LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Map of the Philippines (two sheets) Supplement 



Map showing railways of Mexico Frontispiece 



President Porfirio Diaz 2 



Hon. Ignacio Mariscal 4 



Hon. Jose Y. Limantour 5 



Map showing area drained by the great canal 7 



Drainage canal under construction .... 8 



Drainage canal completed 9 



Drainage canal water gate io 



Mouth of the drainage canal tunnel II 



Diagram showing cross-section of the tunnel 12 



Mining camp at El Oro 15 



Cotton factory at Orizaba ". 16 



Coffee pickers 25 



Sketch map of Siberian Railway 38 



Steamer Landing on the Amur 39 



Woodyard on the Amur River 4° 



Stuck on the Amur 4 1 



Immigrants waiting for the Amur to rise : 42 



Milk and bread sellers on the Amur 4 2 



Immigrants on the Amur 43 



Bank of the Amur, showing the fertile soil 43 



Oil-burning locomotive on the Siberian Railroad 44 



Business corner in Stretensk 45 



Church at Stretensk 46 



Opera House at Irkutsk 47 



Museum at Irkutsk 48 



Mohammedan Tatars at Taiga railroad station awaiting the arrival of a Turkish delegation. 49 



Business corner in the heart of Siberia 49 



European-Russian village 50 



Siberian village 51 



Picture of a chocolate wrapper found in a peasant's hut in the Heart of Siberia 52 



Map and profile of proposed Mandingo ship canal 7° 



Dr Frederick A. Cook 78 



Map showing lines of equal magnetic declination (variation of the compass) and equal 



magnetic dip for the year 1900 95 



Cleaning houses on Officios street, Habana 98 



Hospital Militar, Habana 99 



Before American occupation 100 



After American occupation 101 



Section of the Colon Park before American occupation 102 



Same section of the Colon Park a few months later 103 



Street in Habana before United States occupation 104 



Same street twelve months after 105 



Sea wall built at the end of the Prado Promenade by Major Black 106 



Cleaning the barracks 107 



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