INDEX 
Rio Grande (irrigation) project, 197 
Rio de Janeiro, 427, 429 
Rivers, as sources of water, 185- 
189 
Riviera, the, French, 321; railway 
along, 358 
Roads, earth, 240-242 
Rochester, flour center, 9 
Rockport, Massachusetts. granites of, 
169 
Rocky Mountains, 117; coal in, 84 
Rome, 361; trade of ancient, 443 
Rosario, 429 
Rosetta, 420 
Rosin, 141, 142 
Rotterdam, 328, 336, 340, 348, 356 
Rouen, 328, 330 
Rubber, in Brazil, 424, 425; in India, 
393; imports in United States, 273 
Rugs, Persian export, 389 
Ruhr, coal field, 83 
Rumania, 369, 375-377 
Rural free delivery, 250, 251 
Russia, 377-382, 400, 401; agricul- 
ture, 379, 381; “black soil,” 17; 
cities and routes, 377, 381, 382; 
cotton spindles in, 34; dairy prod- 
ucts at Paris Exposition, 56; fairs, 
382; foreign trade, 382; furs, 156; 
internal navigation, 381; map, 377; 
metric system in, 257; minerals, 
378, 379; physical features, 378; 
plains, II5, 116; railways, 381; 
sphere of, in Persia, 388 ; trade with 
United States. 283, 284; wheat, 3, 
17 
Rutland, Vermont, marble of, 170 
Rye, 124; Germany, 337, 338; pro- 
duction, Europe, 337; Russia, 379; 
yield of, per acre, in United States. 
121 
Saar coal fields, 76, 88 
Sahara, the, 414, 416, 417, 421; 
French colony, 332 
St. Anthony, falls of, 9 
Saint-Etienne, 3235 
St. Gothard Railway route, 356, 358; 
main tunnel, 340, 356; spiral tun- 
nels, 355 
St. Helena, 320 
St. John, New Brunswick, 295 
St. Joseph, packing center, 45 
St. Lawrence, navigation of, 300, 301 
St I.ouis. center of industry, 221; 
485 
coal supply, 83; fur depot, 221; 
hinterland of, 221; lumber market, 
140; railway center, 221; steam- 
boat traffic, 221 
St. Marys Canal, 237 
St. Paul, packing center, 45 
St. Petersburg. (.Se¢ Leningrad) 
Salford, 306 ) 
Salmon fisheries, 151 
Salonika, market for hides and skins, 
156, 383 
Salt, 163, 166; distribution, 165; Ga- 
licla, 373; Germany, 337; proc 
esses, 165, 166; Russia, 379; uses, 
166 
3alt River (irrigation) project, 197 
Salvador, 435 
Samarkand, 40% 
Sana, 388 
Sandstones, 169 
San Francisco, 223, 225; cable from, 
252; coaling station, 87; earth 
quake, 248; foreign trade, 275; 
map of bay, 280 
Sanitation of milk, §1, 53 
Santiago, Chile, 431 
Santiago, Cuba, 434 
Santos, 424, 429 
Sadne River, 322, 324, 327; ancient 
route, 443 
540 Paulo, 424 
Saratoga, mineral waters of, 201 
Sardines, 291 
Saskatchewan, wheat in, 293 
Sault St. Marie Canal, 301 
Savannah, 275 
Saxony, cities of, 343 
Scilly Islands, 441 
Scotland, 314-316; agriculture, 314; 
coal, 83; industries, 315; seaports, 
318, 316 
Scranton, Pennsylvania, 8o 
Sea-island cotton, 22; map, 28 
Sealing fleet in Victoria harbor, 208 
Seals in Alaska, 156 
Seattle, 223, 225, 275; cable from, 
254; position of, 118 
Seine River, 322, 329, 330; 332 
Semmering Pass, 374 
Senegal, 421 
Sequoia, 139 
Serbia, 382 
Sevres, 325 
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, 8o 
Shanghai, 306