79

Fishing for sturgeon through the ice of the Ural River. Catching the
material for caviare 83

Gathering salt at the mouth of the Ural River 87

Driving over the tundra in winter 91

Train on the steppes of Russia 95

Dunkar Spiti, Himalaya Mountains, India 99

Khaibar Pass, the gateway to India 107

On the sands of the desert 117

The yak not only serves as a beast of burden, but furnishes milk,
butter, and meat 103

A group of Arabs with their dromedaries 111

A caravan crossing the desert on the road to Jaffa 125

Peary's ship, the _Roosevelt_ 137

Commander Robert E. Peary and three of his Eskimo dogs on the
_Roosevelt_ 141

Musk ox 144

An antarctic summer scene 149

The penguin defies the cold 153

Street in Reykjavik, Iceland 163

North Cape, Iceland 167

Stone igloos on the bleak coast of Greenland 171

A large iceberg 173

A group of Eskimos in south Greenland 174

The Straits of Magellan. Cape Pilar is the extreme western end 177

Fuegians 179

The Everglades of Florida 184

Group of Seminole Indians in the Everglades of Florida 187

The Devil's Slide, Weber Canyon, Utah 191

Witch Rocks, near Echo Canyon, Utah 193

This strong and impregnable place is the Rock of Gibraltar, and the
city nestling at its base, Gibraltar 201

Landing-place for commerce on the Caspian Sea 209

Open workings of the diamond mine, Kimberley 219

Sorting gra