Field and Stream 



Edited by EMERSON HOUGH 



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The Mysteries of the Mighty 



Amazon River 



READ the sto y, graphically penned by ex- 

 ploper ALV^H D. JAMES, of the dis- 

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 "FIELD AND STREAM'S" exploration party 

 in the vast, tropical wilderness drained by the 

 Amazon. 



Prom the day when, on the Pacific coast, the 

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 of the narrative is upon you, and never releases 

 its hold until the tale ends at the confluence of 

 the great river with the Atlantic, 3,600 miles 

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Horticultural Manuel 



In Two Parts. Part i. Comprising the 

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