At the Edge of the Pit

BY

MILES DOBSON, C. E.

AUTHOR OF

"CAUCA, THe eden of the ANDES"

"THE RECRUDESCENCE OF THE PANAMA FAILURE"

(1894)

"WHERE GOLD GROWS ON COFFEE TREES"

"THE SIN OF ELECTROLYSIS"

"SIDE LIGHTS ON THE BATSON CASE"
ETC., ETC.

JULY, 1914

bs 1650.35

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM

THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL

1918

NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY

Pasadena, California

Copyrighted in the United States and Great Britian, by the Author,

1914

DEDICATED

ΤΟ

DUDLEY H. NORRIS

My companion on certain Mexican missions, to whose brilliant wit, and intimate acquaintance with Mexico territory, people, character, industries, literature, language and laws-I am much indebted for historical data in connection herewith.

-M. D.