x PREFACE 



who have followed our doings from afar, I 

 may reasonably hope. That it will prove of 

 equal interest to a wider circle I have but a 

 modest expectation. 



The illustrations are from photographs by 

 my wife. To my friend, Mr. C. S. Peach, 

 I am indebted for the excellent plan of the 

 Ladder. 



