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curators and private collectors were looking forward eagerly
to the results of the comparison of so many fine examples,
and to the conclusions which should be reached by those in
charge of preparing the catalogue.
[[underlined]]CHINESE[[/underlined]]      The effect of these suggestive conversations
[[underlined]]POTTERY[[/underlined]]    and opportunities to examine pottery on my subse-
[[underlined]]KILNS[[/underlined]]      quent movements will appear in that part of this
report especially devoted to kilns and kiln sites. I will
anticipate only so much as to say that of all the projects
for excavation which came under my notice in China, those
concerned with the laying bare of early pottery kilns seem
to promise the quickest returns for the least labor and
expense.
[[underlined]]TOPOGRAPHY[[/underlined]]    Besides the Museums in London, the other
great point of interest in connection with my work proved
to be the headquarters of the Royal Geographic Society.
My visits there to examine the maps of the collection,
brought home to me the fact that we must consider seriously
the subject of adding to the topographical knowledge of
China and the Far East. Our work will carry us over a part
of the earth's surface which has been very insufficiently
mapped up to the present, and in my opinion we shall find
it one of our duties to contribute to the publication of
such topographical knowledge as we may accumulate. At the
headquarters of the School there should be such maps as will 
enable the archeologist to avail himself of the geological
and climatic material which so often governs civilized and
uncivilized peoples.