CONTENTS 



Page 

 Aerial Locomotion : with a few notes of progress in the construction of an aerodrome 



by Alexander Graham Bell i 



Angora Goats 35 



The New Inland Sea; by Arthur P. Davis, Assistant Chief Engineer, U. S. Reclama- 

 tion Service 37 



Honors to Peary: an account of the presentation of the Hubbard Medal to Commander 



Robert E. Peary, U. S. Navy, by President Roosevelt 49 



An Awakened Continent to the South of Us; by Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of State.. 6i 



Fighting the Polar Ice 72 



Oeographic Literature 75 



Flashlights in the Jungle (C. G. Schillings) 75 



The Uncompahgre Valley and the Gunnison Tunnel (Barton W. Marsh) 78 



National Geographic Society 78 



Beautiful Ecuador ; by Hon. Joseph LeE, U. S. Minister to Ecuador 81 



Persia — Past and Present 91 



An Ice-wrapped Continent 95 



The Bathing and Burning Ghats at Benares ; by Eliza R. Scidmore, Foreign Secretary 



of the National Geographic Society 118 



How Long will the Coal Reserves of the United States Last? by Marius R. Campbell. . 129 



Efforts to Obtain Greater Energy from Coal 138 



Polar Photography ; by Anthony Fiala 140 



Notes on the Forest Service 142 



Wolves 145 



■Geographic Literature 147 



"Climatology of the United States" (A. J. Henry) 147 



"The Wonders of the Colorado Desert" (George Wharton James) 147 



"Romantic Cities of Provence" (Mona Caird) 147 



"The Heart of England" (Edward Thomas) 147 



"Geography of Nebraska" (George Everet Condra) '. 148 



"Touraine" (Anne MacDonald) 148 



"A Cruise Across Europe" (Donald Maxwell) 148 



National Geographic Society 148 



Archaeology in the Air ; by Eliza R. Scidmore 151 



Railway Routes in Alaska; by Alfred H. Brooks, Geologist in Charge of Alaskan 



Division, U. S. Geological Survey 165 



The Maoris of New Zealand ; by Gilbert H. Grosvenor 198 



The Great Natural Bridges of Utah 199 



A Recent Report from the "Doubtful Island Region ;" by James D. Hague 205 



The Possibilities of the Hudson Bay Country 209 



The High Sierra 213 



Motor Sledges in the Antarctic 214 



■Origin of the Word "Canada" 215 



Book Review : "Camp Fires in the Canadian Rockies" (William T. Hornaday) 215 



Decisions of the United States Geographic Board 216 



'Committees of 1907 216 



Millions for Moisture: an account of the work of the Reclamation Service; by C. J. 



Blanchard, Statistician, U. S. Reclamation Service 217 



Salton Sea and the Rainfall of the Southwest; by Alfred J. Henry, Professor of Me- 

 teorology, U. S. Weather Bureau 244 



