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FUTURE OF EXPLORATION
centuries by the changes of time and
fate and faith ; a simple, Heliolithic
folk, still sacrificing to the Spring and
the cattle-gods, and probably, in the
interests of economy, cheating the
latter by the occasional disembowel-
ment of an unhappy captive rather
than the belle of a tribe. Their land,
rolling in volcanic corrugations to the
equally uncertain and untraversed
Chinese frontier, will no doubt soon
be explored by the English, most
careful and indefatigable of explorers.
Aeroplanes or autogiros may first
be used for general survey and
mappings ; a large and well-founded
expedition, starting from some base
well up a confluence of the Chindwin,
out-fitted with maps obtained from the
aeronautical surveys, and relying more
on these than on local guides, should
obtain good results. Certainly, apart
from geographical considerations, the
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centuries by the changes of time and
fate and faith ; a simple, Heliolithic
folk, still sacrificing to the Spring and
the cattle-gods, and probably, in the
interests of economy, cheating the
latter by the occasional disembowel-
ment of an unhappy captive rather
than the belle of a tribe. Their land,
rolling in volcanic corrugations to the
equally uncertain and untraversed
Chinese frontier, will no doubt soon
be explored by the English, most
careful and indefatigable of explorers.
Aeroplanes or autogiros may first
be used for general survey and
mappings ; a large and well-founded
expedition, starting from some base
well up a confluence of the Chindwin,
out-fitted with maps obtained from the
aeronautical surveys, and relying more
on these than on local guides, should
obtain good results. Certainly, apart
from geographical considerations, the
[4i]
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| The books of Lewis Grassic Gibbon > Hanno, or, The future of exploration > (45) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/206586476 |
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| Description | By J. Leslie Mitchell. |
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| Shelfmark | S.114.j.21 |
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| Description | Sixteen books written by Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935), regarded as the most important Scottish prose writer of the early 20th century. All were published in the last seven years of his life, mostly under his real name, James Leslie Mitchell. They include two works of science fiction, non-fiction works on exploration, short stories set in Egypt, a novel about Spartacus, and the classic 'Scots Quair' trilogy which includes 'Sunset Song'. Mitchell's first book 'Hanno, or the future of exploration' (1928) is rare and has never been republished. |
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