CONTENTS v 



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Geographic Miscellanea 479 



The Welhnan Polar Expedition ; Walter Wellman 481 



The Harriman Alaska Expedition ; Henry Gannett. 1 . 507 



The Meteorological Observations of the Second AVellnian Expedi- 

 tion ; Evelyn B. Baldwin. 512 



Porto Rico or Puerto Rico ; R. T. HiLL . . 516 



The National Geographic Magazine and the U. S." Board on Geo- 

 graphic Names 517 



Place Names in Canada ........ 519 



The Antarctic Climate 520 



Geographic Literature 522 



Geographic Miscellanea 524 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Entrance to the Stikine river from Point Highfield (pi. 1 ) 1 



Little Canon of the Stikine river. . 8 



Glenora from the landing 11 



The steamer at Glenora , 1,4 



Calle Escolta, principal street in Binondo (pi. 2) 33 



Cutting the hemp tree (Musci textilis) 35 



Separating the petioles of the Musa texlilis 30 



The bast strips of the Musa (extilis drawn for the first time under the 



knife .- . . . 37 



The bast strips of the Musa texlilis after being drawn several times 



under the knife .' 38 



Street in Binondo 40 



Sugar drying at Manila 45 



Manila harbor 47 



Wharf at Binondo 62 



Calle San Jacinto, with Max L. Tornow's office and tobacco godowns. 63 



Mountain scenery near Lares, Puerto Rico 93 



Coffee estate in Mayaguez district 94 



A mountain stream, Sierra Luquillo 95 



Stream and volcanic rocks, Mayaguez 96 



Mountain cultivation near Mayaguez 99 



( 'ultivation of mountain summits 100 



A summit in the Sierra Luquillo 100 



Bank of Rio Loiza, coastal plain 101 



Hills of coast border, Carolina 102 



A cerro, south of Sabana Grande 103 



< 'oast hills near Cabo Rojo 104 



Weathered mountain rock 107 



Volcanic tuff formation of the mountains 10!) 



Source of the bit tic Fork of the Saskatchewan (pi. 3) 113 



