S*« NATIONAL 



CEOGRAPHIC 

 MAGAZINE 



33 



Vol. XVII SEPTEMBER, 1906 No. 9 



CONTENTS 



THE GREAT DEATH VALLEY 



The Deserts of Nevada and the Death Valley. By Robert H. 



Chapman, U. S. Geological Survey. Illustrated . . . 483 



Japan, America, and the Orient. By Hon. Eki Hioki, Charge d* Affaires 



of Japan, 1905-1906 498 



The Forests of Canada. By Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of the Do- 

 minion of Canada 504 



The Vast Timber Belts of Canada 509 



Animal Wealth of the United States. By Hon. Francis E. Warren, 



U. S. Senator from Wyoming. Illustrated . . . . 511 



Cultivation of Marine and Fresh-water Animals in Japan. By K. Mit- 

 sukuri, Ph. D., Professor of Zoology, Imperial University, Tokyo, 

 Japan. Illustrated 524 



The Lumber Business of the Government 531 



Geographic Literature 533 



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