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A waterwheel driven by a donkey on the road to Tsarradan 143 



Encampment of migratory shoemakers outside of Tangiers 144 



Moorish women at the spinning-wheel waited on by a slave 145 



Courtyard of a Moorish residence in Fez 146 



View of one of the dark patches in the cliffs of the River Dwina. 2. Professor Amal- 

 itzky's workshop in Warsaw. 3. Peasants working on the face of the cliff near 



Archangel. 4. A series of skeletons of Pariasaurus 171 



Photograph of a skeleton of Pariasaurus. 2. Photograph by Professor Amalitzkyon 

 on larger scale of a skull of a Pariasaurus. 3. Skeleton of a huge carnivorous beast 



of prey. 4. Skull of the gigantic theromorph carnivorous reptile 172 



One of the nodules, showing form of the embedded skeleton 173 



Condition of American case goods on arrival at Tientsin, China 174 



Trusses of American piece goods on arrival at Tientsin 174 



Bales of piece goods from Holland on arrival at Tientsin 175 



A typical pile of American piece goods on arrival at Tientsin 175 



Disembarking passengers, Portugese East Africa 177 



Monument erected to the man who first introduced citrus fruits into Japan 182 



A field of spineless cactus in Tunis, planted for fodder. 2. A camel browsing off the 

 spineless cactus of Tripoli. 3. An orchard of the carob in full bearing in Spain. 4. 

 The spineless cactus of Tunis. 5. The Egyptian papyrus. Most beautiful of water 



plants for Florida streams 185 



The short-kernelled Japanese rice that does not break in milling. 2. The long-ker- 

 nelled rice which broke badly when milled. 3. A Japanese colonist in his field of 

 Japan rice in Texas. 4. Macaroni made in Naples. Exposed to the dust and' dirt 

 of the street. 5. A bamboo timber yard in Japan. 6. A clump of the giant bamboo 

 in Natal, South Africa. 7. Trees of the East Indian mango. The noted Bombay 



variety 186 



A Durum wheat field at the New Mexico experiment station 188 



A sample cutting and the way it is put up and mailed to the Department of Agri- 

 culture 191 



Packing figs in a Smyrna fig establishment 192 



Distributing insect-laden figs in a Smyrna fig orchard in order to fertilize the 



flowers 193 



An Arab climbing a tall palm in a garden at Biskra, Algeria, to pollinate the flowers.. 195 

 The mangosteen, queen of the tropical fruits. One-half natural size. 2. The beginning 

 of the government's date garden in California. 3. A young imported Mulgoba mango 

 tree in Florida. 4. A basketful of Japanese Loquats as sold in the markets of Malta. 



5. A young California date palm loaded with fruit 196 



Original appearance of salt lands 198 



Appearance of the same salt lands two years after planting of berseem 199 



A wagon rain covering, four years old, made of Mitsumata paper and oiled with Perilla 

 oil. 2. A hillside in Japan covered with the Mitsumata paper plant. 3. Camel loads 

 of berseem entering Cairo in the early morning. 4. Century-old olive orchards in the 



island of Zante, Greece 200 



General features of the plans for the airship of the Wellman Chicago Record-Herald 



Polar expedition 206 



Plans of the airship of the polar expedition 210 



Diagram showing effect of wind on airship 216 



Diagram showing method of operating retardateur cable 217 



Diagram showing method of suspension and operation of retardateur cable 217 



Panaman corn farm 229 



