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 Diagram showing percentage of whites and negroes in certain States at each census, 1790- 



1900 386-387 



Ploughing up the salt in the sea of Salton 390 



Piles of salt at Salton, 280 feet below the level of the ocean 392 



Map showing position of Tahiti in mid Pacific 413 



Gathering cocoanuts 416 



Map of Tahiti ...., 418 



Robinson Crusoe hut 415 



Crossing a ford , 420 



Landing 421 



Cook Island chief 422 



The road to Point Venus 423 



Cook Islanders 424 



The pile of stones ready for the fire walk 425 



The aids began to turn the stones with long, green poles 426 



Papa-Ita began to walk through the middle hurriedly ... 427 



Map showing Clark's survey (Texas boundary) 431 



Diagram showing literacy of the men of the United States 437 



Map of Siberian Railway 438 



