Transcriber’s Note:
The several full-page illustrations have been repositioned slightly to avoid falling in mid-paragraph. The captions appeared on a separate page. These illustrations were not included in the pagination. Multiple unnumbered blank pages associated with them have been removed.
Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s [note] at the end of this text for details.
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BY CHARLES CONRAD ABBOTT