Excerpt from A Geography of Asia Including the East Indies Consequently, this Series contains no maps and little variety of type; and I have intentionally avoided mentioning, ag. Exact heights, distances or sizes, small industries and unimportant places. Wherever any definite comparisons are made, they are intended only for reference, and not to be learnt. Some attempt has been made in the Index to indicate the pronunciation of some names which are often accented wrongly. The spelling is based almost entirely on Mr. Chisholm's invaluable Gazetteer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.