LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Map 01 South Florida , 6 



Sponges drying on the wharf at Key West 7 



Green turtle on the wharf at Key West 8 



"On Elliott's Key" io 



The grape fruit, or pomelo 1 1 



On the mainland of Biscayne Bay at Cocoanut Grove 12 



In the hammock. 2. A mangrove swamp. 3. Shows the character of the wall built 

 of coral rock. 4. Drilling a hole in the coral rock to blast a hole for a grape-fruit 

 tree. 5. Seminoles coming in from the Glades with venison ; shows also a rock road 



6. A thrifty camphor tree 12 



Old plantation on Elliott's Key 12 



Seminole Indians in their dug-outs near Miami 14 



Alligator eggs and young alligators just hatched in the glade back of Miami 15 



Monasteries of the air : The only way of reaching 17 



Ascending to the monastery of the air 18 



Another view of a monk ascending to the monastery of the air, Greece 19 



View of a pigeon farm at Los Angeles, California 20 



Another view of the pigeon farm at Los Angeles, California 21 



Outline map to show Amundsen's route; also conjectural route of the drift cask picked 



up on the coast of Iceland . 39 



Amundsen's ship 40 



Eskimo women from Cape Fullerton, the extreme north end of our continent 41 



Russian soldiers 42 



A group of Russian peasants 43 



A group of young Russian peasants 44 



Types of Russian workingmen 45 



Factory children in South Russia 46 



Harbor of Rio 49 



Plowing up salt in the Sea of Salton 52 



Cottages built for married employees at Cristobal, Panama 61 



A typical hotel for canal employees at Corozal 62 



Cottages for married employees at Corozal 63 



Fumigating force, Panama 66 



Opening of Panama waterworks system, July 4, 1905 67 



"Foxy" 68 



Horse sleds delivering supplies along the trail between Valdes and Copper River 70 



Soldiers of the United States Army dragging a sled through soft snow 70 



Horse sleds returning for another load 73 



U. S. Army steamboat laid up for winter on a sandbar 71 



Signal Corps repair men from U. S. telegraph office, with dog-team; out on repair trip. . 72 



Skaguay, seaport town of southeastern Alaska 72 



Signal Corps dog-team ' 73 



A typical picture of an Alaskan prospector with his dog-team 73 



Indians traveling by dog-team on Yukon River 7^ 



A phenomenal dog-team 72 



Indian basket sled of Central Alaska 74 



Indian birch bark canoe 74 



Traveling by dog-team in Alaska 7$ 



