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Philosophical interest Smithsonian offer 



Other proposals declined Classes disbanded 



Camping out Fatal coincidences Living 

 on faith Greely and Funston A distracted 

 bird A wedding midst the ruins An aston- 

 ished visitor 



2. Fashions in temblors Earthquake rifts From 

 Mendocino to San Benito Rift of 1868 Lava 

 dykes Shock instantaneous for 192 miles 

 Surface manifestations Tomales Bay 

 Olema Bolinas to San Andreas Valley Por- 

 tola Buried men End of the rift An 

 "Oriental school" Dishonest tactics Roose- 

 velt's warning resented 



3. Carnegie Foundation for the Improvement of 

 Teaching Pritchett's proposal Funds ade- 

 quate From pension to insurance Age 

 limit at Stanford Improvement of English 

 orthography Expecting too much Futile 

 humor American game derived from Rugby 

 with marked differences Professional coaches 



Temporary prohibition of American game 

 Battle, not sport 



BOOK FIVE (1907-1914) 

 CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE '. 199 



1. A call to Australia Marie Hall Chess on the 

 Moana A magic circle A traveled "wall- 

 eye" Sharks and sharks Making merry 

 Suva, capital of Fiji Fijians Quoy's paint- 

 ing Marine illusions 



2. Ruin wrought by cactus Other disastrous im- 

 migrants Books about Australia Sydney 

 acquaintances David Holme Filling 

 vacancies in Australia Rutherford Lawless- 

 ness at Capping Degrees for women Cheer- 

 ful Capping Irreverence not uncommon 

 Rugby The Victoria game Track meets 

 and tea 



