INDEX
Reading edition
Acapulco, 269
Acré, 281
Activities classified, 4
Adams, 220
Aden, 354
Adjustment to environment, 86
Afghanistan, 355
Alaska, 254
Alberta, 265
Alexandria, 384
Alfa, 124
Algeria, 385
Alpaca, 111, 115
Altitude, effects of, 32
Aluminium, 179
Amazon River, 53
Amber, 146
Ambergris, 204
American Indians, 86
Amritsar, 362
Amsterdam, 318
Anaconda, 250
Anchovy, 207
Angora wool, 115
Anthracite coal, 224
Appalachian region, 222
Arabia, 354
Argentina, 291
Arid region of U.S., 240
Arkwright, 108
Asian Rivers, navigation of, 53
Asphalt, 157
Assiniboia, 265
Astrakhan, 347
Athens, 341
Atlanta, 239
Atlantic coast-plain, 213, 221
Attar-of-roses, 338
Australia, 392
Austria-Hungary, 335
Bagdad, 354
Baku, 347, 348
Baltimore, 217
Baluchistan, 357
Banca, 181, 364
Barbados, 273
Barley, 101
Barmen-Elberfeld, 308
Batavia, 364
Bauxite, 179
Beef, exports of U.S., 244
Beet sugar, 186, 303, 321
Beginnings of cities, 82
Belgium, 313
Belgrade, 341
Bengal, 361
Benzine, 156
Bergen, 312
Berlin, 308
Bermuda, 273
Bessemer-steel boilers, 63
Big tree, 198
Billiton, 364
Birmingham, Ala., 165, 225
Birmingham, Eng., 302
Bismarck Archipelago, 397
Black walnut, 199
Blende, 182
Bluefish, 206
Boers, 86
Bogota, 277
Bohemian glass, 336
Boise City, 250
Bokhara, 347
Bolivia, 280
Bombay, 362
Bosnia, 337
Boston, 215
Boxwood, 200
Brass, 178
Brazil, 288 nuts, 289
Breakfast, travels of a, 1
Bremen, 308
Brenner Pass, 66
Brick tea, 134
Bridgeport, 221
British Columbia, 265 India, 358
Bronze Age, 181
Brussels, 316
Budapest, 337
Buenos Aires, 293
Buffalo, 225
Bulgaria, 338
Burlington, 237
Burma, British, 362
Burr clover, 34
Butte, 250
Cacao, 134
Cairo, 384
Calcutta, 123
California fruits, 251
Callao, 279
Camel's hair, 116
Camphor, 378
Canada, 261
Canadian Pacific Railway, 263
Canal, Chesapeake & Ohio, 56 Chicago ship, 56 Erie, 55 Grand, 370 Kaiser Wilhelm, 57 Ludwig, 337 Manchester, 57 Nicaragua, 59, 270 Nord Holland, 57, 318 Panama, 58 Rideau, 54 St. Mary's Falls, 228, 263 Suez, 57 Welland, 54, 263
Cañons, effects of, 18
Canton, 374
Caoutchouc, 141
Capacity of locomotives, 63, 64
Cape Nome, 254
Cape of Good Hope, 387
Cape Town, 389
Caravan tea, 134
Carpet wools, 112
Cashmere shawls, 363
Cattle-growing, 240
Cavité, 258
Cereals, 88
Charleston, 218
Cheviot, 112
Cheyenne, 244
Chicago, 84, 228, 230, 234
Chicago River, 228
Chicory, 131
Chile, 281
Chinook winds, 261
Chocolate, 136
Cigars, manufacture of, 137
Cincinnati, 236
Cities, growth of, 83
Clearing-houses, 215
Cleveland, 225, 230
Climate, 29
Clipper ship, 44
Cloth, antiquity of, 105
Coal, 148, 257, 258, 264, 265, 268, 298, 323, 333, 344, 365, 368, 379 areas of the world, 147 prices of, in U.S., 149 tar products, 153
Coast commerce of U.S., 222
Coastplains, 22
Coca, 278
Cocoa, 134
Cocoon silk, 119
Cod fisheries, 204
Coffee, 127, 271, 277, 290
Coke, 151
Colombia, 275
Columbus, voyages of, 11
Commerce in Western Europe, 13
Communal life, 81, 344
Competition and pools, 67
Constantinople, 340
Copal, 146
Copenhagen, 313
Copper, 159, 162, 177, 248, 266, 279, 344, 379
Cordage, 122
Corn, 98, 232
Corn, oil of, 100
Cotton, 106, 238, 269, 289, 302, 306, 326 Cotton, Egyptian, 109, 383 gin, 109 Indian, 360 Peruvian, 108, 278 sea island, 108
Cotton crop, distribution of, 239
Creosote, 145
Cripple Creek, 248
Crompton, 108
Crusades, wars of, 8
Cuba, 271 bast, 124
Currant grapes, 341
Da Gama, voyage of, 11
Dammar, 146
Davenport, 237
Deadwood, 250
Demerara, 286
Denmark, 312
Denver, 250
Detroit, 230
Diamonds, 388
Dias, voyage of, 11
Differentials, 71, 73
Divi-divi, 285
Division of industries, 41
Dubuque, 237
Dutch East Indies, 364 standards, 188
Eastern Turkestan, 376
Ebony, 200
Economic regions of U.S., 213
Ecuador, 279
Egypt, 381
Electric railways, 76
Eminent domain, 76
Esparto grass, 124, 385
Exchange of products, 5
Fairs, 346
Fall line, 53, 221
Fall River, 220
Felt hats, 209
Fertility of irrigated regions, 33
Feudalism, 7
Fiji Islands, 396
Fisheries, 266
Fish hatcheries, 207
Flax, 120, 300, 314, 343 New Zealand, 124
Forced draught, 63
Forest areas, 193, 261, 288, 299, 310
Fort Dearborn, 228
France, 320
Freight rates, 63, 69
French India, 365
Galveston, 238
Gasoline, 156
Geneva, 334
German Empire, 303
Ghent, 314, 316
Glucose, 100, 191
Gold, 166, 172, 248, 264, 268, 286, 344, 379, 395
Grain elevators, 94
Grape industry in New York, 36
Graphite, 153
Grasses, 88
Great Britain, 295
Great Central Plain, 22
Great Lakes, 227
Great Salt Lake, 247
Greece, 340
Griqualand West, 388
Guam, 258
Guatemala, 270
Guayaquil, 280
Guiana, 286
Gulf coast, 237
Gums, 141
Gutta-percha, 144
Halibut, 256
Halifax, 264
Hamburg, 308
Hamilton, 265
Hanse League, 13
Harbors, 26, 47, 84
Hargreaves, 109
Hartford, 221
Havana, 272 cigars, 137
Hawaiian Islands, 255
Helena, 250
Hematite, 163
Hemp, 121, 257
Henequen, 122
Herodotus quoted, 106
Herring fisheries, 205
Herzegovina, 337
Hickory, 199
Hilo, 256
Hodeida, 130
Holland, 316
Hongkong, 365, 374
Honolulu, 256, 392
Houston, 238
Hudson's Bay Company, 208, 262
Iloilo, 258
Inclination of axis, 36
Indianapolis, 237
Inland waters, 50
Intermontane valleys, 18
Interstate Commerce Commission, 76
Iodine, 282
Iquique, 283
Iran plateau, 349
Ireland, 265
Irkutsk, 347
Iron, 162, 236, 300, 323 galvanized, 182 ore, 163, 166, 300, 306, 311, 315, 323
Iron Gate, 338
Italy, 325
Jade, 159
Japan, 375
Jarrah, 200, 394
Java, 364
Joint tariff associations, 72
Jute, 122, 360
Kabue, 356
Kansas City, 236
Kashmir, 363
Kauri, 146, 396
Kerosene, 154, 157
Key West cigars, 137
Khaibar Pass, 356
Khiva, 347
Kiakhta, 347
Kiel, 309
Kimberley, 389, 390
Klondike mines, 254
Kongo River, navigation of, 54
Kongo State, 386
Korea, 376
Kristiania, 311, 312
Lac, 145
Lacquer, 378
La Guaira, 286
Lanolin, 114
Lassa, 374
Las Vegas, 250
Laudanum, 139
Lawrence, 220
Lead, 180
Lead pencils, 153
Leadville, 250
Leather goods, 221
Liechtenstein, 337
Lignum vitæ, 200
Lithographic stone, 305
Liverpool, 302
Llama, 115
Lobster fisheries, 207
Locomotive, Central-Atlantic type, 64
Logwood, 201
London, 302
Los Angeles, 157, 252
Louisville, 237
Lourenço Marquez, 390
Lowell, 220
Lynn, 221
Macao, 374
Mackerel, 206
Mackintosh, 143
Madagascar, 387
Madras, 363
Magnetite, 163
Maguey sugar, 187
Mahogany, 199
Malay States, Federated, 363
Manchester, Eng., 382
Manchester, N.H., 220
Manchuria, 376
Mandalay, 362
Manganese, 182
Manila, 258 hemp, 121
Manitoba, 265
Maple, 199 sugar, 186
Marco Polo, 9
Martinique, 273
Maté, 136
Maverick, 240
Melbourne, 395
Memphis, 238
Merino wool, 111, 112
Metals, influence of, in cities, 85
Mexico, 267 city of, 269
Milan, 328
Mileage books, 72
Millet, 359
Milwaukee, 230
Mingo Junction, 224
Mining, 248
Minneapolis, 230, 236
Miquelon, 266
Mississippi River, 52 valley, 232
Mobile, 240
Mocha coffee, 130
Mohair, 115
Mohawk valley, 220
Molasses, 191
Moline, 237
Mongolia, 376
Mont Cenis tunnel, 66
Montenegro, 341
Montreal, 264
Morocco, 384
Mountains, contents of, 17
Moscow, 347
Mulberry, 116
Nagasaki, 380
Nankeen cotton, 108
Naphtha, 154, 156
Nashua, 220
Natural gas, 157
Naval stores, 145
Nearchus, 107
New Brunswick, 264
New Caledonia, 397
New England Plateau, 219
New Guinea, 396
New Haven, 221
New Orleans, 238
New York City, 84, 214, 215, 230, 238, 250
New Zealand, 395
New Zealand flax, 123, 396
Newfoundland, 266
Nicaragua, 270
Nickel, 182
Nieuwchwang, 374
Nigeria, 387
Nile River, barrage of, 383 floods of, 33 navigation of, 54
Nitrate, 282
Norfolk, 218
Northern Securities Company, 227
Norway, 310
Nova Scotia, 264
Novgorod, 209
Oak, 198
Oats, 101
Ocean steamships, 45
Odessa, 134, 347
Ogden, 250
Ohio River, 52
Oil of theobroma, 135
Old Government Java, 129
Oleo-resins, 141
Omaha, 236
Ontario, 265
Opium, 139, 360
Oregon pine, 252
Ottawa, 265
Oyster fisheries, 207
Pacific Coast lowlands, 250
Paddy, 103
Pago Pago Harbor, 258
Panama, 277 hats, 133, 279
Pará, 291
Paraffine, 157
Paraguay, 293 tea, 136
Paris, 324
Passes, 19
Pearl Harbor, 256
Peking, 374
Penang, 363
Pepper, 365
Persia, 354
Persian lamb, 208
Peru, 278
Peshawur, 356, 362
Petroleum, 154, 225, 344, 379 jelly, 157
Philadelphia, 216
Philippine Islands, 256
Pine, 197
Piræus, The, 341
Pitch, 145
Pittsburg, 106, 224
Plains, 21
Plaiting straw, 124
Plateaus, 21, 247
Ponce, 255
Pools, 68
Population, distribution of, 81
Pork, 234
Port Arthur, 347
Port Huron, 230
Port Saïd, 384
Port wine, 330
Portland, Me., 217
Portland, Ore., 252
Porto Rico, 254
Portugal, 328
Pribilof Islands, 208, 254
Prince Edward Island, 264
Providence, 221
Puget Sound, 228, 252
Punjab, 362
Pyrites, 164
Quebec, 264 city of, 265
Quicksilver, 180
Rabbit skins, 209
Railway, Canadian Pacific, 263 Chesapeake & Ohio, 71 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 68 New York Central, 65, 67 Northern Pacific, 227 Sind-Pishin, 356 Southern, 71 Tehuantepec, 269 Transportation, 62 Transsiberian, 345, 372 Union Pacific, 66
Rainfall, effects of, 33 deficiency of, 33
Ramie, 123
Rangoon, 362
Raw silk, 118
Rebates, 71
Redwood, 198, 252
Resins, 141
Rhodesia, 389
Rice, 102, 359
Richmond, 221
Riga, 347
Rio Janeiro, 290
River navigation in Europe, 53 valleys, 21
Roads, macadamized, 78
Rock Island, 237
Rome, 327
Rotterdam, 318
Roumania, 338
Rubber, 141, 275, 278, 281, 288
Rug wools, 114
Rugs, oriental, 351, 355
Ruhr iron fields, 306
Russia, 343
Rye, 101, 344
Sacramento, 252
Sahara, 385
Saigon, 365
Sailing vessels, 47
St. Gotthard tunnel, 66
St. Louis, 234
St. Paul, 230, 236
St. Petersburg, 346
St. Pierre, 266
St. Thomas, 273
Salmon, 205
Salonica, 340
Samoa Islands, 396
San Antonio, 239
San Francisco, 252
San Joaquin valley, 250
San Juan, P.R., 255
San Pedro, 252
Sandarach, 146
Santa Fé, 250
Santiago, 283
Santos, 290
Saskatchewan, 265
Savannah, 238
Schooners, 44, 47
Scranton, 224
Seal fisheries, 208
Seasonal rains, 34
Seattle, 84, 252
Servia, 341
Shad, 256
Shanghai, 374
Sheep-growing, 242
Shell-lac, 145
Shoe manufacture, 221
Siam, 364
Siberia, 347
Silk, 116, 323, 326, 368, 378
Silver, 162, 176, 248, 268, 278, 304, 340
Sind, 362
Singapore, 363, 365
Sioux City, 236
Sisal hemp, 122, 267
Skagway, 254
Smyrna, 139, 353
Sorghum, 187
Sound Valley, 250
South Bethlehem, 224
South Chicago, 225
Southampton, 302
Spain, 328
Spermaceti, 204
Spokane, 250
Sponge, 208
Steel, Bessemer, 160, 169, 170, 222, 300, 304, 345
Stephenson, 63
Stockholm, 312
Stockton, 252
Sugar, 185, 289, 303, 314, 318, 364
Swash channel, 50
Sweden, 310
Switzerland, 331
Sydney, 395
Tacoma, 252
Tar, 145
Tea, 131, 360, 368, 378
Teak, 200, 365
Temperate zone, activities of, 32
Textiles, 105
Three-mile fishing limit, 262
Thrown silk, 118
Tientsin, 134, 374
Tin, 181, 364
Tobacco, 136, 237, 240, 364, 383
Tokio, 380
Toledo, 225
Topography and trade routes, 24
Toronto, 265
Torrid zone, temperature of, 30
Tortilla, Mexican, 100
Trade routes, ancient, 8
Transcaucasia, 348
Transvaal, 389
Treaty ports, 373
Trebizond, 351
Triple-expansion principle, 45
Tripoli, 386
Tunis, 385
Turf grass, 34
Turkey-in-Europe, 339
Turks invade Europe, 9
Turpentine, 144
Tussar silk, 119
Tutuila, 258
Tweed, 112
Uruguay, 294
Valparaiso, 283
Vancouver, 266
Vanderbilt locomotive fire-box, 64
Vanilla, 268
Vaseline, 157
Venezuela, 285
Vicksburg, 238
Vienna, 337
Virginia City, 250
Vladivostok, 347
Vuelta Abajo, 137
Vulcanized rubber, 142
Wai-wu-pu, 373
Walla Walla, 250
Warsaw, 347
Water-power, 84
Waterproof cloth, 143
Welland Canal, 263
Wellington, 396
Whale fisheries, 203
Wheat, 88, 96, 244, 344, 359, 367
White Pass, 253
Willamette Valley, 250
Winnipeg, 265
Wood-pulp, 124
Wool, 110,115, 117, 244, 251, 292, 297, 323
Yafa, 354
Yokohama, 380
Youngstown, 166
Yucatan, 267
Zinc, 182
Zinfandel, 251
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