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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 



South Polar Regions (continued) : Page 



Ice flowers on newly formed sea ice early in 



the winter . . ". 1006 



Landing stores from the boat at the first 

 landing place after the ice-foot had 

 broken away 986 



Manchurian ponies on Quail Island, Port 

 Eyttelton, before the expedition left for 

 the Antarctic 976 



Member of the expedition taking his bath... 983 



Mount Erebus from the ice-foot 989 



Music in the hut during the winter 982 



One thousand feet below the active cone of 



Mount Erebus 994 



Portaging the sledge over a patch of bare 



rock 1000 



Remarkable fumarole in the old crater, in 



the form of a couchant lion 996 



Sledging on the barrier before the return of 



the sun 1001 



Skua gulls feeding near the hut at Cape 



Royds 997 



Special motor wheels: The original form on 



the left, an Antarctic form on the right. 980 



The four ponies out for exercise on the sea 



ice 977 



The hut in the early winter 975 



The "Nimrod" pushing through heavy pack 



ice on her way south 974 



The pony "Ouan" about to draw a sledge- 

 load of stores from the ice-foot to the 

 hut 978 



View of the great ice barrier which extends 

 from King Edward VII Land to Mount 

 Erebus 973 



Sweden : 



Beau of Eeksand in holiday attire 465 



Carding, spinning, and weaving in a Swedish 



home 470 



Delecarlia farming scene 471 



Hanging the new-mown hay in racks to dry: 



Dalarne 475 



In their Sunday attire: Delarne 469 



Eeksand bridal couple 466 



Making flax in Delecarlia 477 



Making lace in Delecarlia 466 



Old and young citizens of Delecarlia 476 



The Ornasstugan, old building in Dalarne... 472 



Wasa monument at Rattwik 471 



Rowing to church in Dalarne 474 



Thessaly: 



Barlaam and the Pindos range of mountains. 802 



Barlaam Monastery, where women are not 



allowed 800 



Monk ascending to monastery of Saint Bar- 

 laam in a rope bag 803 



Trinity Monastery, where all visitors are 



drawn up in a rope net 804 



View of the rocky formation and an aban- 

 doned monastery, Thessaly 805 



United States: 



A few of the cave dwellings at Otowi, New 



Mexico 816 



Alfalfa field ruined by mice in Humboldt 



county, Nevada 47$ 



United States (continued) : Page 



Alfalfa plant killed by mice 480 



Among the wonderful tent rocks of Otowi, 



New Mexico 814 



Arroyo with its surrounding bare clay hills in 



Carrizo Valley 695 



Avalon Bay, South Catalina Island 762 



Bad lands in the Colorado Desert 696 



Bubble of lava on one of the great recent 



flows of eastern Oregon 656 



City improvement projects, Seattle, Washing- 

 ton 660-663 



Collapsed mud volcano, a caldera in minia- 

 ture 692 



Colorado Desert and Salton Sea after the 



inflow of the Colorado River 689 



Completed section of the outfall sewer: Balti- 

 more 369 



Coyote Wells Valley and eastern front of 



Peninsula Range 694 



Desert erosion east of Conchilla Valley, Colo- 

 rado Desert 693 



End of protective levee at the intake of the 



Imperial Canal system below Yuma 690 



Fantastic and multicolored lava formation, 



Wheeler National Monument, Colorado.. 839 



Gateway to Tacoma: Mount Rainier in the 



distance 654 



Gorge cut by the new river at Calexico, 1906. 690 



Group of quiescent mud volcanoes on the 



shores of Volcano Lake 698 



Lumbardy poplar girdled and killed by field 



mice 481 



Mouse which produced the plague in Nevada 



(Microtus montantis) 483 



Mud volcanoes in action near Imperial Junc- 

 tion, California 699 



Navawi, showing cave dwellings and steps cut 



in the solid rock: New Mexico 812 



Olympic Mountains from Seattle, Washing- 

 ton 650 



One of the five large pumping engines in 



sewage pumping stations: Baltimore 368 



On the mesa approaching Tsankawi, New 



Mexico , 808 



Panorama in the Wheeler National Park, 



Colorado 838 



Petroglyphs at Tsankawi, New Mexico 810 



Pot-hold worn in granite boulder, Monterey 



Bay, California 488 



Puye: Ancient stairway leading to ruins on 



the mesa above: New Mexico 818 



Puye, New Mexico, showing a few of the pre- 

 historic cave dwellings 820 



Ruins of ancient pueblo on upper mesa of 



Tsankawi, New Mexico 811 



Ruins of pueblo on top of mesa at Puye, New 



Mexico 819 



Sand dunes that mark the eastern edge of 



Colorado Desert 700 



Santa Clara Indian before the ruins of Puye, 



New Mexico 817 



Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington 649 



Seventeen palm springs, on the western bor- 

 der of Colorado Desert 686 



