List of Illustrations.

Row of buildings of the Free Port Warehousing Company. Frontispiece

Transportation map of Germany. IX

Hamburg freighter, being served by barges and lighters. 13

The Steekelhorn, one of Hamburg’s ancient canals. 26

The „Kaiserin Auguste Victoria“. 39

Hamburg freighter at a pier, discharging. 51

Pier cranes discharging cargo at Hamburg. 63

Church in the emigrant village at Hamburg. 75

The „Deutschland“ 89

View looking into the main basin of the Hamburg-American Line. 104

Launching of the „Fürst Bülow“. 117

The „Imperator,“ the Hamburg-American’s new monster liner. 130

River terminal at Torgau on the Elbe. 143

River scene on the Elbe at Magdeburg. 143

River scene on the Elbe at Laube-Tetschen. 156

Pier crane in the river port at Torgau on the Elbe. 156

The levee at Saint Louis. 169

A cotton landing on a tributary of the Mississippi. l69

Loading a trainload of cable direct from cars into steamer. 182

Elbe barges being discharged at a steamship pier at

Kuhwärder. 195

Map of the harbor at Hamburg. 214