CONTENTS. 



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 South America : Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. 



Hubbard 1 



Geography of the Land : Annual Report by Vice-President Herbert 



G. OODEN 31 



Geography of the Air: Annual Report by A'ice-President A. AV. 



Greely 41 



An Expedition to Mount St. Elias, Alaska ; by Israel C. Rl'sselll. oo 



Introduction — ^The Southern Coast of Alaska 55 



Part I — Previous Explorations in the St. Elias Region 58 



Part II— Narrative of the St. Elias Expedition of 1890 75 



Part III— Sketch of the Geology of the St. Elias Region 167 



Part IV — Glaciers of the St. Elias Region 176 



Part V— Height and Position of Mount St. Elias 189 



Appendix A — Official Instructions governing the Expedition . 192 

 Appendix B — Report on topographic Work ; by Mark B. 



Kerr 195 



Appendix C — Report on auriferous Sands from Yakutat bay ; 



by J. Stanley -Browx 196 



Appendix D — Report on fossil Plants ; l^y Lester F. Ward . . 199 



Index ' 201 



The Cartography and (Observations of Bering's First Voyage ; by 



A. W. Greely 205 



Height and Position of Mount St. Elias ; by Israel C. Russell .... 231 



The Heart of Africa ; by E. C. Hore 238 



Report of Committee on Exploration in Alaska 248 



Xotes — La Carte de France, dite de I'Etat Major, par M. J. Collet. 250 



Polar Regions 252 



The crossing of Tibet 253 



Statistics of Railways in ITnited States 255 



Index to volume III 257 



Title-page and Imprimatur of Board of Managers i 



Contents and Illustrations iii 



Publications of the National Geographic Society v 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society vii 



Officers of the Society for 1892 xiv 



Members of the Societv xv 



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