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design of the head, body, and four limbs of a man 

 dotted over with spots. A robe exists (see page 

 88-89 of the memoir) in which a sequence of seventy- 

 one years is thus recorded in symbols spirally arranged 

 upon it ; it was made by a certain Dacota Indian, 

 called Lone Dog. 



I adopted this method to illustrate the events of my 

 own life during part of the time while my wife was 

 still living, but they are too rude for publication. I 

 therefore give recent specimens of these medallions 

 drawn by my niece, which refer to two of the years 

 after she had become 'my companion. 



The picture of 1900 is a view on the Nile, and that 

 of 1903 contains the insignia of the late Pope, in 

 memory of a function in Rome at which we were 

 present ; also a picture of the breeding-place of sea birds 

 at the Farn Islands, Northumberland, which we visited. 

 The legends round these medallions hardly require 

 explanation, except that An. Photo, stands for Animal 

 Photography. They are 1900, An. Photo., Venice, 

 Greece, Boer War, Egypt. 1903, Rome, Ischia, Farn 

 Isles, Peppard. 



A main reason for giving so full a description of 

 such trifling matters is that the Dacota method may 

 be serviceable in more than one way. It suggests 

 an excellent plan for competition in Art schools, 

 where the choice of two or three characteristics of 

 some particular year might be submitted to the 

 students, and prizes given to those who designed the 

 most appropriate medallions. 



