Prof, Cressey's Interesting Lecture on Tartary and Alashan Prof. George B. Cressey, Ph. Di, delivered a most interesting address on "Travels in Tartary, the Ordos 4ind Alushan" before the members of the Royal Asiatic Society on November 22. The lecture was one of the utmost importance and showed that a considerable amount of research had been done by the speaker, who is, of course, an authority on such matters. The chair wns taken by the Rev. FI. Hawks Pott, p.0., and there was a large attendance, Dr. Cressey that his lecture dwelt with Western olla. The Yellow River, he said, nade a big bend like an turned upside down into the interior Mongolia und the Ordos was within the great bend of the river, The Great Wall ran to the south and that marked the southern boundary the desert.
Referring to the Great Wall, speaker sid that, contrary to-eral belief, the Great Wall was not Auitt by Ching Shih-kuang but by the Sungs ard the Mings. It true that Ching Shih-huang had Built many walls but he did not Guild the Great Wall, which was amore recent.
Even though the area of Ordos Gnd Alashan was close to China Troper, it had been explored very: hitle. "A few Russian and French explorers had travelled eres the desert. one of the most interesting doing Mae.
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