INDEX FOR VOLLVIE SIT, 1914 IX Page 563 503 633 645 646 639 559 362 634 638 207 207 MEXICAX HACIEND.1, .. Charro and his hat, illus. Character of the Ilomes of. Water carrier, illus. Fighting the, in Panama, with oil. illus In the court of appeal.. Mount Jackson, Montana, Gunsight Lake, From, illus. Mount Ranier, Washington, Ice wall on, illus... 573 629 566 644 558 "L" La Beneficencia, Mexico, Sics in, illus, Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico, Described and illus. Lake Xochimilco, Mexico, Boating on, illus.. Lands, Timber. Arid, of great American desert. Lane, Franklin K., The Nation's undeveloped resources. Levec, Holding an early morning.. Level, The most perfect, in the world, illus. Lobos de Afueva Islands, Peru, Pelicans on, illus.. As a food.. 643 183 75 220 263 517, 513 346 347 319 83 62 83 S2 דיי 217 "X" Naica, Mexico, Coalcite crystal caves it, illus. National Geograpluie Magazine, Letters from readers of. 105. 108, 109 Where printed. Bindery, illus. 467 Exterior, illus. 404 Press-room, illus, SITIONIN, GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY IND ITS NEW BUILDING. 453 National Geographic Society, Annual banquet oi. +55, 157, 450, 465 Exterior view of, illus 454 403 461 Private office of Gilbert II Grosven01', Editor 460 Ilonois Colonel Goethals. 677 llubbard Memorial llall, Described 457 Exterior view of, illus. 154 Domestic membership by State's. 470 469 Number of towns in United States where Society has members. 159 NITION'S UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES. TITE 533 Veita, Tunisia, illus... Nome, Alaska, Getting the goll out of the gravel in summer, 189 Gold avenue in winter, illus. 193 190 Normandy, France, Shrimping in, illus. -311 McDermott Lake and Falls, Montana, illus. 216 Maidens, Tunisian, of high rank, illus. 1.1 Malaria in the tropics, Fight against. 350 Mann, Hon. James R., Address by, at banquet of National Geo- 687 Map-making from photographis, Described 669 Illus. 674 Map, Of Alaska, supplement, February' 453 664 Marabout. The tomb of a, illus. 36 Matron, An Arab, of mixed blood, illus. 15 Medicine, Vap-changing. Meeting, roadside, North Africa, illus. 44 Mexico, Agricultural possibilities of. +75. 57+ American girl in, An, illus. 579 Incient civilization of.. 493 Aqueduct of the Remedies; illus. Span of an, in, illus. 648 Area of, described. 473 Beggars of, illus... OIO Birds of the North in 552 Climate of.. Cock-fighting in, illus. +78, 479 Competing with Panama. Costumes of, illus.. 611 Flora of.. 477 Food, Curious Indian, in. +85 Industries of.. +81, 579, 584 Map of, in colors, supplement, lar: Mines of.. "Nopal” cactus in, illus. 474 People of.. 491 Railroads of. 477 Region, In unexplored, in. 543 Revolutionist, Typical, in, illus. 182 Rural guard on duty, in, illus 037 Kitchen in, illus. Scenes in, illus. 610, 617, 623 Society of.... 489 Street scene in.. 027 Venders of sweetmeats in, illus. 631 Watch-towers oi the Jqueduct of the Remedies, illus. 626 Wayside iun in, illus. 013 Wheat thrashing in, illus. 17+ Women of, at work, illus. 02S Women of the Federal army in, illus. 483 MEXICO AND MEXICINS.. 471 Mexico City, Mexico, Calendar stone in National Museum in, illus. 689 685 Post-office in, illus.. +86 Scene in market square in, Described 485 Illus. 307.61S x TIE NITIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Page Oasis of Chenini, Tunis, illus. 84 Oil, Deposits of, should be developed. 199 Need of, for the Nary. 205 Well near Tampico, Mexico, illus 490 Orizaba, Mount, Mexico, Ice miners on, illus.. 550, 557 Pines and hemlocks on, illus. 553 Views of, illus.. 532, 535, 555 Ornithologist's paradise, In, described. 571 Ouled uail, The, or dancing girl of northern lírica, Dance of the illus. 27 Dancing in the sand, illus. 30 Illus. IS, 20, 21, 23, 24, 20 In characteristic gari), illus 43 Jewels of an, illus. 20 Mother of an, illus. 16 "R Page Radiograph of a key, illus. 225 Radium-bearing country; Characteristic, in Colorado, Described and illus. 222, 223 Radium mine, Colorado, il, illus. 224 Rampart, Alaska, Turnips weighing 12 pounds at, illu-. 204 Reclamation work a success. Government's 209 REDEEMING THE TROPICS. 314 Reindeer. Alaska, illuis. 196, 197 RESOURCES, THE NATIONS IWDEVELOPED 183 River-bed near an oasis, Sahara, illus. 100 4 "P 39 ол illus..... 581 Sahara. The ΙΙΟ 115 Custom, Terrible, of the. 79 Daughter of the, illus. 41 IIS, [10, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125. 120, 127, 1-9, 130, 131 School in, illus. 121 Salmon, Cargoes of, arriving from an Hlaskan cannery: illus 203 Samaria, Women of illus 250 San Bartolito, Mexico, Children oi, illus. 029 San Juan, Teotihuacan. lexico, Pyramid of the Sun, The, Described 636 Illus. 192, 619 Santa Gertrude, Mexico, Carpet factory at, illus. 682 Santa Rosalia. Chihuahui. Vlerico, Old ranch and fort ncar, illus 622, 623 Shoshone Dam, Wyoming, Government reservoir and twin tunnels neur, 215 Showalter, William Josephi. Battling with the Panama slides 133 Mexico and lexicans. 471 Our guardians on the deep. Redeeming the tropies... 341 Sibert, Lieut. Colonel William L. The Panama Canal. 153 Sicilian peasants, Types of, illus 212, 213, 214 Slides, Panama, Cannot be foretold.. 137 Cucaracha, the famous. 111 Described 133 Different varieties of. From both bauks block canal. illus. 17.1 Have delaved completion of canal. 137 Railroad destroyed by an illus, 136 Steam slovel bied by 2, illus. 130 Tracks destroyed by a illus.. What tlie.. 145 Sousse, Tunisia. Walls of, illus.. 93 Sponge industry, The.. 95 248 Pachuca, Mexico, 620, 621 Palm, The life of a, illus. SS Palm wine, Cutting leaves before making, illus.. PANAMA CANAL, THE.. 153 PANAMA CANAL, PROBABLE EFFECTS OF THE, ON THE COMMERCIAL CEOGRA- 245 Panama Canal, The, Advantages of the route.. 217 Chagres River, liews of, illus. 157, 155, 156 Colon, Breakwater an, described. 155 Comparison of French and Imerican canals,. 158 Cucaraclia slide. 141 Illus. 110, 11, 149, 150, 151 Culebra cut, Views of, illus. 131, 135, 140, 112, 143 Designed, How... 155 Dredge grounded below sea level. Described 173 Illus. 179 Dredging fleet, The, Described 159 Illus. 167 Earthquakes and the.. 169 Efiect of, on domestic trade. Gamboa Dike, Blowing up the, illus 17 Gatun Dam, The great. 173 Lake, illus... 163, 174, 175 locks, Described 160 Illus. 100, 101, 102, 104, 105 Spillway, illus 170 Laborers on the. 177 Lock Filling a, on the, illus. 1 So Miradores Lock, First boat through the illus, 152 Painting mosquitos on the... 159 Sea-level canal was impossible, Why a. 151 Sphere of iniluence of the 240 Visitors to.. 177 Panama, The flat arel at, illus, 1S PANAMA SLIDES, BATTLING WITII THE.. 133 Parasites, Mexico, Tree loaded withi, illus.. 538, 539 Parral, Mexico, Bells, Old made into cannon, at, illus. 484 illus. 199 Mine, Open pit, in Florida, illus. 208 Pine and hemlock, On Mt. Orizaba, Mexico, illus. 555 Plague, The, In China, illus.. 349 Missionaries fighting the, illus 356 Preventing. in Manila, ilus. 354 Source of infection, A, illus 352 Popocatepetl, Mexico, Crater os, illus.. 630 View of, from Cholula, illus. 686 Power Dam, Great Mississippi, at Leokuk, illus. 210 Prickly pear, Fence of in North Africa, illus PROBABLE EFFECT OT TILE PANAMA CANAL ON TILE COMMERCIAL GEOG- 245 655 178 139 13S C2115es 485 2 28 585 INDEX FOR VOLUME XXV, 1914 XI 657 Page Machine that prophesies, designed by the, illus. 676 Marks used by the, illus. 668 Signal light used by the, illus. 669 Survey party on mountain top, illus. 670 Work of the, Described Illus. 656, 657, 660, 661, 662, 666, 667 225 University at the Mosque of the Olive Tree, in Tunis 61 Uruapan, Mexico, Street scene in, illus. 429 22 642 “ aveN 348 I 488 Vaccination for typhoid. 533 Vera Cruz, Mexico, La Plaza in, illus. 553 VILLAGE LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND 249 Von Bernstorff, Count, German Ambassador, Address of, at banquet of National Geographic 648 351 Page Tidal indicator, An automatic, illus. 659 Tide-predicting machine, A, illus.. 676 Time, How Arabs measure.. 113 Tlemcen, Algiers, Mosque at, illus.. 77 Tomb of Moses, Traditional site of the, illus. 263 Tougourt, Algeria, Dancing girl of, A, illus.. 104 Garden in desert near, illus. 105 Tripoli of Barbary, Beggar of, A, illus. 46 Described 93 Weekly market at. 103 TROPICS, REDEEMING THE. 344 Troglodyte, Cave-dwellers Town of Guermessa, illus. Mountain climbing, The.. 61 Why they live in caves. 49 Tunis, Tunisia, Bazar in, A, illus... 62 Grocery store in, illus. 73 Home in, A, illus. 69 Inn, In the, illus. Jewish beauty of, A, illus 68 Jewish cemetery, The, illus 67 Market-place in, illus... 72 Moonlight effect in a courtyard in, illus. 70 Mosque, great, Views of, illus. 50, 51 Street costumes in, illus. 76 Street scenes in, illus. 33, 58, 59, 63 Street of the Andalusians, illus. 63 University at the Mosque of the Olive Tree in 61 Water seller in, The, illus... 64 Tunisia, North Africa, Boy of the extreme south of, illus. SI 3 Children of the south of, illus. 74 Girls of extreme southern, illus. Hebrew money-changer of, illus. 47 Laundry maid of, illus. 45 Maidens, Tunisian, of high rank, illus. 14 Mill, A primitive, in, illus. 75 Mountain climbing troglodytes of Street scenes, illus.. 33, 58, 59, 63 Sousse, The walls of, illus. Tomb of a marabout in, illus. 36 Tunisian costume, A, illus... 42, 43 Turnips at Rampart, Alaska, illus. 204 "Typhoid Mary," Sad history of. 347 Typhoid, Vaccinating for.. 248 58 60 231 558 97 2II 209 99 IOI Wales, A bit of old, illus. illus. Drawing water from a deep, illus. White, John Claude, C. I. E., Castles in the air: Experiences and journeys in unknown Bhutan. Whiting, John D., Village life in the Holy Land. Wilson, Woodrow, President of the United States, Address of, at banquet of National Geo graphic Society... Wonder, Greatest engineering, of the age VOL. XXV, No. 1 WASHINGTON JANUARY, 1914 THE HERE AND THERE IN NORTHERN AFRICA BY FRANK EDWARD JOHNSON Author of "The Mole Men: An Account of the Troglodytes of Southern Tunisia” (October, 1911), “The Sacred City of the Sands” (December, 1911), and "The Greek Bronses of Tunisia" (January, 1912), etc., in the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. S I Arabs eat to live, not live to eat, and, THE MOUNTAIN-CLIMBING TROGLO as a rule, they do not indulge in over eating. An ordinary Arab can live on a DYTES OF TUNISIA few handfuls of barley and some dried IDI HADJ, the Holy Man, or dates, water, and a cup of coffee. A Marabout, and his five sons were European would die if forced to live on most hospitable people, and we the same diet. had gotten to know each other well dur CAVE-DWELLERS OF THE MOUNTAINS ing my stay at the Cadhi's. There was seldom an evening when the venerable All the Troglodyte strongholds are old "pilgrim," with his long, white, flow wild and difficult of approach; hence lay ing beard and his green turban, did not their security in time of war. Their wardrop in to have dinner with the Cadhi. riors could see the enemy approaching Our table could only seat eight, and it for many miles, unless they came by was always full; sometimes a sheik from night, and then the zigzag path that led the hinterland of Tripoli or a Touareg up to the great walls was too dangerous, chief who had for provisions. for a stumble meant sudden death on the Many had never sat in a chair at a table rocks hundreds of feet below. before or had seen knives, forks, and Guermessa, the ancestral home of Sidi spoons in use. They would watch the Hadj and his five sons, is one of the Cadhi and copy him. wildest and most difficult Troglodyte With them a great platter of native towns to reach. It is situated on the top wheat is brought in with a half or of a sugar-loaf mountain, the sides of whole sheep or lamb. The eldest son of which rise precipitously for hundreds of the hosts cuts it into long strips; it is then feet (see page 6). The narrow zigzag pulled to pieces with the fingers, and trail has been worn smooth by centuries each one takes from the huge dish the of hard use, and the surface of the rock portion directly in front of him. Any is like polished marble. It is even diffidainty morsel is carefully put in front cult for the mountain goats, born and of the guest of honor. One or two bred at Guermessa ; therefore, how much bowls, or loving cups, are filled with more difficult for man and beast! water and passed around when one is The inhabitants of Guermessa are a thirsty. fierce, warlike race, who look with sus come a |