Vol. XI I MARCH, 1900 No. 3 



THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 



MAGAZINE 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 

 BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL 



With illustrations F. F. HILDER 81 



Bureau of American Ethnology 



THE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF BUBONIC 



PLAGUE GEORGE M. STERNBERG, LL. D. 97 



Surgeon-General, U. S. Army 



ICE-CLIFFS ON WHITE RIVER, YUKON TERRITORY 



MARTIN W. GORMAN 113 



A HUNTING TRIP TO NORTHERN GREENLAND 



FULLERTON MERRILL 118 



A CANAL FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE MEDITERRANEAN 122 



DISEASES OF THE PHILIPPINES 123 



GEOGRAPHIC MISCELLANEA 124 



WASHINGTON 



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