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INDEX 



Page 



Macomb, A. C, quoted on Puerto Rico 102 



Macrae, David, Record of lecture by 144 



Magnetic work of the Coast and Geodetic 



Survey; L. A. Bauer 288 



Mahria-bearing mosquito, Note on 424 



Manila and the Philippines; Major A. 



Falkner von Sonnenburg 65 



Marsh, 0. C. ; W J McGee 181 



Markham, Sir Clements, Note on address 



of 375 



Maryland, Magnetic survey of. 421 



McGee, W J; Biographic sketch of Prof. 



0. C. Marsh..... : 181 



— , Book reviews by.; 140, 231, 274, 27(5, 322, 



370, 417, 419 

 — : National growth and national char- 

 acter 185 



— , Note on address by 374 



— , Record of lecture by ; 328 



— ; The isthmian canal problem 363 



McKinley, President,Acknowledgmentto. 481 

 McM aster, John Bach, Record of lecture 



by 328 



McMillin, Emerson, Acknowledgment to.. 359 

 Menocal, A. G., Plans for canal across 



American isthmus of 2G0 



Meteorological Committee, International, 



Note on meeting of 277 



— observations of the second Wellman ex- 



pedition ; Evelyn B. Baldwin 512 



— station in Iceland , 288 



Mexican accessions, Influence of, on 



United States '. 201 



— weather service, Note on 232 



Mississippi river, Early legislation regard- 

 ing navigation of 88 



Moore, Thomas E.. Notes on trade and 



population of Germany by 184 



Moore, Willis L., Record of address by... 328 

 Morgan, Edwin, Record of lecture by ...... 328 



Morgan, J. Pierpont, Acknowledgment to.. 481 



Morrison (Mt), Note, on 277 



Mum, John, Reference to work of. 5 



Murchison (Mt), Location and height of... 118 

 Musick, John R., Review of book by 3G9 



Nansen, Fridjof, Explorations in Franz 



Josef Land by .- 4S4 



Naos, Spanish merchantmen, Description 



of. 49 



National Geographic Magazine and the 

 U. S. Board on Geographic Names ; 



John Hyde 517 



Society; John Hyde 220 



; Gilbert H. Grosvenor 



, Prizes for essays on Norse discov- 

 eries in America offered by 31 



— , Proceedings of the 143, 327 



National growth and national character ; 



W J McGee 185' 



Newcomb, H. T., Book review by 143 



Newell, F. IL, Biographic sketch of. 474 



— , Note of address by 326 



— , Record of lecture* by 328 



Nicaragua and the Isthmian routes ; A. P. 



Davis 247 



— canal route, Estimated cost of 266 



, Notes on 525, 528 



, Phvsiography of the 234 



— (Lake), Description of. 237 



— , Notes on customs of people of. 249 



Nimmo, Jr, Joseph ; The proposed Amer- 

 ican interoceanio canal in its commer- 

 cial aspects 297 



Nurse discoveries in America, prize com- 

 petition 31 



North Pole. Routes to the 280 



Page 

 Ogden, H. G., Survey of Stikine River ter- 

 ritory by 5 



Olney, Richard, Acknowledgment to 481 



Oregon, Acquisition by the United States 



of 196 



Orlebar Glacier, Description of 6 



Orton, Edward, Notes from address of..... 355 



— , Obituary notice of 474 



— , quoted on scientific progress 355 



Pacific coast, Redwood forest of the ; 



Henry Gannett 145 



— slope, Threatened aridity on the 160 



Panama Canal Company, The new 307 



route, Description of 255 



— , Isthmus of, Project of ship railway 



through 252 



— railroad 306 



" Pathfinder," Note on voyage of the 526 



Peary's explorations in 1898-1899 415 



— work and prospects ; H. L. Bridgman.. 414 



Peary, WorJx of, referred to 28o, 327, 486 



Perkins, George C, quoted on harpoons 



found in whales 136 



Philippines (The), Location of, from a 



commercial standpoint 48 



— , Area of 182 



— , The economic condition of; Max L. 



Tornow 33 



— , Commerce of the 40 



— , Difficulties of warfare in 71 



— , Exports of. 48, 55, 56 



Pinchot, Gifford, Record of lecture by... 144 

 — , Review of book by. 231,417 



— ; The relation of forests and forest fires. 393 

 Place names in Canada ; Henry Gannett... 519 

 " Playa" plains of Puerto Rico, Descrip- 

 tion of. 103 



Popoff glacier, Deseripton of 5 



Port Rothsay, Description of. 4 



Powell, H.. quoted on West Indian hurri- 

 canes 18 



Presbrf.y, Frank, Review of book by 523 



Preston, E. D. ; Coast and Geodetic Sur- 

 vey 268 



— ; Tides of Chesapeake bay 391 



Prince Williams sound, Map of 511 



Pritchett, H. S., Record of lecture by 327 



— , Work of, referred to 288 



Puerto Rico, Geology of 108 



-, Hydrography of 98 



, Mountains of 97 



, Notes on climate of Ill 



or Porto Rico; R. T. Hill 516 



, Rediscovery of 359 



; Robert T. Hill 93 



Pygmies of Central Africa 38 



Railroads and canals 420 



— , Number of miles of, constructed dur- 

 ing January-June, 1899 421 



— through Africa, Note on 423 



Railway in South America. Note on 92 



Rainfall in Cherapunzee, India, Note on.. 326 



— in Nicaragua, Records of. 247 



Ransome, Stafford, Review of book by 522 



Rational element in geography; W. M. 



Davis : 466 



Redwood forest of the Pacific coast ; Henry 



Gannett '.. 145 



Reed, Thomas B., quoted on possible com- 

 merce of Nicaragua canal 298 



Reid, William Jameson, Review of book by. 523 



Ripley, William Z., Review of book by 320 



Romero, Senor don Mattias, Obituary no- 

 tice of 32 



— , Review of book bv 475 



