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National Geographic 



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AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY 



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Editor: JOHN HYDE 



Associate Editors 



A. W. GREELY W J McGEE HENRY GANNETT 



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CONTENTS 



THREE WEEKS IN HUBBARD BAY, WEST GREENLAND. 



With maps and illustrations. ROBERT STEIN 1 



THE SAMOAN COCOANUT. 12 



THE MODERN MISSISSIPPI PROBLEM. W J McGEE 24 



OUR FOREIGN TRADE. 27 



THE PRESIDENCY OP THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 28 



Geographic Literature, p. 29 ; Proceedings of the National Geographic Society, p. 31 



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