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For the photographs illustrating the text the author is deeply indebted to many friends and colleagues who are credited elsewhere. Special thanks are due to the U. S. Geo logical Survey, the U. S. Fish Commission, the Maryland and Vermont State Geological Surveys, and the American Museum of Natural History. Where not otherwise credited the photographs are by the author, except a very few where the photographer is not known. The illustrations and explanations of the same form a very important part of the text and should be studied as carefully as the words. In some instances the picture illustrates the text, in others the text is an explanation of a principle best learned from the picture.
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