viii Illustrations 



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The decorated leader of the llama train 245 



"With heads bowed and uncovered they stood, as in the long ago, greeting their beloved 



Cuzco, sacred city of the sun 246 



A herd of llamas off duty. The pyramid is a mirage 247 



Farming in the world's roof garden 248- 



Ruins of the Temple of Viracocha 249. 



Pumping barge of the U. S. Reclamation Service — Williston project, North Dakota 251 



Cattle knee deep in alfalfa — Garden City project, Kansas 254 



Blanchard Falls — Minidoka project : 255 



In Gunnison canyon — Uncompahgre project, Colorado 256- 



Raising hogs in the Klamath valley — Klamath project, Oregon 259 



View showing cultivated land in the lower valley of the Yakima river, Washington 260. 



Pear tree in orchard of J. H. Forman and picture of owner — near Parker, Washington, 



under Sunnyside canal 261 



Yakima maiden picking hops — Yakima project, Washington. 262- 



One acre of Concord grapes in orchard of William Squire, near Zillah, Washington 266 



Remains of a vanished race 269 



The capitol grounds from the southwest corner of the capitol building, Phoenix, Arizona.. 270 



Baled hay storage building at the Chandler ranch, 6 miles south of Mesa, Arizona 271 



Cholla cactus on the desert between government wells and desert wells, Roosevelt road — 



Salt river proj ect 273. 



Building homes on the desert in anticipation of the opening of the government works — 



Salt River project 274 



Pure-blooded Apache laborers constructing a road through the desert — Salt River project, 



Arizona 275 



The top of Fish Creek Hill, Arizona 276 



Praising melons in the Salt River valley, Arizona 280 



The raising of grapes in the Salt River valley, near Mesa, Arizona 281 



Almond orchard in bloom in the Salt River valley, Arizona 282- 



Date tree in Salt River valley, near Mesa, showing the enormous crop of dates on one 



Salt River proj ect 273 



The Ivy Ranch, near Phoenix, Arizona — Salt River project, Arizona 284 



Watermelons in young peach orchard farm, Kerman, California 287 



The sea of sand of the Takla Makan desert 28S 



The sea of salt of the Lop desert ' 288 



A Loplik house of reeds 291 



Xoplik women and children 291 



iEolian erosion in the Lop basin 292 



Chantos of the oasis of Khotan gathered for the weekly summer fete in honor of the life- 

 giving river 293 



The oasis of Khotan 294 



The Crossroads of the Pacific 296 



The Monseki of Rinno Temple, Abbot Hikosaka 301 



The Wind God in Iemitsu's mausoleum ? 2 



r Ieyasu's mausoleum 303. 



The volcano Asama 304 



Kusatsu Hot Springs, between the volcanoes Asama and Shirane 305 



Kusatsu Hot Springs, Xo. 1. Inside the bath-house for men 306 



Kusatsu, Xo. 2 307 



Kusatsu, Xo. 3 308 



Falls of the Kerka — Dalmatia 310 



Ragusa, Queen of Dalmatian cities 3! 1 



Peasant carding — Dalmatia 314 



