CONTENTS

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I. THE LOAD 3

II. THE MAIDEN LANCE 26

III. A FLINT-SPARK 48

IV. SWEETER WHEN TAMED? 79

V. DEEPER THAN SHOULDERS OR RIBS 105

VI. MAN AND THE ASAFETIDA SPOON 136

VII. SOME SMOLDERINGS 173

VIII. AN ATTAINED TO-MORROW 211

IX. DYNAMITE 248

X. TOGETHER? 282




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