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THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 

 MAGAZINE 



AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY 



EDITOR 



GILBERT H. GROSVENOR 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



MAJOR GENERAL A. W. GREELY ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 



U. S. Army Washington, D. C. 



C. HART MERRIAM 



Chief of the Bureau of the Biological Survey DAVID T. DAY 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture U. S. Geological Survey 



WILLIS L. MOORE 



Chief of the Weather Bureau. U. S. Department R. D. SALISBURY 

 of Agriculture University of Chicago 



O. H. TITTMANN ■ v „„„„„,„ 



Superintendent of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic vr- «-• (jILiBH-ki 

 Survey U. S. Geological Survey 



O. P. AUSTIN , _ ALEXANDER McADIE 



Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Department Professor of Meteorology, U. S. Weather Bureau 



of Commerce and Labor 



San Francisco 



DAVID FAIRCHILD 



Agricultural Explorer of the Department of ALMON GUNNISON 

 Agriculture President St. Lawrence University 



ROBERT HOLLISTER CHAPMAN 

 U. S. Geological Survey 



VOL. XIX-YEAR 1908 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



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WASHINGTON, D. C. 



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