INTRODUCTION 



devotion. You sense the singular turn of poetry and ex- 

 ultation in the man who is in love with trees. 



I always feel, in the case of a man and his book, that 

 all I need to tell you is a word or two about the man. As 

 for this book, it is thrilling, full of strange lore, strange 

 lands, and the primitive peoples of the tropic forests. 

 But it is for you yourself to read. 



Lowell Thomas. 



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