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KING SOLOMON'S MINES by H. RYDER HAGGARD Scanned and proofread by Kirk N. Robinson (kirkr@panix.com or robinsonk@ey.geis.com) 28 Oct 1993 From the Black's Readers Service edition one-volume edition "The Works Of H. Ryder Haggard" (Roslyn, NY) edition publication 1928 Originally published 1885 Transcription notes: Italics thus _i_italics_i_ Bold thus _b_bold_b_ Underscore thus _u_underscore_u_ accent aigu thus leve'e accent grave thus Se`vres accent circonflex thus ho^rs diaresis thus Ventvo'gel KING SOLOMON'S MINES by H. Ryder Haggard CHAPTER I--I MEET SIR HENRY CURTIS IT is a curious thing that at my age--fifty- five last birthday--I should find myself taking up a pen to try and write a history. I wonder what sort of a history it will be when I have done it, if I ever come to the end of the trip! I have done a good many things in my life, which seems a long one to me, owing to my having begun so young, perhaps. At an age when other boys are at school I was earning m . . .
