Desert Borderlands of Oman

Before the paper the President (Sir Harry Lindsay) said: Mr. Thesiger is so well known to us that there is little I need say by way of introduction except that he is continuing his travels in Arabia. His journey on this occasion has been in central Oman, an area he has been the first Englishman to penetrate during the past fifty or so years. His detailed mapping of unexplored country is especially valuable in view of the changes which are likely to take place in southern Arabia in the ensuing years, for you will realize that the development of oil resources involves also the development of cornmunications, including railways, with consequent changes in population concentrations and social geography. This is the second occasion on which Mr, Thesiger has read to the Royal Geographical Society the opening paper of a session. This was not of his own seeking, though I am sure you are all glad that he is again to open our new session

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