What to see in America . s ofharpoons shot from guns in the bow of small steamers. Theharpoon ejects a bomb containing prussic acid, which, inless than a minute, paralyzes the monster. When the bonesand oil have been removed at the shore factory the carcassesare made into fertilizer and animal meal. Above the mouth of the Columbia is North Beach, a longlancet of land that has been deposited by the great away for twenty-five miles the surf pounds on thegentle slope of sands, which is thronged from June to Octoberwith bathers, motorists, clam diggers, and fishermen. Washington has
What to see in America . s ofharpoons shot from guns in the bow of small steamers. Theharpoon ejects a bomb containing prussic acid, which, inless than a minute, paralyzes the monster. When the bonesand oil have been removed at the shore factory the carcassesare made into fertilizer and animal meal. Above the mouth of the Columbia is North Beach, a longlancet of land that has been deposited by the great away for twenty-five miles the surf pounds on thegentle slope of sands, which is thronged from June to Octoberwith bathers, motorists, clam diggers, and fishermen. Washington has a long growing season, and a short mildwinter, which in the western part is the rainy part of the state which lies east of the Cascade Moun-tains is semiarid. There are no blizzards nor intense coldwaves. Trees retain their green foliage the year round, andin most parts there is usually some pasture available everymonth. In certain sections many varieties of flowers will befound blooming outdoors in The Washington Coast Printed in United States of America. HE following pages contain advertisements of a fewof the Macmillan books on kindred subjects. CLIFTON JOHNSONS RECENT BOOK The Highways and Byways of Florida ///., decorated cloth, 12mo, $ Mr. Johnson gets close to the soil, and to the peopleas well as the scenery. His book is to be warmly com-mended to fireside as well as to active travellers. —-New York Evening Post. This book is an attempt to include in readable formall the human-interest information concerning Floridathat the space will permit. The author has sought forthat which is characteristic and significant in natureand in history, in the observations of travellers, presentand past, in commercial and industrial enterprises onland and sea, and for that which is illuminating andentertaining in literature, legend, and in humor. Hebegins with a chapter on Ponce de Leon and Fernandode Soto, after which he considers among other things,The Olde
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