GEOGRAPHIC ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS SIXTEENTH AND M STREETS Northwest, WASHINGTON, D. C. ORGANIZED FOR "THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF GEOGRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE" TO carry out the purposes for which it was founded forty years ago the National Geographic Society publishes this Magazine. All receipts are invested in the Magazine itself or expended directly to promote geographic knowledge. ARTICLES and photographs are desired. For material which the Magazine can use, 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 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 ---- Artist Adventures on the Island of Bali. By FRANKLIN PRICE KNOTT Bird Banding, the Telltale of Migratory Flight: A Modern Method of Learning the Flight- PAGE 141 326 328 91 47 385 Discoverer, The. Supplement (from a painting by N. C. WYETH), March, 1928. 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 Medieval Glory Haunts the Eastern Adriatic. Color insert. XVI plates (from Auto- 64 Michigan, Mistress of the Lakes. By MElville ChateR--- 269 Mysterious Tomb of a Giant Meteorite, The. By WILLIAM D. BOUTWELL---- On the Fringe of the Great Desert (Algeria). Color insert. XVI plates (from Auto- Photographing the Marvels of the West in Colors. By FRED PAyne ClatworthY‒‒‒‒‒‒ President Coolidge Bestows Lindbergh Award: The National Geographic Society's Hubbard 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---. Through Pathless Skies to the North Pole (Byrd). Supplement (from a painting by 721 206 694 694 132 I 349 637 To Bogotá and Back by Air: The Narrative of a 9,500-Mile Flight from Washington, 529 Vacation in a Fifteenth Century English Manor House, A. By GEORGE ALDEN Sanford--- 629 467 Warfare of the Jungle Folk, The: Campaigning Against Tigers, Elephants, and Other 233 White City of Algiers, The. By Lieutenant Colonel GORDON CASSERLY.. 206 |