CONTENTS V 



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Geographic Notes . 374 



Lessons of Galveston ; by W J McGkh: 377 



The West Indian Hurricane of September 1-12, 1900; by E. B. Gakriott.. 384 



Excavations at Nippur 392 



Hunan, the Closed Province of China ; by W. B. Parsons 393 



The National Geographic Society: Address of the President to the Board 



of i\Ianagers 40 1 



Through tlie Heart of Africa 408 



Nansen's " Farthest North " Eclipsed 411 



Geographic Notes 413 



Proceedings of the National Geographic Society ... 41 -i 



The Samoan Islands ; by ED\vi>f V. Morgan 417 



The Manila Observatory ; by Jose Algue 427 



The Limited Water Supply of the Arid Region ; by F. H. Newell 438 



Hurricanes on the Coast of Texas ; b}'^ A . W. Grkelv 442 



Africa the Largest Game Preserve in the World ; by John' B. Torbert. . . . 445 

 The Wyoming Fossil Fields Expedition of July, 1899; by W. C. Knight.. 449 



Gold in the Philippines ; by F.- F. Hildek 465 



The Teaching of Physical Geography in Elementarj- Schools; by R. E. 



Dodge 470 



Geography at the British Association for the Advancement of Science; 



[John Hyde] 475 



Decisions of the U. S. Board ou Geographic Names 478 



Significant Facts Concerning the Foreign Trade of Great Britain 480 



