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Outline map of San Francisco Bay and vicinity 281 



A typical quarry exposure of sandstone beds in the Franciscan series 283 



Radiolarian chert at Hunters Point 284 



Map of the San Francisco Peninsula 287 



Coast of California 288 



Curious pillow structure in basalt 289 



An outcrop of Miocene strata on the coast of California 290 



White oaks on Piajo Creek 291 



Record of the San Francisco earthquake 292 



The seismograph of the U. S. Weather Bureau 293 



The San Francisco earthquake 294 



Map showing cotidal lines for the world (8 by 14 inches) Supplement 



Chart showing systems of semi-diurnal tide 305 



Diagram showing cotidal lines for the Mediterranean Sea 306 



Diagram showing cotidal lines for the Gulf of St. Lawrence 308 



A garden at Eagle, Alaska 309 



Sail car on Church's Island, N. C 310 



Map of sand reefs along the North Carolina coast 311 



Shackleford sandwave advancing on forest 312 



Windmill on Harker's Island, N. C 312 



Forest covered by Shackleford sandwave 313 



The wreck of the "Priscilla" 314 



Cemetery on Hatteras Island, N. C 314 



Wreckage above Hatteras 315 



Palmettos on Smith's Island, N. C 316 



Making fishing nets 317 



Looking down into the new crater of Vesuvius 318 



The cauliflower cloud from above Vesuvius 319 



The ruins of Boscotrecase, 1906 320 



A pine tree overwhelmed by lava. Boscotrecase 321 



The ruins of Ottajano. 1906 322 



The new cone of Vesuvius 324 



A difficult bit of rock climbing 325 



Sunken area on Market Street near the Ferry Building 326 



A fissure opened by the earthquake on East Street 327 



An "earthquake wave" at Seventh Street and Missouri Avenue, at the corner of the 



new U. S. post-office 328 



The city hall 329 



Scenes at Leland Stanford, Jr., University 330 



Scenes at Leland Stanford, Jr., University 331 



Scenes at Leland Stanford, Jr., University 332 



Scenes at Palo Alto 333 



The two spires of St. Dominic 334 



At the junction of Pine and Market Streets 334 



Looking down Pine Street 335 



Looking east from Jones Street 336 



Nob Hill from Van Ness and Washington Streets 336 



St. Francis Hotel ^y 



The Commercial High School 338 



Montgomery Street from Market Street 339 



The remains of the California Hotel 340 



