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2. At Nordhjemsund — "Grod og Flode" days — 

 A sturdy race — In Skjaeggedal — Wreck of 

 Norway's waterfalls — The octroi at Issoire — 

 A satire in economics — Prophecy fulfilled 



3. A huge pyramid — Gilbert's dare — John the 

 Baptist — Starting out — The Bergschrund — 

 Dangling ropes — • The greatest Alpine tragedy 



— L'echelle Jordan — On the crest — A frightful 

 accident — Victor rescues Gilbert — A man 

 strong and brave — Showers of stones — The 

 refuge hut — ■ A frosty couch — A majestic 

 outlook — - Another compliment — Good Samar- 

 itans — A letter from John the Baptist — 

 First ascents of the Matterhorn — Modern aids 



4. Fishes again — Giinther — Critic and friend — 

 International Fisheries Congress — A walk 

 across Kent — Parslow on Darwin — A good 

 master — Not without honor — Leon Vaillant 



— lie Adam — Bernhardt — European labora- 

 tories — Treitschke — Kultur — Oceanography 



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1. Destruction of Owen Hall — Gathering a new 

 library — On the Fish Hawk — The new campus 



— Marooned — Key West — Mangrove jungles 



— A rattler overboard — Bad neighbors — 

 King Snake and Coral Snake — The Gila 

 Monster 



2. In Havana — A Cuban naturalist — Amigo de 

 Don Felipe — Fishes of Cuba — Cruelty to ani- 

 mals — Fish fauna of American river basins — 

 Our work on fishes — In the Southwest 



3. An undesired responsibility — Installation as 

 president — University's need of money — The 

 member from Floyd — Loyal alumni — The 

 member from Dearborn — The member from 

 Sullivan — Sweeping changes — The "major 

 professor" system — A new stimulus — Prom- 

 ising graduates to the faculty — Search for 

 future leaders — ■ Nansen 



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