LIST OF PLATES. 



AUSTRALIAN NATIVE THROWING THE BOOMERANG. Frontispiece 



PLATE I. A JAPANESE JINRIKISHA . To face page 4 



,, II. CANADIAN ICE-BOATS . 12 



III. LOOPING THE LOOP . 94 



IV. THE GREAT GLACIER ON THE 

 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAIL- 

 WAY . . ... . ,, 126 



,, V. PAPA ITA ABOUT TO PERFORM 

 HIS GREAT FIRE-WALKING 

 FEAT . . * . 156 



VI. RAILWAY LINES IN PERSPECTIVE 240 

 ., VII. COMPARATIVE SKELETONS . ,, 298 



