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PORTRAIT OF DR. ROQUE SAENZ PENA, PRESIDENT 

 OF ARGENTINA ....... 248 



ON THE WAV TO TUCUMAN .... 260 



1. El Tigre. A Favorite Pleasure Resort near 



Buenos Aires. 



2. Tucuman, the Ancient Capital. 



BUENOS AIRES. ....... 286 



1. Monument of San Martin. 



2. Glimpse into the Cemeterio del Norte 



THE STAIRWAY AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE JOCKEY 

 CLUB, BUENOS AIRES ..... 290 



ACONCAGUA 292 



THE IGUASSU FALLS ...... 298 



SNAP-SHOTS FROM THE DECK OF THE STEAMER . 346 



1. View of Mont Pelee. 



2. Negro Boy Diving for a Penny, Barbados 



LIST OF FIGURES IN TEXT 



1 . Diagram Showing the Succession of the Geologic 



Ages, and the Origin in Time of Animals and 

 Plants ....... 4 



2. Two caudal vertebras of Diplodocus . . 7 



3. Breadfruit ....... 47 



4. Jackfruit ....... 47 



5. Eudcemonia semiramis ..... 74 



6. Macro pus longimanus . . . . - 75 



7. Dynastes hercules . . . . .78 



8. Coffee in bloom ...... 86 



9. Coffee in fruit . .86 



