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THE HAUNT OF THE SPIDERWORT

The Devil's Kitchen, Carnarvonshire]

THE CALL OF THE
WILDFLOWER

BY
HENRY S. SALT

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C.

_First published in 1922_

(_All rights reserved_)

TO

MY FRIENDS

W. J. JUPP and E. BERTRAM LLOYD

NOTE

I am indebted to the courtesy of the editors of the _Daily News_, _Pall Mall Gazette_, _Liverpool Daily Post_, and _Sussex Daily News_, for permission to reprint in this book the substance of articles that first appeared in their columns.

My obligation to Jack London, in regard to the choice of a title, will be apparent.

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