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VoL XVI FEBRUARY, J905 No. 2 



CONTENTS 



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Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, 25 by 45 inches. 



Supplement 



Russra. By Hon. Charles Emory Smith, formerly Minister to 



Russia and Ex-Postmaster General 55 



Marine Hydrogr aphic Surveys of the Coasts of the World* By 



George W. Littlehales. With Map 63 



The Wonderful Canals of China. By U. S. Consul George 



E* Anderson, of Hangchau, China 68 



Geography and Culture 70 



Tides in the Bay oE Fundy. Illustrated 71 



The French Conquest of the Sahara. By Charles Rabot. Illus- 

 trated 76 



Observations on the Russo-Japanese War in Japan and Man- 

 churia. By Dr Louis Livingstone Seaman 80 



Helping the Farmers. Illustrated 82 



National Geographic Society 87 



Geographic Notes 87 



Geographic Literature 89 



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