INDEX TO VOLUME XVIII 



Abruzzi, Duke of, referred to 50i 73 



Adams, Harriet Chalmers; East Indians in the 



New World 485 



— ; Picturesque Paramaribo 36s 



Aerial locomotion. Bibliography of 28 



Aero Club of America, Resolutions by, recogniz- 

 ing Professor Langley's work 7 



Aerodrome, Notes on construction of; Alexander 



Graham Bell 8 



''Aerodynamics, Experiments in," Book quoted. . 3 



Africa; Hunting big game in East Africa 723 



— , Scenes from North Africa 615 



Alaska, Coal-bearing rocks of 169 



— , Harbors of ^n 



— , Mineral resources of i67> i7i 



— , Railway routes in 165 



— , Reindeer in 686 



Amundsen, Roald, Elected to honorary member- 

 ship in the National Geographic Society 51 



— , Gold medal awarded to 746 



American Alpine Club, Publication by 213 



Andes 82 



Andree's fatal attempt 457 



Antarctics, An ice-wrapped continent 95 



— , Discoveries of the Antarctic Continent 113 



— , Motor sledges in the 214 



Archasology in the air 151 



Arctics, Andree's fatal attempt in the 457 



— , Greely's Handbook of discoveries in the 451 



— , Expeditions commanded by Americans to the. 458 



— ; Map of North Polar regions 454 



— ; Nearest the Pole; Robert E. Pearv 446 



— , Peary's twenty years' service in tne 451 



— ; Polar photography; Anthony Fiala 140 



— , Seventy-five days' in the; Max Fleischmann. 439 



— , Ziegler Expedition to the, Narrative of 72 



— , Ziegler expeditions referred to 468 



Austin, O. P.; Queer methods of travel in curious 



corners of the world 687 



— , Statistical abstract of 420, 424 



Avery, W. L., cited 277 



Bailey, Vernon, Report on wolves by 145 



Bainbridge, Oliver; The Chinese Jews 621 



Baird, Professor, cited 397 



Balch, Edwin S., cited on Antarctics 114 



Baldwin, E. B., Arctic expedition referred to. — 468 



Balloons i 



Barclay, President, referred to 339 



Barrille, Edward, referred to 54 



Bauer, E. A.; The work in the Pacific Ocean of 



the magnetic survey yacht "Galilee" 601 



Beebe, W. M., Expedition referred to 468 



Bell, Alexander Graham, Address by 53 



— , Aerial boats of 671 



— ; Aerial locomotion i 



— , Early experiments of 8 



— , referred to 281 



— , Tetrahedral tower of 672 



Bell, Charles J., referred to 281 



Bell, Robert, Arctic expedition referred to 468 



Benares, Burning and bathing ghats of 118 



Berbers, The 615 



Bernier, J. E., Arctic expedition referred to 468 



Berry, Robert M., Arctic expedition referred to., 459 



Bighorn Mountains; N. H. Barton 355 



Birds, True models of flight of I 



Blackwelder, Eliot, referred to 640 



Blaine, James G., Address of, cited 64 



Blanchard, C. J.; Millions for moisture 217 



Blodgett, C. J., referred to 412 



Boats driven by aerial propellers 21 



Bolivia, A country without a debt; Y. Calderon.. 573 



— , Commerce of 579 



— , Geography of 578 



— , Railroads in, to be built with American capital 580 



Bonaparte, Charles J., Address by 51 



Bowers, George M. ; Planting fishes in the ocean.. 715 



Brooks, Alfred H. ; Railway routes in Alaska 165 



Broward, Governor, referred to 298 



Brown, W. L., referred to 742 



Browne, Belmore H., referred to 54 



Bridges of Utah, The great natural 199 



Page 

 Bridgman, Herbert L., Photographs sent to library 



of National Geographic Society by 744 



— , referred to (expedition) : 40» 



British Columbia, Hunting the grizzly in........ 612 



Brown, Robert Marshall; A simple method ot 



proving that the earth is round... 77i 



Bryant, Henry, Drift cask planned by 454 



— , Expendition referred 'to • ■ • • 46o 



Budapest, Saint Stephen's fete m . . 54» 



Bulgaria, Tirnova, city of the hanging gardens.. 632 



Cabrera, Estrada, referred to •,• ; ' ' ' ^''^ 



Calderon, Y. ; Bolivia, a country without a debt.. 573 

 Campbell, Marius R. ; How long will the coal re- 

 serves of the United States last iz9 



— , Table by, showing relative efficiency of coals. 139 



Canada, Origin of the word 215 



Canadian Rockies, Camp fires in the 215 



Central America, Notes on 272 



— , "Table showing commerce of 278 



Ceylon, Sigiri Rock of J5i 



— , Women and children of 249 



Champ, W. S., Arctic expedition referred to.... 468 

 — , Plates of maps loaned National Geographic 



Society by 404 



— , referred to .- • 75 



Chanute, Octave; Bibliography relating to aerial 



navigation 28 



— , referred to 3 



Chicago, Drainage canal built by 677 



China, Geologists in 640 



Jews of ^21 



— ', Women and children of 268, 269 



Clam, Soft-shelled .•.••395 



Cleveland, Grover, Forest reserves proclaimed by. 523 

 Climate, Influence of small bodies of water on.. 246 



Climatology of the United States 1 47 



Cloud Peak • 356 



Coal, Efforts to obtain greater energy from 138 



— producing nations. Diagram showing their out- 



put ^30 



— reserves of the United States 129 



Colorado Desert, Irrigation of 37 



— , Wonders of the I47 



Commerce and Labor, Department of, referred to 334 



Cook, Frederick A., referred to 54. 452 



Corey, H. T., referred to 44 



Congo, Truth about the 811 



Cornelius, S. A., Photograph of oil well 348 



Cortelyou, Postmaster General, Report of, cited.. 70 



Coville, F. v., referred to 281 



Crab, Giant spider 280 



Creak, Captain, cited 601 



Cuba aided by the United States 429 



Curtis, Edward S., Pictures of Indians by 469 



Curtis, W. E., cited 277 



— ; The revolution in Russia 302 



Darton, N. H. ; Bighorn Mountains 355 



— ; Mexico, the treasure house of the world.... 493 



Davis, A. P. ; "The new inland sea 37 



Davis, Charles E. L. B.; On commerce in Sault 



Sainte Marie Canal 682 



Davis, G. G., Expedition referred to 468 



Davis, Theodore M., referred to 746, 801 



Davis, W. M., referred to 428 



Denby, Charles, referred to 281 



Dewey, George, elected Honorary Member of 



National Geographic Society 51 



"Discovery," Voyage of the 95 



Dismal Swamp 301 



Doubtful island region, A recent report from.... 205 



Drainage of swamp lands 292 



Drift cask 454 



Dyar, W. W., referred to 199, 



Earth, Method of proving it is round 771 



Earthquake, Echoes of the San Francisco 351 



East, Women and children of the 248 



Ecuador, Beautiful, Guayaquil 81 



— , Ascending the Andes 82 



— , Quito 87 



Eichelberger, F. B.. referred to 281 



England, Heart of 147 



Everglades, Florida 300 



