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Crossing a lead in the channel ice 70 



The pony column crossing Rudolph Island glacier 76 



"We seemed to be in an immense river of broken ice" 11 



Gathering cacao pods, Ecuador 8o 



Drying cacao beans in the sun °3 



Water-carrier "5 



Making sun-baked bricks in the Andes 86 



Street scene in Quito 89 



The San Francisco Cathedral, Quito 89 



Llamas and their driver, a native Indian of Inca descent 90 



Rock-hewn fire altar, Persepolis 92 



The tomb of Xerxes 92 



Subject nations bringing tribute to Xerxes 93 



A rock panel below the tombs of Darius and Xerxes 93 



The domed roofs of Kashan 94 



A typical group of Mullahs and Seids 94 



The great ice barrier, Antarctic continent 96 



The highest ice wall seen (about 280 feet in height) 97 



Another portion of the ice barrier, showing how it wastes away 98 



Examining the ice barrier from a balloon 99 



A view of the ice barrier, looking down from a balloon .■ 100 



Dog team on the march loi 



The chasm which prevented Captain Scott from reaching land at the end of his 400- 

 mile march up the ice barrier 102 



A view of Erebus from the South 103 



Advancing over the great inland plateau 104 



A pressure ridge along the coast 107 



A wandering albatross caught on the voyage south 108 



Endeavoring to free the ship by blowing up the ice 108 



Ice formed on submerged rope 109 



The hunter waiting for a seal to come up to breathe 109 



Ice flowers no 



The south side of a glacier in 



The Aurora Australis 112 



Outline map of South Polar regions 114 



Representatives of invertebrate zoology 115 



A rookery of Emperor Penguins 1 16 



Emperor Penguin and chick 117 



Morning strollers on the river bank, Benares 119 



The burning ghat at Benares 12a 



Cremation in progress, and Domris washing human ashes at water's edge 121 



The bathing ghats along the Ganges, Benares 122 



A bathing ghat 124 



The woman's ghat at Benares 125 



Dhobie ghat — the public laundry 126 



Diagram showing the output of the principal coal-producing nations 130. 



Diagram showing the progressive change in composition of lignite, bituminous, and 



anthracite J3i 



Coal output of principal coal-producing states 132- 



Diagram showing the coal areas of the various states 133 



Outline map showing coal areas of the United States 135, 



Diagram showing the increasing rate of consumption of coal in the United States 137 



Sand spreading over fertile soil, Catawba River lowlands 143., 



Appalachian mountain field completely ruined by erosion 143 



