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part of two nights reading the proof-sheets of Col. 
Patterson’s book, and I can assure him that the 
time passed like magic. My interest was held from 
the first page to the last, for I felt that every word 
I read was true. 
F. €; SELOUS: 
WORPLESDON, SURREY. 
September 18, 1907. 
