Practical Geography of Dumfriesshire. With maps and diagrams

John MURRAY

Published by Dumfries: Robert Dinwiddie, 1921

About this Item

12mo. Stamp of St Michael Street School, Dumfries, on front free endpaper. Impressive textbook by the Rector of Annan Academy, applying students to intelligent and specific study of their own county. The coloured maps, never mind the diagrams, feature a Parish Map borrowed from Hugh S. Gladstone's A Catalogue of the Vertebrate Fauna of Dumfriesshire (1912; 225 copies only printed), a Generalised Relief Map, a Rainfall Map (Leadhills, 60-80in annually) and maps showing Distribution of Mountain and Moor, Distribution of Sheep (highest density: Glencairn, with 32,130 animals = 107 per 100 acres), Distribution of Cattle, Distribution of Oats, and Density of Population (most populous parish: Dumfries, 3,065; least populous: Morton, 164). Appendix II is "Hints for the Construction of a Relief Model of any part of the County". Seller Inventory # S100305

Bibliographic Details

Title: Practical Geography of Dumfriesshire. With ...

Publisher: Dumfries: Robert Dinwiddie

Publication Date: 1921

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition