317
CHICAGO AND THE GREAT LAKES 326
THROUGH THE GREAT WEST 333

IV. SOUTH AMERICA--

THE INCA EMPIRE 341
THE AMAZONS RIVER 351

V. IN THE SOUTH SEAS--

ALBATROSSES AND WHALES 358
ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND 362
ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN 365
ACROSS AUSTRALIA 372

VI. THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS--

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 377
THE VOYAGE OF THE "VEGA" 386
NANSEN 392

VII. THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS 404

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE

Dr. Sven Hedin in Tibetan Dress _Frontispiece_

I. Berlin 6

II. Constantinople 13

III. Oil-Well at Balakhani 36

IV. A Persian Caravanserai 43

V. The Author's Riding Camel, with Gulam Hussein 46

VI. Tebbes 51

VII. A Baluchi Nomad Tent 76

VIII. Srinagar and the Jhelum River 87

IX. Digging for Water in the Takla-makan 94

X. The Author's Boat on the Yarkand River 102

XI. Tashi-lunpo 125

XII. Simla 131

XIII. The Taj Mahal 134

XIV. Benares 136

XV. Tame Elephants and their Drivers 147

XVI. On the Canton River 159

XVII. The Great Wall of China 165

XVIII. Gate in the Walls of Peking 176

XIX. A Japanese Ricksha 189

XX. Fujiyama 190

XXI. The Great Buddha a