THE 



Nationau 



Geographic 

 Magazine 



Vol. XIV NOVEMBER, 1903 No. 11 



CONTENTS 



PACK 



PANORAMA OF THE WRANGELL MOUNTAINS . Frontispiece 



THE WRANGELL MOUNTAINS, ALASKA. BY W. C. MENDEN- 



HALL. ILLUSTRATED 395 



RUBBER PLANTATIONS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. 



ILLUSTRATED 408 



THE ZIEGLER POLAR EXPEDITION. ILLUSTRATED -414 



THE WORK OF THE MINING BUREAU OF THE PHILIPPINE 



ISLANDS. BY CHARLES H. BURRITT 418 



RECORD ASCENTS IN THE HIMALAYAS 420 



THE NEW CONE OF MONT P.ELEE. ILLUSTRATED . . 4 a» 



RICHARD URQUHART GOODE. WITH PORTRAIT 424 



GEOGRAPHIC LITERATURE r - ■ ^. . . 425 



PROGRAM OF MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 



SOCIETY, 1903-1904 438 



Published by the National Geographic Society, 



Hubbard Memorial Hall, 



Washington, D. C. 



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