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Mr. Garner does not ask himself, and I do not propose 

 that the reader shall ask, what changes may ensue in the 

 trade of the world from his discovery. He does not pre- 

 tend that there will be more palm oil, or more Manila hemp, 

 because we understand monkeys and apes and gorillas 

 and orangs better than our fathers. But he believes, and 

 those who have followed him with sympathy believe, that 

 we shall know more of ourselves, that we shall know more 

 of the universe in which we live, that we shall know more 

 of God, the I Am, who is the life of this universe, than our 

 fathers knew, if this brave explorer is able to carry on 

 farther such investigations as this book describes. 



May his life be prolonged for such study ; it has been 

 long enough now for us to owe him a large debt of grati- 

 tude for the lifelong sacrifice and determination with which 

 he has prosecuted these studies thus far. 



EDWARD E. HALE. 

 October 26, 1900. 



