ly assume with the _Athenaeum_ that
Colonel Prjevalsky's Kara Koshun is _not_ Lob-Nor. The accompanying map
then, in this particular, is unfortunately erroneous.

There is every reason for believing that Lob-Nor will be found in the
position assigned to it on the Chinese chart, the accuracy of which has
been so strikingly proved by the correct position given to the two lakes
Khas-omo, which are identical with the Kara Koshun and Kara Bunar of
Prjevalsky.

It would be most interesting to obtain a diary or other account of those
Russian settlers mentioned by Prjevalsky, who entered the _terra
incognita_ of Central Asia during the halcyon days after the signature
of the Treaty of Kuldja, and just before the outbreak of the Tungan
revolt. It is possible that they may have solved during their return
journey to Urumtsi the enigma of Lob-Nor without knowing what they had
achieved. The reader will, therefore, have the kindness to bear in mind
that Lob-Nor is really (probably about three-quarters of a degree)
north-east of where it is placed on the map, and that the lake
represented there is only the Kara Koshun, or Chok Kul of Colonel
Prjevalsky.

The most recent information is, that Colonel Prjevalsky adheres to his
view as to the position of Lob-Nor, and is preparing a reply which will
be published in a few weeks from this date (October 1st).

TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.

TREATY OF COMMERCE CONCLUDED BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA, AT KULDJA, ON THE
25TH DAY OF JULY, 1851, AND RATIFIED ON THE 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1851.

The plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, and
the plenipotentiaries of His Majesty the Bogdokhan of Tatsing, hereby
declare; the Governor General of Ili, and its dependent provinces, as
well as his deputy, have, after consulting together, concluded in the
city of Ili (Kuldja), in favour of the subjects of both empires, a
Treaty of Commerce, which establishes a traffic in the cities of Ili
(Kuldja), and of Tarbagatai (Chuguchak). This treaty is composed of the
following articles:--

ARTICLE I.

The present Treaty of Commerce, concluded in the interests of both
powers, by demonstrating their mutual solicitude for the maintenance of
peace between, as well as for the well-being of, their respective
subjects, ought to draw still closer together those links of friendship
which at the present moment unite the two Powers.

ARTICLE II.

The merchants of the two Empires will regul