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8&NATIONAL 



MAGAZINE 



Vol. XV APRIL, 1904: No. 4 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Travels in Arabia and Along the Persian Gulf* By David 



G. Fairchild. Illustrated J37 



The American Deserts. Illustrated J53 



Consul Skinner's Mission to Abyssinia* Illustrated .... J 65 



The Sailing Ship and the Panama Canal* By James Page i67 



The New Home of the National Geographic Society* Illus- 

 trated . 176 



Wbkas — A Primitive Indian Food. Illustrated J 85 



The Antarctic Continent J 85 



The Dealings of the United States with the Nations of the 



World \Z6 



Geographic Notes 188 



Geographic Literature 189 



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