CONTENTS 



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The Influence of Submarine Cables upon Military and Naval Supremacy ; by George; O. 



Squier I 



The Indian Tribes of Soiithern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Adjoining Islands ; 



by J. B. Hatcher 12 



I/Ocation of the Boundary between Nicaragua and Costa Rica ; b)^ Arthur P. Davis. ... 22 



The Nicaragua Canal 28 



The Tsangpo ; by James Mascarene Hubbard 32 



Recent Contributions to our Knowledge of the Earth's Shape and Size by the United 



States Coast and Geodetic Survey ; by C. A. Schott 36 



Explorations in Central East Africa 42 



Geographic Notes 44 



The Principles Underlying the Survey of the Bottom of the Ocean for an AU-American 



Trans-Pacific Cable to the Philippines and the Orient ; by E. W. LiTTlehalES. . , . . . 48 



An Around-the-World American Exposition ; by O. P. Austin 49 



The Causes that Led up to the Siege of Pekin ; by W. A. P. Martin 53 



. Singan — the Present Capital of the Chinese Empire ; by James Mascarene Hubbard . . 63 



The Midnight Sun in the Klondike ; by Alice Roi^lins Crane 66 



The Northern Lights ; by Alice Rollins Crane 69 



Japan and China — Some Comparisons ; by Harrie Webster 69 



Geographic Notes 77 



Death of Colonel Hilder ; [W J McGee] 85 



The Origin of Yosemite Valley ; by Henry Gannett 86 



Geographic Names 87 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 88 



Abyssinia— The Country and People ; by Oscar T. Crosby 89 



The Old Yuma Trail ; by W J McGee ! 103 



The Sea Fogs of San Francisco 108 



Geographic Facts from Report of the Taft Philippine Commission 114 



The Philippine Exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition ; by D. O. NoblE Hoffman. . . 119 



Geographic Notes 123 



Geographic Literature 126 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 127 



The Old Yuma Trail (continued) ; by W J McGee 129 



Advances in Geographic Knowledge during the Nineteenth Century ; by A. W. GreELY. 143 



Mexico of Today ; by Don Juan N. Navarro 152 



Geographic Notes 158 



Geographic Literature 165 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society 166 



The Latin-American Constitutions and Revolutions ; by John W. FOSTER 169 



Mexico of Today (continued) ; by Don Juan N. Navarro ..... 176 



The General Geography of Alaska ; by Henry Gannett 180 



George M. Dawson ; [Henry Gannett] i97 



Geographic Notes ^99 



Geographic Literature 207 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Societ}^ 208 



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