A PILOT-BOAT RIDING OUT A STORM 138

RIVER-BUOYS ON THE BANK FOR THE WINTER 145

"BIG JOHN" STEERING A BOAT THROUGH THE LACHINE RAPIDS 150
By permission of William Notman & Son

FRED OUILLETTE, THE YOUNG PILOT 153

THE INDIAN PILOTS RESCUE PASSENGERS FROM THE STEAMER ON
THE ROCKS 156

"MAN OVERBOARD!" AN INDIAN CANOE TO THE RESCUE 158

THE PILOT, "BIG JOHN" 162

HAULING A STEAMER UP THE NILE RAPIDS 165

CUTTING THE LINE--A MOMENT OF PERIL 167

"OVER THEY WENT, THE WHOLE BLACK LINE OF THEM" 169

HOW THE ENGINEERS WERE CARRIED OVER TO THE NILE ISLANDS 170

THE WORK OF THE BRIDGE-BUILDERS. A TOWER OF THE NEW EAST
RIVER BRIDGE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH ALSO ILLUSTRATES THE
NARROW ESCAPE OF JACK MCGREGGOR ON THE SWINGING
COLUMN 175

"THERE WAS PAT, FAST ASLEEP, LEGS DANGLING, HEAD NODDING,
AS COMFORTABLE AS YOU PLEASE" 179

"THE IRON STREET LOOKED DELICATE, NOT MASSIVE" 184

WARMING THEIR LUNCHES AT THE BOILER-FIRE 186

A STRANGE WAY TO GO TO MEALS 186

"ITS MASCOT KITTEN, CURLED UP THERE BY THE ASH-BOX" 189

RIDING UP ON AN EIGHTEEN-TON COLUMN 191

ON THE "TRAVELER." HOISTING A STRUT 195

WALKING A GIRDER TWO HUNDRED FEET IN AIR 203

BURNING OIL-TANKS 210

"SNYDER, WHITE AS A GHOST, RACED AHEAD OF THE FIRE" 213

"THE VERY STREETS ARE BURNING" 215

USE OF THE SCALING LADDERS 218

A HOT PLACE 224

A FALLING WALL 231

A RESCUE FROM A FIFTH STORY 234

AT FULL SPEED 239

"INTO THE STREET OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE TWO PIERS, STEAMED
THE BIG FIRE-BOAT, STRAIGHT IN, WITH FOUR STREAMS
PLAYING TO PORT AND FOUR TO