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THE SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES

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VENEZUELA

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VENEZUELA

BY
LEONARD V. DALTON, B.Sc. (Lond.)
FELLOW OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETIES, ETC.

WITH A MAP AND 34 ILLUSTRATIONS

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(All rights reserved.)

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TO
D. R. R.

The author is desirous of expressing his appreciationof the continued courtesy and kindness renderedduring his stay in Venezuela by the British Chargéd’Affaires, Mr. W. E. O’Reilly, by Mr. E. A.Wallis, and other British residents, as well as thewarm reception accorded by the Venezuelan officialsthroughout the parts of the country he visited.

Mr. F. A. Holiday, A.R.C.S., F.G.S., has madehimself responsible for much of the information onthe Llanos, and has assisted largely in the preparationof the tables in Appendix B. Mr. J. D.Berrington, of El Callao, also furnished detailsrelating to the Guayana goldfields and theirsurroundings.

The author is greatly indebted to Mr. N. G. Burch,F.R.G.S., for reading the manuscript and for manyvaluable suggestions and criticisms. He would alsothank Mr. G. T. Wayman, of Carácas, for manyuseful documents and items of interest regardingrecent developments.

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