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the Papagayo River, fully five hundred feet wide and containing an 

 enormous flow of water, plunges into a gorge in a sheer drop of two 

 .hundred and eighty feet. The height of the fall exceeds that of Niagara 

 by more than a hundred feet, and the roar of the water is said to be 

 awe-inspiring in the extreme. After leaving the Roosevelt Expedition, 

 Mr, Miller went down the west coast of Peru, crossed the central Bo- 

 livian highlands, and passed down into Argentina. Any one who is 

 interested in the little-known savages of South America should read his 

 chapter on "The Yuracare Indians of the Rio Chimore." Throughout 

 the volume the natural-history interest of the reader is satisfied by de- 

 lightful descriptions of South American birds and mammals, many of 

 them quite rare. Who would not like to know about the habits of a 

 night-monkey no bigger than a good-sized mouse, or an ant-eater, with 

 a wonderful golden fur, that lives a diurnal life in the tree-tops? We 

 regret that we are unable to devote as much space to the volume as it 

 deserves. We recommend it warmly as a most entertaining and in- 

 forming volume. It contains a map and more than seventy photographic 

 illustrations. The frontispiece is a beautiful color plate of the cock-of- 

 the-rock, a rare bird of gorgeous plumage, whose nest and eggs Mr. 

 Miller found for the first time. p ^ 



"Touring This little work is well worth reading, and is of the greatest 

 Afoot"* possible interest to all trampers and mountaineers. It is also 

 of a special interest to knapsackers, those who "back-pack." 

 While we do not agree with everything the author says, largely because 

 western conditions are somewhat different from those found in the east, 

 he gives every evidence of knowing what he is writing about. His sug- 

 gestions on the various kinds of back-packs, footwear, making of caps, 

 outdoor beds, food list and light-weight mess kit are full of valuable 

 suggestions. q 



We are in receipt of the 1918 Annual of the Mountain Club of South 

 Africa, published by the Cape Town Section. It is a publication of 158 

 pages, with a large number of photo-engravings which convey a clear 

 idea of mountain scenery in the Transvaal and in the vicinity of Cape 

 Town. There are a number of interesting articles illustrating climbs 

 undertaken by South African mountaineers. We welcome to our library 

 this new acquaintance from the antipodes. 



*Touring Afoot, By C. P. Fordyce. Outing Publishing Company, New York. 

 Price, 80 cents. 



