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Abercrombie, W. R , Work in Alaska of. 101 



Abruzzi, Duke of, cited on North Polar routes .... 431 



— , Book on Arctics by 472 



Abydos, Excavations at 358 



Adams, C. C, cited on Antarctic explorations 212 



— , referred to 292 



— ; United States— Land and waters 171 



Adlum, John, obtains Catawba grape 445 



Agave, A field of young plants of. 152 



— , A wild variety of, found in Yucatan 151 



— , Bales of fiber ready for shipment 156 



— , Cleaning the fiber of. 153 



— , Drying fiber of 155 



— , Tresses of the fiber of. 154 



— . See Sisal hemp, Henequen. 



Agriculture, American capital invested in 35 



— , Department of. See Various bureaus. 



— , Year Book for 1901 of 120 



— , 1902 of. 473 



— Promoted by U. S. Government 35 



Alaska, Coast Survey work in .' 9, 467 



— , Futureof 104 



— , Gardening in 355 



— , Geological Survey work in 255, 257, 397 



— , Gold discoveries in 257 



— , Importance of reindeer to.... 146 



— , Map showing reindeer stations of. 131 



— , Notable work on 300 



— , Opening of 79 



— , Reindeerin 127 



— , Salmon fisheries of. 118 



— , Signal Corps in 467 



— , Telegraph system of 467 



— , Trade of 106 



— , W ran gel 1 Mountains of. 395 



Alaska Boundary Commission 116, 297 



decision 423 



dispute 89, 117 



, Map showing 90 



Alaska frontier, Balch's book on 16, 298 



Alexander, King of Servia 59 



Alexander of Bulgaria 54 



Alexander, W. H., Bulletin on hurricanes by 44 



Allen, H. T., Alaskan explorations of. 396 



Amazon, Rubber forests of. 413 



Amazons, The land of 43 



American cotton industry 120 



— diplomacy in the Orient 259 



American Museum of Natural History 388, 422 



American Philosophical Society recommends 



founding Coast Survey 2 



Amundsen, R. ; Expedition to Magnetic North 



Pole 293 



Andree, S. A., Lnst hope of his life gone 118 



Andrews, C. L. ; Muir Glacier 44 



— , Surveys of Muir Glacier by 44 



Animals before' man in America 43 



Animal Industry, Bureau of. 35 



Antarctic expedition, British 109, 210, 297 



, German 109, 296 



, Scottish 109, 162 



, Swedish 109, 296 



— explorations, Records of farthest south 212 



by Commander Wilkes 218 



— regions, American claims in 77 



, Map of 109 



Antarctica, Book by E. S. Balch 121, 217 



Appalachian Forest Reserve 37, 123 



— streams. Measurements of southern 167 



Appalachian Mountain Club, Officers of. 39 



Arctic Club, Presidency of. 297 



Arctic Expeditions ; Charcot 217, 296 



; Peary 379, 430 



; Ziegler 82, 251, 297 



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 Arctic exploration, Erroneous theories concerning. 432 



, History of. 420 



, Value of. 429 



. See North Pole ; Peary, Ziegler. 



Argentina-Chile boundary award 115 



Argentine, Dawson's book on 471 



— , Present prosperity of 471 



Arriaga, A. L., cited on Guatemala volcanic dis- 

 turbances 390 



Asiatic Russia ; Book by G. F. Wright 121 



Austin, O. P., Alaskan Report of. 148 



— , cited on internal commerce of United States 166 



— , Election of, as Secretary of National Geographic 

 Society 425 



— ; Problems of the Pacific I17 



— , Reports of. ; 425 



— ; United States — Her industries 301 



Australia, W T hite population of. 360 



Austro- Hungarian Life, Palmer's book on 473 



Bacon, A. M., Book on Japanese girls by.. 121 



Bailey, Florence Merriam, Book on birds by 119 



Bailey, Vernon, referred to 119 



Balch, E- S. ; America's claims in the Antarctic... 77 



— ; Book on Antarctica 121 



— , cited on South Polar regions 162 



Balch, T. W.; Book on Alaska frontier 116, 298 



Balkan Peninsula, Battle ground of Europe 45 



— — , Turkish rule in 46 



Barnard, E. C, Work in California by 78 



Bauer, L. A., Magnetic tables by 121 



— , Magnetic work by 82 



Belgrade, Capital of Servia 60 



Bell, Alexander Graham, Judge of Loubat Prizes.. 40 



— , referred to 252 



— , Tetrahedral kites of. 224, 294 



— ; Tetrahedral principle in kite structure 219 



— ; Resignation as President of National Geo- 

 graphic Society 254 



Bell, C. J., referred to 292 



Bell, Robert, cited on Canadian forests 106 



Benguet, Igorrote rice terraces of. 206 



— , Igorrote town of. 205 



— , Garden of the Philippines 203 



— , Tree ferns of 203 



— , White pines of. 204 



Bertholf, E. P., Point Barrow relief expedition of.. 145 



— , Siberian reindeer expedition by 138 



Birds of the Rockies 121 



Bingham, Utah, mining district 168 



Blair, R. E., cited on destruction of Amazon rub- 

 ber forests 413 



Blount, Henry F., referred to 117 



Bogoslof Volcano, Description of 95 



Bond, Fred, Wheat varieties improved by 166 



Bosnia, as an Austrian province 45 



— , Government enterprise in 50 



— , Government hotels of 50 



— , Jewish cemetery of 49 



— under Turkish rule 46 



Botel Tobago, Formosan Island, Description of..... 468 

 Boundary Awards. See Alaska, Argentina, Canada. 



Boutwell, J. M., Work in Utah 168 



Brazil, Dawson's book on 471 



— , Precious stones from.- 452, 457 



— , Rubber forest of. 413 



— , Surveys of 262 



Bremner, John, cited on Alaskan explorations 395 



Brewster, B. B.; Expedition into Texas of Fer- 

 nando del Bosque 339 



Brigham, A. P., Acknowledgment to 174 



— , Book on Geographic Influences on American 

 History 472 



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