233
XXIV. THE GREAT BARRIER REEF 244
XXV. THE GOLD FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA 250
XXVI. TASMANIA 258
XXVII. NEW ZEALAND 262
XXVIII. SAMOA AND FIJI 270
XXIX. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 277
XXX. GUAM 285
XXXI. THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 289
XXXII. THE DUTCH EAST INDIES--JAVA 301
XXXIII. THE DUTCH EAST INDIES--SUMATRA AND CELEBES 311
XXXIV. BORNEO AND PAPUA 319

ILLUSTRATIONS

The great Rainbow natural bridge of southern Utah Frontispiece

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Map of Islands of the Pacific Facing 1

Mohave Desert, California. Buzzards' Roost 6

Gila monsters 9

A giant cactus in Arizona 12

The Roosevelt Dam, Arizona, showing south bridge and spillway 17

Shoshone Project, Wyoming 25

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado 29

Grand View Trail 33

The Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, looking down canyon
from Grand Point 37

The Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Mammoth Hot Springs,
Summit Pools 45

The Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Beehive Geyser 47

The Brontosaurus 53

The Allosaurus 55

Twenty-mule borax team 61

The Oroya Railroad, Peru, showing four sections of the road 73

Llamas resting 77

Silver-smelting works at Cassapalca, on the Oroya Railroad, Peru,
13,600 feet high