ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Philippine Isliiiuls as the geograpliical center of the Far Eas^t (pL 1)... 1 



Section map of Golofnin Bay and Cape Nome goU\ fields Ifi 



Part of Nome from the beach, looking northwest. . . 17 



Beach, tundra, and hills, lookinj^ northwest from Nome !'.• 



Snake River and Nome, from tnndra, about one mile west of Nome '-'0 



Diajrrani of trianofulation for the control of the Idaho-Montana bonndarv. L'4 



Sunnnit of Bitter Root Range, looking north from Ward Peak L'(> 



Basalt Canon, plains of Patagonia, showing reninant of a comparatively 



recent lava flow (pi. 2> 41 



Basaltic wall in canon of a tributary of Arroyo Gio, showing face deeply 



dissected by narrow, perpendicular chasms 45 



Basaltic pinnacles, plains of Patagonia 4*5 



Canon of Rio Tarde, foothills of Andes . . . 51 



In the Drakenburg Range (pi. :>) 81 



Kimberly 85 



Bioemfontein 86 



Pretoria — the club 89 



Crossing the Umbelosi River, Swaziland i>0 



Typical Boer house and tent wagon !I3 



Kafir matrons U4 



Map showing boundaries a.s claimed by Great Britain and Venezuela ami 



as awarded by the Paris Tribunal (pi. 4) 129 



The United States Venezuelan Boundary Commission, 1896-1897 i:«> 



The Paris Tribunal, lSi)9 . 141 



A village in Korea, the Han Iviver in the distance 146 



Two Korean travelei"s 147 



A house in Korea 149 



A group of Koreans 150 



Guardian of the Temple of the God of War 153 



An e.xample of Korean art . . 154 



The great South (late of Seoul. 155 



Street scene in Johannesburg (\A. 5) 169 



Ethnograi)hic Russia in 1900 172 



Chart showing growth of Russia in Europe from l:50:> to 1645 ... 175 



Chart showing growth of Russia in Europe from 1645 to 1900. 178 



Diagram showing successive advances of Russia toward India 183 



The Russian Empire in its geographical relation to Europe and Asia. . . 185 



Railways in South .Africa 1S8 



Map showing railways constructed and pr()|)osed in Asia Minor and Persia. 202 



Diagram showing jiopulation of Cuba by color 205 



Diagram showing propoiiion of those under ten years of age attending 



school in Cuba 205 



