class="tdright">160

XIV. Greenland 170 XV. Where the Two Great Oceans Meet 175 XVI. Reclaimable Swamp Regions 183 XVII. Strange Rock Formations—Natural Bridges 190 XVIII. Strange Rock Formations—Table Mountain of California 195 XIX. Strange Rock Formations—Gibraltar 199 XX. The Baku Oil Fields 206 XXI. The South African Diamond Fields 211

PART II   OCEANIA

XXII.		The Islands of the Pacific	226
XXIII.		Australia	233
XXIV.		The Great Barrier Reef	244
XXV.		The Gold Fields of Australia	250
XXVI.		Tasmania	258
XXVII.		New Zealand	262
XXVIII.		Samoa and Fiji	270
XXIX.		The Hawaiian Islands	277
XXX.		Guam	285
XXXI.		The Philippine Islands	289
XXXII.		The Dutch East Indies—Java	301
XXXIII.		The Dutch East Indies—Sumatra and Celebes	311
XXXIV.		Borneo and Papua	319

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Illustrations

The Great Rainbow Natural Bridge of Southern Utah	Frontispiece
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Map of Islands of the Pacific	Facing 1
Mohave Desert, California. Buzzards' Roost	6
Gila monsters	9
A giant cactus in Arizona