Word: coasts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Congo Question" in the Living Room of the Union. As an introduction to his lecture, Mr. Mansfield gave a detailed account of the history of the Congo Free State. In 1876 King Leopold caused the formation of the International African Association which immediately sent an expedition to the east coast of Africa...
Passing from the dangerous, rock-bound coast to the plains of the interior, the tourist comes upon the great nitrate beds, which furnish the chief income to this otherwise unproductive country. The export of nitrate is enormous and was the chief cause of the late Chili-Peruvian...
Professor H. M. Stephens, of the University of California, secretary of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, will deliver the third of his course of four Lowell Institute lectures on "The San Francisco Earthquake" in Huntington Hall, 491 Boylston street, Boston, this evening at 8 o'clock. The topic for today's lecture will be "The City of Ruins." The final lecture, "The Relief of a Ruined City," will be given Friday. Admission to the lectures is free...
Professor H.M. Stephens, of the University of California, secretary of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, will deliver the first of his course of four Lowell Institute lectures on "The San Francisco Earthquake" in Huntington Hall, 491 Boylston street, Boston, this evening at 8 o'clock. The topic for today's lecture will be "The California Earthquake and its Human Aspects...
...unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this one mans a dug-out canoe built with an outrigger, and paddles about half a mile off shore. The ride on the top of an in-rushing wave is comparable only to coasting or skiing. The scenery of the island is famous the world over; for the north side of Honolulu slopes precipitously into the sea from a height of over 4,000 feet. The largest extinct volcano in the world, with a crater many miles in diameter, is one of the many...