INDEX 
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Abbot, Philip S., Obituary of 379 
Abyssinia, Description of 168 
Adams, Mount (The altitude of), Wash- 
ington; Edgar McClure 151 
Africa, History of. 377 
south Africa and Abyssinia; Gardi- 
ner G. Hubbai'd 157 
— , Southern ,349 
Agriculturk in California 320 
Albemarle in Revolutionary days; G. 
Brown Goode 271 
American Association, Buffalo meeting 
of 315 
Americas (Fundamental geographic re- 
lation of the three) ; Robert T. Hill.. 175 
Arctic currents 97 
The scope and value of; A. W. 
Greely 32 
— regions, Map of PI. xxxiv 
Barringer, V. C., Obituary of. 216 
Bauer, L. A., Review of book by 81 
“Bear,” View of steamer PI. n 
Beardslee, L. A., cited on Alaskan dis- 
coveries 141 
Becker, George F. ; The Witwatersrand 
and the revolt of the Uitlanders 349 
Bell, Robert, Explorations by 281 
Berkeley powder explo.«ion 246 
Bessels, Emil, cited on Jeannette relics. 94 
Bianconi, F., Review of maos by 42 
Biological Survey, Work of. 405 
Black earth, Russian 5 
Blodgett, James H. ; “Free burghs” in 
the United States 116 
Board on Geographic Names (The work 
of the United States); Henry Gan- 
nett 221 
Boers, Character of 353 
Brigham, A. P., Review of work by 220 
British Islands (A geographical descrip- 
tion of the); W. M. Davis 208 
Brown, Robert, Obituary of. 40 
Browne, J. B. ; Across the Gulf by rail 
to Key West 203 
By-laws, Amendments to 86, 215 
Cable, Atlantic, Record of laying of 108 
Cables (The submarine) of the world; 
Gustave Herrle 102 
California; George C. Perkins 317 
Canals, Isthmian .59, 66, 73 
Cantwell, J. C. ; Ice-clitfs on the Kowak 
river 315 
Caracas, People of. 53 
— valley. Views of Pis. vii, vii 3 
Cascade .Mount,ain 8, Features of 395 
— , Surveys in 150 
Cayapas Indians, llandiwork of PI. xxv 
Central America, Geograidiic features 
of. 175 
Chapman, Kohert H. ; The aberration of 
sound as illustrated by the Berkeley 
powder explosion 210 
Charlottesville, Field meeting at 269 
Chignecto ship railway, map of. 70 
Chittenden, H. M., Review of book by... 80 
Climate of Africa 163 
Oregon 400 
— , Russian g 
Cooper, Peter, and submarine telegra- 
phy 108 
Collins, Perry M.,'J'ianseoniinental tele- 
graph survey initiated by no 
Corthell. Elmer b. ; The Tehuantepec 
ship railwaj’^ 64 
CoviLLE, Frederick V. ; The sage plains 
of Oregon 395 
Cruise (Tlie Arctic) of the U. S. revenue 
cutter Bear ; Sheldon Jackson 27 
Curtis, W. E. ; Venezuela, her govern- 
ment, people, and boundary 49 
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, Reference to 
work of 392 
Dall, Wii.lt.am H., Biography of 124 
— , Portrait of. Pi. xii 
— ; Tlie Kusso-American telegraph pro- 
ject of 1864-’67 110 
— ; The so-called “ Jeannette relics ” 93 
Davis, Arthur P. ; The Kansas river 181 
Davis, W. M. ; A geographical descrip- 
tion of the Britisli Islands 208 
— , Reviews by 185, 409 
— ; The Seine, the Meuse, and the Mo- 
Davidson, George, Alaskan discoveries 
by 141 
De Lesseps, Kerdinand, quoted on i.sth- 
mian ship canal 66 
Department of Agriculture, Work of 405 
Diamond tields of Africa 161 
Dili.er, j. S., Review of book by 212 
Duffiei.d, W. W., Acknowledgment to..; 186 
Dutton, C. E., quoted on lopograpliie 
terms 291 
Eads, James B , quoted on isthmian ship 
canal 66 
Earthquake effects in Tuscarora deep... 310 
— wave (Tlie recent) on tlie coast of 
Japan ; Eliza R. Scidmore 285 
Ecuador (A journey in) ; Mark B. Kerr. 238 
Education in Russia 21 
Education, Venezuelan '. 51 
Eoi.i, , quoted on geographic names. 222 
Encinas, I’ascual, Aid in exploration iiy. 125 
England, Geograjiliic work in 208 
— , Possessions of, in Africa b59 
Erosion, Economic aspects of .328 
Explorations, Arctic 32, .37, 98, 339 
— by tlie Bureau of American Ettmology 
in 1895; W J Metiee 77 
— in 1716 205 
Mexico 126 
Fauna of Ecuador 240 
Scriland 130 
Fkwkes, J. Walter, Explorations liy 79 
Field, Gyrus W., Keference to work of.. I08 
— , Submarino ciililo laid liy 1(».3 
Field, Henry M., Work of 108 
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