Vol. XI OCTOBER, 1900 No. 10 



THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 



MAGAZINE 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PRINCE LUIGI AMADEO, DUKE OF ABRUZZI Frontispiece 



THE LESSONS OF GALVESTON W J McGEE 377 



Formerly Geologist in Charge Coastal Plain Division, U. S. Geological Survey 



THE W^EST INDIAN HURRICANE OF SEPTEMBER 1-12, 1900 



With charts E. B. GARRIOTT 384 



Professor of Meteorology, U. S. Weather Bureau 



HUNAN— THE CLOSED PROVINCE OF CHINA 



■With map and illustration "WM. BARCLAY PARSONS 393 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, JUNE 1, 1900 401 



THROUGH THE HEART OF AFRICA 408 



NANSENS "FARTHEST NORTH" ECLIPSED 411 



"With illustration 



GEOGRAPHIC NOTES 413 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 415 



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