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J M 6 PP.S. You ought to bear In mind that the delay In printing your article was on account of our desire to have it adequately
illustrated. We depended on the illustrations to be made by an artist who went to Alaska with Mr. Drake, and after all, we
had simply to redraw photographs, as the artist's sketches did n't turn out well; so don't be hard on us on this account.
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