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CONTENTS 



A Wonderland of Glaciers and Snow; by Mhnor Roberts, University of Washington, 



Seattle 530 



The Highest Point in Each State 539. 



Brittany: The Land of the Sardine; by Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Commissioner, U. S. 



Bureau of Fisheries 541 



When Our Country is Fifty Years Older; by Raphael Zon, of the U. S. Forest Service. . 573 



National Geographic Society Alaska Expedition 581 



Notice to Members 584 



The Economic Evolution of Alaska; by Major General A. W. GrEELY, U. S. Army, 



Author of "Handbook of Alaska," etc 585 



Marking the Alaskan Boundary; by Thomas Riggs, Jr., Chief of party, U. S. Alaskan 



Boundary Survey 593 



Chartering a Coast-line of 26,000 Miles 608 



The Monarchs of Alaska; by R. H. Sargent, U. S. Geological Survey 611 



The Big Game of Alaska; by WilfrEd H. Osgood, of the U. S. Biological Survey 624 



Some Giant Fishes of the Seas; by Hugh M. Smith, U. S. Deputy Commissioner of 



Fisheries 637 



Our Pacific Northwest; by N. H. DarTon, U. S. Geological Survey 645 



The Tallest Tree that Grows; by EdgErton R. Young 664 



Notes on the Eucalyptus Tree from the U. S. Forest Service 668 



Magnetic Observations in Alaska; by DaniEE L. Hazard, Coast and Geodetic Survey... 675 

 Agricultural Capacity of Alaska: What Population Can the Territory Support? by C. C. 



GeorgEson, Special Agent in Charge of Alaska Investigations 676 



Book Reviews : 680 



The Colorado Desert; by W. C. MendEnhall, of the U. S. Geological Survey 68r 



King Herring: An Account of the World's Most Valuable Fish, the Industries it Sup- 

 ports, and the Part it has Played in History; by Hugh M. Smith, U. S. Deputy 



Commissioner of Fisheries 7or 



Economic Loss to the People of the United States Through Insects that Carry Disease; 



by L. O. Howard, Ph. D., Chief of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology 735 



Life in the Great Desert of Central Asia; by Ellsworth Huntington, of Yale University 749 

 The Glass-bottom Boat; by Charles Frederick Holder, Author of "Big Game Fishes," 



"Life of Charles Darwin," etc 761 



Explorations in Crete; by Edith H. Hall 778 



The Afghan Borderland: Part I: The Russian Frontier; by Ellsworth Huntington.. 788 



With the Monks at Meteora : The Monasteries of Thessaly ; by Elizabeth Perkins 799 



The Prehistoric Ruin of Tsankawi ; by George L. Beam 807 



Hidden Perils of the Deep; by G. R. Putnam, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 822 



The Wheeler National Monument 837 



Notes on Burma; by Thomas Barbour 841 



The Afghan Borderland: Part II: The Persian Frontier; by Ellsworth Huntington.. 866 



Scenes from Greenland 877 



The Discovery of the Pole : 



First Report by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, September 1, 1909 892 



First Report by Commander Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., September 6, 1909 896 



North Polar Map • ■■ 91S 



Fishing and Hunting Tales from Brazil; by Dewey Austin Cobb 9 l 7 



The North Pole.. 921 



The Temples of India; from Photographs by W. M. Zumbro ■ 9 2 ? 



The Heart of the Antarctic; by Lieut. Ernest H. ShacklEton 97 2 



Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard 1008 



The North Pole , , 1008 



Program of Meetings of the National Geographic Society, 1909-1910 10C9 



The Route over which Moses Led the Children of Israel out of Egypt; by Franklin E. 



Hoskins, of Beirut, Syria 1011 



Arabia, the Desert of the Sea; by Archibald FordEr, of Jerusalem 1039 



A Country where Going to America is an Industry; by Arthur H. Warner 1063 



Turbulent Nicaragua II0 3 



