8. champaign savannas. Both words mean about the same, an open, treeless country, nearly level. What is the linguistic source of both words?
37 19. hills of Moulgaldchares. Spurs of the Urals running southwest.