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S%e NATIONAL 



GEOGRAPHIC 

 MAGAZINE 



Vol. XVIII 



No. 2 



FEBRUARY, 1907 



CONTENTS 



. BEAUTIFUL ECUADOR 



By Hon. JOSEPH LEE, U. S. Minister to Ecuador. Illustrated 



PERSIA, PAST AND PRESENT. lUustrated 

 AN ICE-WRAPPED CONTINENT 



With 20 illustrations of that great Antarctic Continent — twice the size of 

 Europe — which is covered with mountains of ice and snow 



THE BURNING AND BATHING GHATS OF INDIA 



By ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE. Foreign Secretary of the National 

 Geographic Society. Illustrated 



HOW LONG WILL OUR COAL RESERVES LAST? 



By M. R. CAMPBELL, of the U. S. Geological Survey. Illustrated 



POLAR PHOTOGRAPHY 



By ANTHONY FIALA 



Notes on the Forest Service (Illustrated) and Geographic Literature 



Published by the National Geographic Society 



Hubbard Memorial Hall 



Washington, D. C. 



$2.50 a Yeat 25 Cents a Numbct 



Entered at the Post-Offlce at Washington, D. C, as Second-Class Mail Matter 



