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Weather map, S a. m. , February 28, 1902 in 



A scout in the desert 120 



M. Fernand Foureau , 121 



Crossing the Sahara 122 



The great dunes 122 



Resting in the plateau of Tindesset 122 



Rock}' plateaux succeeding the great dunes 122 



Watering the horses at Lake Tchad I2 3 



M. Gentil 124 



Senegal musqueteers 125 



Checking an attack 125 



In battle line 1 25 



On the Shari, near Busso 125 



On the road to Insala 126 



Plateau of Insala 126 



Marching across the desert — the plateau of Tadmait 126 



Ready for the attack ; the men crouch behind the camels 126 



Castle of Insala 127 



A street in Insala 128 



A village in Madagascar 129 



Prince Roland Bonaparte 130 



Map showing unexplored areas of Alaska 132 



Spray River near the forks 152 



Canyon Lake : J 53 



' ' We continued our march up the valley "..... '54 



Approaching a rough country 1 55 



A torrential stream r 57 



' ' We camped in a delightful spot ". 159 



" Lane of green meadows and Alpine flowers " I 6o 



"A long sweep of the river and a distant snow peak " 161 



" Imposing precipices 3,000 or 4,000 feet above the valley " 162 



Climbing the pass '. 164 



Approaching the summit J 65 



Resting on the summit of the pass J 66 



Sketch map of region west and south of Kananaskis Lakes by W. D. Wilcox 167 



Map showing the Uganda Railway I 7° 



Robert T. Hill 1S3 



Commander C. E. Borchgrevink 1S4 



Second range west of the Elk 186 



Camping in the Elk valley 187 



Making camp after a hard day's journey '. iSS 



' ' Our camp was pitched on a wooded bank " 19° 



Upper Kananaskis Lake looking toward pass 19 1 



Named by Mr Wilcox " Lawson Lake " 192 



Storm on Kananaskis Lake i°5 



Falls near Kananaskis Lake 196 



Fording the Kananaskis 1 98 



Sketch map of the world, showing general distribution of volcanoes 205 



Sketch map of Martinique, showing mountainous character of the island. . '. 211 



Map showing the volcanic islands of the West Indies 213 



