LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



PORTRAIT . 



From a Photograph by Mrs. BRYAN HODGSON 



PORTRAIT . 



From a Water-Colour Painting by OAKLEY. 



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From a Painting by C. W. FURSE, A.R.A. 



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EGYPT AND SYRIA 

 DAMARALAND 

 YEARLY MEDALLIONS 

 METEOROLOGICAL TRACINGS . 

 GALTONIA CANDICANS 



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