Electrical system, single-phase alternating current, 56 Elizabethville, 150 Elswick, 200 _Ermak_, ice-breaker, 206 Espirito Santo, 214 Euphrates Valley, 123 “Everglades, The,” 241–6, 249 Fades Viaduct, 145 Fairbanks, 112 Favre, L., 34, 39, 40, 42 Feather River, 316 ---- River Canyon, 316, 318 Fell system, the, 217 Festiniog Toy railway, 76–79, 81 Field, 231 “Fighting gang,” 28 Fires, forest, 235–6 Fjeldberg, 264 Flagler, Henry, 240, 241, 249 “Flagler’s Folly,” 242, 249 Flat Creek Viaduct, 197 Floods, 219–20, 251 Florida East Coast railway, 240–49 Formosa, 291 Fort Augusta, 190 ---- Johnston, 287 Fox, Sir Douglas, and Partners, 285 Foxwood Tunnel, 23 France, railway interests, 295, 299, 301–14 Fraser, James, M.I.C.E., 181–2 ---- River Canyon, 239 Fremantle, 193 Fremont Pass, 168–9 Fritsch, Prof., 33 Fung Shui, influence of, 289, 296 Galera Tunnel, 135–6, 138, 274 Gales, Robert R., M.I.C.E., 253 Galilee, Sea of, 123 Ganges, bridges, 252, 253 Garry, Fort, 224 Gauges-- Metre, 215 Narrow-gauge system, 78, 105, 111 Standard, 267 Uniform, need for, 176 Wide, 48 Gellivare iron mines, 260 Gelpke, M. O., C.E., 33 Geraldton, 186, 187, 188, 189 German railway interests, 33, 295 Girouard, Sir Percy, 153 Gjeilo, 268 Gloggnitz, 92 Godavari Bridge, 250 ---- River, 250 Gokteik Viaduct, 250, 254–9 Gold Range, the, 6, 238 Gold rush to-- California, 60 Colorado, 163 Klondyke, 103, 110 San Francisco, 65 Golden Gate, the, 63, 65 ---- Horn, 64 Gondoroko, 158, 160 Göschenen, 35, 41 Göta Bridge, 260–62 ---- River, 260–61 Gothenburg, 262 Gould, Jay, 47 Goz Abu Guma, 157 Grading, Corkscrew, 43, 124–5, 195, 233 ---- Switchback, 219 ---- Zigzag, 177–81, 187, 219 Grand Trunk railway, 48, 54, 58, 143 Grand Trunk Railway Co., 47 Grant, General, 68–9 Grattoni, engineer, 32 Gravehals Tunnel, 264–6 Great Britain, railway interests, 91, 104, 144, 147, 154–5, 157, 214–23, 254, 276, 295, 300 ---- Lakes, the, 47, 58, 162, 311 ---- Northern railway, 21, 308, 311–14 ---- Salt Lake, 70 ---- Wall of China, 297, 298 ---- Western railway, 173 ---- “Zigzag,” the, 179–80 Greymouth, 194 Guilds, Chinese, 15, 16 Gulf Stream, 103 Gwaai River, 142 “Hadj,” the, 117 Haifa, 122 Halfa, 158 Hamilton, 47, 48 Hand-signalling, 202 Hanging Bridge, the, 164–7, 109 Hankow, 299–301 Harbin, 293, 299 Harriman, E. H., 28–9, 72 Harte, Bret, 70 Havana, 241 Hawkesbury Bridge, 182 ---- River, 182 Head hunters, 4 Hector, 231 Hedjaz Peninsula, 123 ---- railway, 117–27 Hellgate Canyon, 311 Hellwag, M., 40–42, 195 Hereros rebellion, the, 81–2, 84, 85 Heritier, Grand Duke, 200 High Nile level, 158 Hill, James J., 28, 29, 185, 311