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12 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.