The Adventures of a Grain of Dust

by Hallam Hawksworth

International Harvester Company for the picture on page [199].

Northern Pacific Railway for the pictures on pages [235] and [237].

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It will be understood, as stated in the preface, that, like "The Strange Adventures of a Pebble," this is an autobiography. In other words, it is the grain of dust itself that tells the story of the life of the soil of which it is a part.

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THE ADVENTURES
OF A GRAIN OF DUST

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CHAPTER I

(JANUARY)