Illustrations ix 



Building the foundation of the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona 220 



A noted Apache chief employed on the Salt River project 222 



Concrete flume to carry water across the Pecos River, Carlsbad project, New Mexico. . 223 



The Diversion Channel Dam, Minidoka project, Idaho 224 



A tunnel on the government road to the Shoshone Dam 226 



The Barker Brick Company, Heyburn, Idaho 227 



Timbering in the west end of the Gunnison Tunnel 228 



The newly constructed government road up the Gunnison Canyon 229 



An orange orchard at Riverside, California, the product of private irrigation 231 



A field of barley in the Yuma Valley, Arizona 232 



Before irrigation — the sage brush desert, Yakima Valley 235 



After irrigation — the same land valued at $500 per acre 235 



A vineyard in the Yakima Valley 236 



First cutting of alfalfa on reclaimed land 237 



Cornfield near Granger, Washington 238 



Picking hops in the Yakima Valley 239 



A peach tree on the fruit farm of J. B. Ramerman, Yakima Valley 240 



Apple tree in the orchard of Warren L. Gale, in the Yakima Valley 241 



A rick of apples on the farm of F. Walsen, Yakima Valley 242 



The little black brother 248 



Cingalese children 249 



Mother and child — Ceylon 250 



Tamil woman in Ceylon 251 



Cingalese children 252 



Little Tamil girl 253 



Tamil girl's foot and ankle 254 



Buying the goldfish — Japan 254 



Toda mother and child 255 



Street dancers — Delhi 256 



Street dancers of Delhi 257 



Bridegroom's palki in wedding procession at Jeypore 257 



Camels in the Khyber Pass 258 



A Gwalior Madonna 259 



The cry of the famished, Gwalior 259 



The twin babies of Nikko 260 



The twin babies of Nikko 261 



For the emperor's soldiers in Manchuria 262 



Old age in the sunshine 262 



A group of Buddhist nuns — Japan 263 



The lady abbess of Hokkeji Convent, Nara 264 



Feeding the storks, Okayama Castle garden ■ 265 



Javanese mother and child 266 



Painting sarongs in Java 267 



King and queen of Burma 268 



Manchu lady and her son 269 



Siamese prince in full regalia of jewels 270 



Siamese woman in national dress 271 



Outline map of Central America 273 



Native types — Honduras 276 



Mail carriers and mule train leaving the post-office, Tegucigalpa, Honduras 279 



The giant spider crab from Japan 280 



Gorge of the Sik or entrance to Petra 285 



Pharaoh's treasury, Petra 286 



Rock-hewn theatre at Petra 288 



Corinthian tomb and temple 289 



