Illustrations xiii 



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Native' women and children : Tongufali village, Ellis group 559. 



House of Johnnie Toga, Vavu Island, Tonga group 560 



Native princess "Mele" — Niue Island, Tonga group 561 



Native child, Low Archipelago 562- 



Sketch map of Algeria 564 



Zouaves at Setif 565 



Ships of the desert 566. 



On the road to Biskra , 567 



Looking across the desert on the route to Biskra 578- 



A canyon in the outskirts of Biskra 571 



In the palm gardens : Biskra 572 



Gossiping on a street corner : Biskra 573. 



The horseless plough 574. 



The roads about Biskra have a biblical atmosphere 575 



Outside a cafe : Biskra 576 



A rest before the desert journey 576' 



A typical barber shop : the open street 577 



Street scene in Biskra 578 



An Ouled-Nail : Biskra 578 



A seller of bread 579- 



An Ouled-Nail 579 



A happy family : Biskra 58a 



Dancing girls : Biskra 580 



A war lord of the desert 581 



Rapid transit is not essential in Biskra 581 



A street crowd : Biskra 582 



The market place : Biskra 583. 



Playing marbles : Biskra 584 



A teacher administering discipline to a pupil by rapping his hands : Biskra 585. 



Gathering the dates 586 



A rivulet of muddy water which flows through the main street of Sidi-okba 588 



Bedouin encampments passed on the road from Biskra to Sidi-Okba 591 



The fourth posture of the devout Mussulman at prayer 592 



He bows to the ground three times 593 



The fruit that looks like a watermelon is in reality a lemon 594 



Qahatika water girl 595 



Liliental's gliding machine 596 



A dorway carved out of a single block of stone in the pre-Incasic temple at Tiahuanaco, 



Peru 598 



In the ruins of the oldest city in the new world, Tiahuanaco 599 



Ruins of the temple, Tiahuanaco 600 



Women of the Tiahuanaco ■ 600 



Women of the Tiahuanaco of today 601 



The village band, Tiahuanaco 602 



Gaudy hats worn by the men of Tiahuanaco at fiestas 603 



Sailing on the lake of the clouds 60^ 



Sketch map showing location of Lake Titicaca and Andean Highlands 606 



Constructing a balsa of reeds on an islet of Lake Titicaca , 606 



Ferrying mules in the reed boats 607 



Embarking an a balsa . . . 608 



View of a part of the deck of a balsa 608 



Ferry-boats waiting for a fare. Lake Titicaca 609 



On the trail to the valley of Yucay, bordered by Spanish broom 611 



