Front matter

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THE MYSTERY OF

EASTER ISLAND

THE MYSTERY OF EASTER ISLAND THE STORY OF AN EXPEDITION

BY

MRS. SCORESBY ROUTLEDGE

HONOURS MOD. HIST. OXFORD; M.A. DUBLIN

JOINT AUTHOR OF

“WITH A PREHISTORIC PEOPLE: THE AKIKUYU OF BRITISH EAST AFRICA”

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.

LONDON AND AYLESBURY

AND SOLD BY

SIFTON, PRAED & CO. LTD., 67 ST. JAMES’S ST.

LONDON, S.W.1

TO THE MEMORY

OF

MY MOTHER

TO WHOM THE LETTERS WERE WRITTEN WHICH

HAVE FORMED A LARGE PORTION OF THE

MATERIAL FOR THIS BOOK, BUT WHO

WAS NO LONGER HERE TO

WELCOME OUR RETURN

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