GEOGRAPHIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS SIXTEENTH AND M STREETS NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. ORGANIZED FOR "THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION use, ARTICLES and photographs are desired. For material which the Magazine can generous remuneration is made. Contributions should be accompanied by an addressed return envelope and postage. IMMEDIATELY after the terrific eruption of the world's largest crater, Mt. Katmai, in Alaska, a National Geographic Society expedition was sent to make observations of this remarkable phenomenon. Four expeditions have followed and the extraordinary scientific data resulting given to the world. In this vicinity an eighth wonder of the world was discovered and explored-"The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes," a vast area of steaming, spouting fissures. As a result of The Society's discoveries this area has been created a National Monument by proclamation of the President of the United States. AT an expense of over $50,000 The Society sent a notable series of expeditions into Peru to investigate the traces of the Inca race. Their CHARLES G. DAWES of the United JOHN BARTON PAYNE Chairman American Red Cross A. W. GREELY Arctic Explorer, Major General U. S. Army GILBERT GROSVENOR GEORGE OTIS SMITH Formerly Superintendent U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey JOHN FOOTE, M. D. Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University STEPHEN T. MATHER Director National Park Service OF GEOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE" discoveries form a large share of our knowledge of a civilization waning when Pizarro first set foot in Peru. THE Society also had the honor of subscribing a substantial sum to the expedition of Admiral Peary, who discovered the North Pole. NOT long ago The Society granted $25,000, and in addition $75,000 was given by individual members to the Government when the congressional appropriation for the purpose was insufficient, and the finest of the giant sequoia trees of California were thereby saved for the American people. THE Society is conducting extensive explorations and excavations in northwestern New Mexico, which was one of the most densely populated areas in North America before Columbus came, a region where prehistoric peoples lived in vast communal dwellings and whose customs, ceremonies, and name have been engulfed in an oblivion. TO further the important study of solar radiation in relation to long-range weather forecastings, The Society has appropriated $60,000 to enable the Smithsonian Institution to establish a station for four years on Mt. Brukkaros, in Southwest Africa. Copyright, 1928, by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C., in the United States and Great Britain. Contents Around the World in the Islander: A Narrative of the Adventures of a Solitary Voyager on His Four-Year Cruise in a Thirty-four-foot Sailing Craft. By CAPTAIN HARRY Bird Banding, the Telltale of Migratory Flight: A Modern Method of Learning the Flight- Ways and Habits of Birds. By E. W. NELSON--. Dalmatian Days: Coasting Along Debatable Shores Where Latin and Slav Meet (Yugo- PAGE 47 Discoverer, The. Supplement (from a painting by N. C. WYETH), March, 1928. 385 Holidays Among the Hill Towns of Umbria and Tuscany (Italy). BY PAUL WILSTACH_- 401 731 Home of the First Farmer of America (Mount Vernon). By WORTH E. SHOULTS------ 603 512 Island of the Sagas, The (Iceland). By EARL HANSON---. 499 Man and Nature Paint Italian Scenes in Prodigal Colors. Color insert. XXIV plates 442 64 Michigan, Mistress of the Lakes. By MELVILLE CHATER---- 269 Mysterious Tomb of a Giant Meteorite, The. By WILLIAM D. Boutwell‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ 721 206 Photographing the Marvels of the West in Colors. By FRED PAYNE CLATWORTHY‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ 694 694 President Coolidge Bestows Lindbergh Award: The National Geographic Society's Hubbard Medal Is Presented to Aviator Before the Most Notable Gathering in the History of Seeing America With Lindbergh: The Record of a Tour of More Than 20,000 Miles by Seeing the World from the Air. By SIR ALAN J. COBHAM_. So Big Texas. By FREDERICK SIMPICH--- Through Pathless Skies to the North Pole (Byrd). Supplement (from a painting by I To Bogotá and Back by Air: The Narrative of a 9,500-Mile Flight from Washington, Over Thirteen Latin-American Countries and Return, in the Single-Seater Airplane Spirit of St. Louis. By COLONEL CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. Vacation in a Fifteenth Century English Manor House, A. BY GEORGE ALDEN SANFORD--- 629 Warfare of the Jungle Folk, The: Campaigning Against Tigers, Elephants, and Other Wild Animals in Northern Siam. By MERIAN C. COOPER; photographs by ERNEST White City of Algiers, The. By LIEUTENANT COLONEL GORDON CASSERLY-. 206 |