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March and, Explorations in Africa 119 



Marischal, Ignacio, Mexican Foreign Minister 22 



Markham, Sir Clements, cited on Sverdrup's 



work 3*9. 461 



Marquette, Father J., Thwaite's book 011 463 



Marshall, R. D., Survevs by 327 



Martin. W. S., Explorations in Samar by 146 



Martinique before last eruption 245 



— , Economic conditions of. 242 



— , General geography of. 233 



— , Geology of. 23S 



— , Hearn's description of. 214 



— , People ot 215, 235 



— , Political conditions of. 241 



— , Relief expedition to 183, 22^, 267 



— , Volcanic eruptions in 183, 209, 223, 267, 415 



— , Volcanic rocks of 285 



Mason, O. T., referred to 360 



Massachusetts, Origin of name 4°5 



Matthew, W. B., Work of. 323 



Matthews, W., referred to 360 



Maximilian, "Emperor," Attempts in Mexico 22 



Mazamas, Outing in 1902 of the 33° 



Meander belts, Limiting width of. 373 



Mendenhall, W. C, Surveys in Alaska by 133, 325 



Menelik, King of Abyssinia 131 



Merriam, C. Hart, referred to 465 



Mexico, Agricultural resources of. 22 



— , American capital in 13. 



— , Americans in 24 



— , Coal and iron in 74 



— , Commerce with the United States 25 



— , Configuration of. 3 



— , Drainage canal of 6 



— , Foreign commerce of. 17. 2 5 



— , Foreign credit of. 20 



— , Foreign relations of. • 21 



— , Grant-Romero reciprocity treaty iS 



— , Harbor improvements in 17 



— , Manufactures in 22 



— , Mining in 22 



— , Pacific ports of. 17 



— , Peace and order in 4 



— , Progress of. 6 



— , Public debt of. 20 



— , Railway construction in 1 



— , Reduction of taxes in 18 



— , Revenues of. iS 



— , Religious toleration in 23 



— , Seaports of 14 



— , Social advancement in 23 



— , Spanish rule in 17 



— , Steamship service with iS 



— , Telegraphs and telephones in 4 



— , The New ; John \V. Foster 1 



Mexico, City of. Area and population of. 13 



, Foreigners in 14 



, Houses and buildings of. 14 



, Modern conveniences in 14 



, Municipal improvements in 13 



, Park systems of. 14 



, Situation of. 6 



— — , Street railways of. 14 



Michigan, Forest reserves of. 353 



— , Hardwood forests of. 354 



— , Jack pine plains of 355 



— , New forests of. 354 



— , Relations of soils to forests in 353 



Migration, Interstate 71 



Miller, F. G., Paper on farm wood lots by 358 



Miller, \V. A. ; Copyright of a map or chart 437 



Minnesota, Chippewa forest reservation of. 355 



— , Preventing forest fires in 357 



Mississippi, Origin of name 405 



Moffit, F. H.. Surveys by 323 



Montana, Origin of name .105 



Mont Pelue after eruption of May 8 263 



— , Active craters of 415 



— , Analysis of ejecta from 288 



— , Description of. 214, 235 



— , Eruption of. 183, 206, 210, 249, 270, 415 



— in eruption 416, 417, 420, 447 



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Mont Pelee Eruption, Area of devastation 259, 261 



, Attending rain of mud and pumice 25S 



, Bibliography of. 435 



, Character of lorcein 256 



— — , Composition of cloud 252 



, Conflagration caused by 257 



, Death causes 25S, 273, 425 



, Detonations 250 



, Direction of cloud 252 



, Duration of. 258, 420 



, Electrical displays 253, 434 



, Exhaustion of air by 257 



, First rumblings of. 245 



, Flame in 253 



, Gases in. 255, 425 



■, Geological formations by.. 261 



, Geological lesson of 264, 432 



, Hill's conclusions on \ 266 



, Hill's report to National Geographic Society 



011 225 



— . — , Lack of incandescence 253 



, Landslides 433 



, Lightning effects in 253 



, Magnetic disturbance caused by.. 208, 255, 266, 462 



, Mass ejected during 420 



, Mud flows 432 



, Noises in 257 



, No lava flows 262 



, Preliminary air movement * 250 



. , Products of 423 



— — , Relation to eruption in St Vincent 266 



, Russell's report on 267, 415 



, Sequence of. 251 



, Steam in cloud 252, 256 



, Theories of catastrophe 266 



, Tidal waves 433 



, Topography unaltered 26:, 262 



" , Variations in 419 



, Volcanic blasts of. 428 



, Wave-cut bights 261 



, Waves in the sea 433 



-, Witnesses of. 249 



Moody, Secretary W. H., Acknowledgment to 223 



Moouey, lames, referred to 360 



Moore, Willis, Annual report of. 71 



— cited on forecasting the weather 176 



Morocco, Macnab's book on 331 



Morison, George S., referred to 66 



Morse, E. S., Review of book on China by 412 



Moselv, E. L., Submerged valleys in Sandusky 



Bay.' 39 S 



Mountain climbing. Woman's record for 406 



Mount Assiniboine, Explorations around 160 



Mount Athos, Description of 114 



Mount Blackburn 219 



Mount Foraker, Height of. 409 



— , Naming of 143 



Mount Hood, Map of. 77 



Mount McKinley, Height of. 143 



— , Survey of. 134, 462 



Mount Mazama 221 



Mount Wrangell Group, Surveys of. 134, 181 



Muldrow, Robert, Work in Alaska of 134 



Murlin, A. E., Surveys by 326 



Murray-Aaron, E., referred to ir 



National Geographic Society. S^ Geographic So- 

 ciety, National. 

 Newell, F. H., Chief Engineer Reclamation Serv- 



ice ; •,•; 387 



— , referredto 375 



— , Review of book on irrigation by 147 



Newell, W. W., referred to 360 



New York Central flyer 320 



New Zealand, Political experiments in 342 



— . Social experiments in 347 



Niagara, Origin of name , 405 



Nicaragua Canal route 69 



Nicholai, H. C, cited on Alaska 83 



Nichols, F. H., Review of book on Shensi by 410 



Niger Territory, Explorations in 120 



