Underwood & Underwood 

 THE) PARACHUTE IS THE) BAIXOON IST'S LIFE-BOAT 



This British observer, his balloon destroyed during the battle of Menin Road, in Flan- 

 ders, descended into a treetop. While his comrades were climbing to his aid the observer 

 succeeded in swinging on one of the ropes of his parachute to a near-by truncated tree, from 

 which he slid to safety. 



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