Qarqaraly
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Field notebook [No.5] '23 May 1887', 23 May - 15 July 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8634/A.61
Scope and Contents
The fifth of seven notebooks kept by William Bateson during his trip to the Aral Sea and the surrounding area. The entries are part field notes and part travel diary. They include descriptions of visits to salt lakes and water holes, of shells, crustaceans and other species observed, e.g. pp. [24v-27r[, [37r-43v] & [46r-69], and of his travels and experiences with the Kirghiz people.Entries also include accounts of an earthquake (pp. [3v-4r] & [18v]), seeing a tarantula...
Dates:
23 May - 15 July 1887
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