The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 31
... called at a farmhouse , where a bearded man stepped onto his porch and closed the door . " What brings you ? " he asked . " You Amish have no telephones , " my companion explained , " so I had to drive out to cancel my potato contract ...
... called at a farmhouse , where a bearded man stepped onto his porch and closed the door . " What brings you ? " he asked . " You Amish have no telephones , " my companion explained , " so I had to drive out to cancel my potato contract ...
Page 117
... called " Guam mahogany . " Years of pol- ishing with coconut husks had imparted to it a rich waxy glow . In one corner of her small living room I saw the shrine that is to the Chamorro household what the tokonoma , or place of honor ...
... called " Guam mahogany . " Years of pol- ishing with coconut husks had imparted to it a rich waxy glow . In one corner of her small living room I saw the shrine that is to the Chamorro household what the tokonoma , or place of honor ...
Page 191
... called " Karls- bad " by the Austrians , nor to near - by Jáchymov , long called " Joachimsthal , " where bathing waters are radioactive , and where radium is produced from uranium ore . Joachimsthal silver once was minted into thalers ...
... called " Karls- bad " by the Austrians , nor to near - by Jáchymov , long called " Joachimsthal , " where bathing waters are radioactive , and where radium is produced from uranium ore . Joachimsthal silver once was minted into thalers ...
Contents
GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
In the Land of Moses and Abraham 25 illustrations in color from natural color photographs | 432 |
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