Fuegians 179 The Everglades of Florida 184 Group of Seminole Indians in the Everglades of Florida 187 The Devil's Slide, Weber Canyon, Utah 191 Witch Rocks, near Echo Canyon, Utah 193 This strong and impregnable place is the Rock of Gibraltar, and the city nestling at its base, Gibraltar 201 Landing-place for commerce on the Caspian Sea 209 Open workings of the diamond mine, Kimberley 219 Sorting gravel for diamonds in the Kimberley mine 223 A Malay girl 229 A Malay boy 231 A giant fig-tree, 140 feet in circumference 235 A mother kangaroo with a young kangaroo in her pocket 237 An Australian emeu 239 Homestead and station in Young district, Australia 243 The Great Barrier Reef of Australia, the most remarkable animal structure in the world 247 Melbourne is the largest city of Australia and contains nearly half a million people 257 Maori pa, or village 263 The Petrifying Geyser, New Zealand 265 Native canoe, Fiji Islands 275 General view of Volcano House, Kilauea, Hawaii 279 A lake of white-hot molten lava. The volcano of Mauna-Loa, Hawaii 281 Native ploughing in rice-field, Guam. One may find rice-farms as skilfully cultivated as those of Japan or China 287 The carabao, harnessed to a dray or wagon, shuffles along 291 The harbor of the city. Scene on the Pasig River, Manila 295 Extracting indigo in Ilocos Province, Philippine Islands 297 Manila hemp as it is brought in from the country 299 A breadfruit tree in Java 303 Coffee-drying in Java 309 Natives in the jungle, Sumatra 313 A jungle, scene in Sumatra 316 WEALTH OF THE WORLD'S WASTE PLACES AND OCEANIA [Illustration: Islands of the Pacific.] PART I WEALTH OF THE WORLD'S WASTE PLACES INTRODUCTION