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                              IN AN UNKNOWN
                               PRISON LAND

                       AN ACCOUNT OF CONVICTS AND
                       COLONISTS IN NEW CALEDONIA
                       WITH JOTTINGS OUT AND HOME

                                   BY

                             GEORGE GRIFFITH

                    AUTHOR OF “MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE
                    EMPIRE,” “THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN,”
                     A TALE OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU,
                    “BRITON OR BOER?” A STORY OF THE
                      FIGHT FOR AFRICA, ETC., ETC.

                      WITH A PORTRAIT AND NUMEROUS
                              ILLUSTRATIONS

                        London: HUTCHINSON _&_ CO
                   Paternoster Row [Il