CHAPTER I 
INTRODUCTION 
Tue world we live in is a fairyland of 
exquisite beauty, our very existence is a- 
miracle in itself, and yet few of us enjoy as 
we might, and none as yet appreciate fully, 
the beauties and wonders which surround us. 
The greatest traveller cannot hope even in a 
long life to visit more than a very small part 
of our earth, and even of that which is under 
our very eyes how little we see ! 
What we do see depends mainly on what 
we look for. When we turn our eyes to the 
sky, it is in most cases merely to see whether 
it is likely to rain. In the same field the 
farmer will notice the crop, geologists the 
fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colour- 
ing, sportsmen the cover for game. Though 
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