diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/readme.txt b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7ffe39dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/readme.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+For this chapter, the a sketch that implements every step described in the 
+book is included. This is because the figures and steps used to develop the 
+code don't really line up (there are more steps than figures). Each sketch 
+has a name like step15_framerate, which should be self-explanatory when used 
+with the book. (I do not recommend using this ugly style of naming for your
+ own sketches, it's done this way simply because the step/figure numbering 
+is relevant and needs to be included). 
+
+All examples have been tested but if you find errors of any kind (typos, 
+unused variables, profanities in the comments, the usual), please contact 
+me through http://benfry.com/writing and I'll be happy to fix the code.
+
+The code in this file is (c) 2008 Ben Fry. Rights to use of the code can be 
+found in the preface of "Visualizing Data".
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step00_show_map/step00_show_map.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step00_show_map/step00_show_map.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9bba8447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step00_show_map/step00_show_map.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+}
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/step01_fig1_red_dots.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/step01_fig1_red_dots.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..670a62559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step01_fig1_red_dots/step01_fig1_red_dots.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  // Make a data table from a file that contains 
+  // the coordinates of each state.
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  // The row count will be used a lot, store it locally.
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+}
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+
+  // Drawing attributes for the ellipses   
+  smooth();
+  fill(192, 0, 0);
+  noStroke();
+
+  // Loop through the rows of the locations file and draw the points  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(row, 1);  // column 1
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(row, 2);  // column 2
+    ellipse(x, y, 9, 9);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b1a11278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+class Table {
+  String[][] data;
+  int rowCount;
+  
+  
+  Table() {
+    data = new String[10][10];
+  }
+
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+
+
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+  
+  
+  // Write this table as a TSV file
+  void write(PrintWriter writer) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      for (int j = 0; j < data[i].length; j++) {
+        if (j != 0) {
+          writer.print(TAB);
+        }
+        if (data[i][j] != null) {
+          writer.print(data[i][j]);
+        }
+      }
+      writer.println();
+    }
+    writer.flush();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/step02_fig2_varying_sizes.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/step02_fig2_varying_sizes.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..720a9cd5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step02_fig2_varying_sizes/step02_fig2_varying_sizes.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  // Read the data table
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  // Find the minimum and maximum values
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  smooth();
+  fill(192, 0, 0);
+  noStroke();
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+// Map the size of the ellipse to the data value
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  // Get data value for state
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+  // Re-map the value to a number between 2 and 40
+  float mapped = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, 2, 40);
+  // Draw an ellipse for this item
+  ellipse(x, y, mapped, mapped);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21fb6ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/step03_fig3_red_to_blue.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/step03_fig3_red_to_blue.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc1514b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step03_fig3_red_to_blue/step03_fig3_red_to_blue.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  // Read the data table
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  // Find the minimum and maximum values
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float percent = norm(value, dataMin, dataMax);
+  color between = lerpColor(#FF4422, #4422CC, percent);  // red to blue
+  fill(between);
+  ellipse(x, y, 15, 15);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21fb6ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/step04_fig4_blue_green.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/step04_fig4_blue_green.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d5c73bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step04_fig4_blue_green/step04_fig4_blue_green.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  // Read the data table
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  // Find the minimum and maximum values
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  tint(255, 160);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float percent = norm(value, dataMin, dataMax);  
+  color between = lerpColor(#296F34, #61E2F0, percent); 
+  fill(between);
+  ellipse(x, y, 15, 15);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21fb6ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e17f45a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb/step05_fig5_blue_green_hsb.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  // Read the data table
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  // Find the minimum and maximum values
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();    
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float percent = norm(value, dataMin, dataMax);
+  color between = lerpColor(#296F34, #61E2F0, percent, HSB); 
+  fill(between);
+  ellipse(x, y, 15, 15);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21fb6ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/step06_fig6_two_sided_range.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/step06_fig6_two_sided_range.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5351ea43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step06_fig6_two_sided_range/step06_fig6_two_sided_range.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  // Read the data table
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  // Find the minimum and maximum values
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float diameter = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    diameter = map(value, 0, dataMax, 3, 30);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    diameter = map(value, 0, dataMin, 3, 30);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipse(x, y, diameter, diameter);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21fb6ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc803f3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha/step07_fig7_two_sided_alpha.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  // Read the data table
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  // Find the minimum and maximum values
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    float a = map(value, 0, dataMax, 0, 255);
+    fill(#333366, a);
+  } else {
+    float a = map(value, 0, dataMin, 0, 255);
+    fill(#EC5166, a);
+  }
+  ellipse(x, y, 15, 15);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21fb6ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
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diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/step08_rollovers.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/step08_rollovers.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c757da66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step08_rollovers/step08_rollovers.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  // Read the data table
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  // Find the minimum and maximum values
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+  
+  if (dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY) < radius+2) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    // Show the data value and the state abbreviation in parentheses
+    text(value + " (" + abbrev + ")", x, y-radius-4);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21fb6ba0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
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diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/step09_rollovers_full_names.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/step09_rollovers_full_names.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..274ef8080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step09_rollovers_full_names/step09_rollovers_full_names.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+  
+  if (dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY) < radius+2) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    text(name + " " + value, x, y-radius-4);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
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diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/step10_single_rollover.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/step10_single_rollover.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db7d65627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step10_single_rollover/step10_single_rollover.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = MAX_FLOAT;
+float dataMax = MIN_FLOAT;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float value = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    if (value > dataMax) {
+      dataMax = value;
+    }
+    if (value < dataMin) {
+      dataMin = value;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+
+// Global variables set in drawData() and read in draw()
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  // Use the built-in width and height variables to set the
+  // closest distance high so it will be replaced immediately
+  closestDist = width*height;
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+
+  // Use global variables set in drawData()
+  // to draw text related to closest circle.
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  // Because the following check is done each time a new
+  // circle is drawn, we end up with the values of the
+  // circle closest to the mouse.
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    closestText = name + " " + value;
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
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diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/step11_randomize_on_keypress.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/step11_randomize_on_keypress.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..246ae2ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step11_randomize_on_keypress/step11_randomize_on_keypress.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = -10;
+float dataMax = 10;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  closestDist = width*height;  // abritrarily high
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+  
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    closestText = name + " " + value;
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    updateTable();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void updateTable() {  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float newValue = random(-10, 10);
+    dataTable.setFloat(row, 1, newValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw differ
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/step12_randomize_with_nfp.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/step12_randomize_with_nfp.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc355b4c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step12_randomize_with_nfp/step12_randomize_with_nfp.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = -10;
+float dataMax = 10;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  closestDist = width*height;  // abritrarily high
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+  
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    closestText = name + " " + nfp(value, 0, 2);
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    updateTable();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void updateTable() {  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float newValue = random(-10, 10);
+    dataTable.setFloat(row, 1, newValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw differ
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/random.cgi b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/random.cgi
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..48e28fe77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/random.cgi	
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# An array of the 50 state abbreviations
+@states = ('AL', 'AK', 'AZ', 'AR', 'CA', 'CO', 'CT', 'DE', 'FL', 'GA', 
+           'HI', 'ID', 'IL', 'IN', 'IA', 'KS', 'KY', 'LA', 'ME', 'MD',
+           'MA', 'MI', 'MN', 'MS', 'MO', 'MT', 'NE', 'NV', 'NH', 'NJ',
+           'NM', 'NY', 'NC', 'ND', 'OH', 'OK', 'OR', 'PA', 'RI', 'SC', 
+           'SD', 'TN', 'TX', 'UT', 'VT', 'VA', 'WA', 'WV', 'WI', 'WY');
+
+# A CGI script must identify the type of data it's sending,
+# this line specifies that plain text data will follow. 
+print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
+
+# Loop through each of the state abbreviations in the array
+foreach $state (@states) {
+
+    # Pick a random number between -10 and 10. (rand() returns a  
+    # number between 0 and 1, multiply that by 20 and subtract 10)
+    $r = (rand() * 20) - 10;
+    
+    # Print the state name, followed by a tab,
+    # then the random value, followed by a new line.
+    print "$state\t$r\n";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/step13_randomize_from_cgi.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/step13_randomize_from_cgi.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b6089691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step13_randomize_from_cgi/step13_randomize_from_cgi.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = -10;
+float dataMax = 10;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();
+  updateTable();
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  closestDist = width*height;  // abritrarily high
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+  
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  float value = dataTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red  
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    closestText = name + " " + nfp(value, 0, 2);
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    updateTable();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void updateTable() {  
+  dataTable = new Table("http://benfry.com/writing/map/random.cgi");
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/Integrator.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/Integrator.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4edb3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/Integrator.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+class Integrator {
+
+  final float DAMPING = 0.5f;
+  final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;
+
+  float value;
+  float vel;
+  float accel;
+  float force;
+  float mass = 1;
+
+  float damping = DAMPING;
+  float attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  boolean targeting;
+  float target;
+
+
+  Integrator() { }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value, float damping, float attraction) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = damping;
+    this.attraction = attraction;
+  }
+
+
+  void set(float v) {
+    value = v;
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (targeting) {
+      force += attraction * (target - value);      
+    }
+
+    accel = force / mass;
+    vel = (vel + accel) * damping;
+    value += vel;
+
+    force = 0;
+  }
+
+
+  void target(float t) {
+    targeting = true;
+    target = t;
+  }
+
+
+  void noTarget() {
+    targeting = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw differ
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/step14_integrators.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/step14_integrators.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f79a1ac0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step14_integrators/step14_integrators.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = -10;
+float dataMax = 10;
+
+Integrator[] interpolators;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();  
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+  interpolators = new Integrator[rowCount];
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float initialValue = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    interpolators[row] = new Integrator(initialValue);
+  }
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+}
+
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    interpolators[row].update();
+  }
+  
+  closestDist = width*height;  // abritrarily high
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+  
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  // Figure out what row this is
+  int row = dataTable.getRowIndex(abbrev);
+  // Get the current value
+  float value = interpolators[row].value;
+  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    String val = nfp(interpolators[row].target, 0, 2);
+    closestText = name + " " + val;
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    updateTable();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void updateTable() {  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float newValue = random(dataMin, dataMax);
+    interpolators[row].target(newValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/Integrator.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/Integrator.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4edb3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/Integrator.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+class Integrator {
+
+  final float DAMPING = 0.5f;
+  final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;
+
+  float value;
+  float vel;
+  float accel;
+  float force;
+  float mass = 1;
+
+  float damping = DAMPING;
+  float attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  boolean targeting;
+  float target;
+
+
+  Integrator() { }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value, float damping, float attraction) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = damping;
+    this.attraction = attraction;
+  }
+
+
+  void set(float v) {
+    value = v;
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (targeting) {
+      force += attraction * (target - value);      
+    }
+
+    accel = force / mass;
+    vel = (vel + accel) * damping;
+    value += vel;
+
+    force = 0;
+  }
+
+
+  void target(float t) {
+    targeting = true;
+    target = t;
+  }
+
+
+  void noTarget() {
+    targeting = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
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diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/step15_framerate.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/step15_framerate.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..407e5f469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step15_framerate/step15_framerate.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = -10;
+float dataMax = 10;
+
+Integrator[] interpolators;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();  
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+  interpolators = new Integrator[rowCount];
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float initialValue = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    interpolators[row] = new Integrator(initialValue);
+  }
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+  frameRate(30);
+}
+
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    interpolators[row].update();
+  }
+  
+  closestDist = width*height;  // abritrarily high
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+  
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  // Figure out what row this is
+  int row = dataTable.getRowIndex(abbrev);
+  // Get the current value
+  float value = interpolators[row].value;
+  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    String val = nfp(interpolators[row].target, 0, 2);
+    closestText = name + " " + val;
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    updateTable();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void updateTable() {  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float newValue = random(dataMin, dataMax);
+    interpolators[row].target(newValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/Integrator.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/Integrator.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4edb3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/Integrator.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+class Integrator {
+
+  final float DAMPING = 0.5f;
+  final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;
+
+  float value;
+  float vel;
+  float accel;
+  float force;
+  float mass = 1;
+
+  float damping = DAMPING;
+  float attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  boolean targeting;
+  float target;
+
+
+  Integrator() { }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value, float damping, float attraction) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = damping;
+    this.attraction = attraction;
+  }
+
+
+  void set(float v) {
+    value = v;
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (targeting) {
+      force += attraction * (target - value);      
+    }
+
+    accel = force / mass;
+    vel = (vel + accel) * damping;
+    value += vel;
+
+    force = 0;
+  }
+
+
+  void target(float t) {
+    targeting = true;
+    target = t;
+  }
+
+
+  void noTarget() {
+    targeting = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw differ
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/step16_lethargic.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/step16_lethargic.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dd017233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step16_lethargic/step16_lethargic.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = -10;
+float dataMax = 10;
+
+Integrator[] interpolators;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();  
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+  interpolators = new Integrator[rowCount];
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float initialValue = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    interpolators[row] = new Integrator(initialValue, 0.5, 0.01);
+  }
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+  //frameRate(30);
+}
+
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    interpolators[row].update();
+  }
+  
+  closestDist = width*height;  // abritrarily high
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+  
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  // Figure out what row this is
+  int row = dataTable.getRowIndex(abbrev);
+  // Get the current value
+  float value = interpolators[row].value;
+  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    String val = nfp(interpolators[row].target, 0, 2);
+    closestText = name + " " + val;
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    updateTable();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void updateTable() {  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float newValue = random(dataMin, dataMax);
+    interpolators[row].target(newValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/Integrator.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/Integrator.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4edb3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/Integrator.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+class Integrator {
+
+  final float DAMPING = 0.5f;
+  final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;
+
+  float value;
+  float vel;
+  float accel;
+  float force;
+  float mass = 1;
+
+  float damping = DAMPING;
+  float attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  boolean targeting;
+  float target;
+
+
+  Integrator() { }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value, float damping, float attraction) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = damping;
+    this.attraction = attraction;
+  }
+
+
+  void set(float v) {
+    value = v;
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (targeting) {
+      force += attraction * (target - value);      
+    }
+
+    accel = force / mass;
+    vel = (vel + accel) * damping;
+    value += vel;
+
+    force = 0;
+  }
+
+
+  void target(float t) {
+    targeting = true;
+    target = t;
+  }
+
+
+  void noTarget() {
+    targeting = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/Table.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/Table.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8542c15e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/Table.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+class Table {
+  int rowCount;
+  String[][] data;
+  
+  
+  Table(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    data = new String[rows.length][];
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+      
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      // copy to the table array
+      data[rowCount] = pieces;
+      rowCount++;
+      
+      // this could be done in one fell swoop via:
+      //data[rowCount++] = split(rows[i], TAB);
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (String[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (data[i][0].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int row) {
+    return getString(row, 0);
+  }
+
+
+  String getString(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return data[rowIndex][column];
+  }
+
+  
+  String getString(String rowName, int column) {
+    return getString(getRowIndex(rowName), column);
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  int getInt(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseInt(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(String rowName, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowName, column));
+  }
+
+  
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int column) {
+    return parseFloat(getString(rowIndex, column));
+  }
+  
+  
+  void setRowName(int row, String what) {
+    data[row][0] = what;
+  }
+
+
+  void setString(int rowIndex, int column, String what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setString(String rowName, int column, String what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = what;
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(int rowIndex, int column, int what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setInt(String rowName, int column, int what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+  
+  void setFloat(int rowIndex, int column, float what) {
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }
+
+
+  void setFloat(String rowName, int column, float what) {
+    int rowIndex = getRowIndex(rowName);
+    data[rowIndex][column] = str(what);
+  }  
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14e5bcb48
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/Univers-Bold-12.vlw differ
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/locations.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/locations.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3406df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/locations.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	439	270
+AK	94	325
+AZ	148	241
+AR	368	247
+CA	56	176
+CO	220	183
+CT	576	120
+DE	556	166
+FL	510	331
+GA	478	267
+HI	232	380
+ID	143	101
+IL	405	168
+IN	437	165
+IA	357	147
+KS	302	194
+KY	453	203
+LA	371	302
+ME	595	59
+MD	538	162
+MA	581	108
+MI	446	120
+MN	339	86
+MS	406	274
+MO	365	197
+MT	194	61
+NE	286	151
+NV	102	157
+NH	580	89
+NJ	561	143
+NM	208	245
+NY	541	107
+NC	519	221
+ND	283	65
+OH	472	160
+OK	309	239
+OR	74	86
+PA	523	144
+RI	589	117
+SC	506	251
+SD	286	109
+TN	441	229
+TX	291	299
+UT	154	171
+VT	567	86
+VA	529	189
+WA	92	38
+WV	496	178
+WI	392	103
+WY	207	125
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/names.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/names.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61e18f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/names.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	Alabama
+AK	Alaska
+AZ	Arizona
+AR	Arkansas
+CA	California
+CO	Colorado
+CT	Connecticut
+DE	Delaware
+FL	Florida
+GA	Georgia
+HI	Hawaii
+ID	Idaho
+IL	Illinois
+IN	Indiana
+IA	Iowa
+KS	Kansas
+KY	Kentucky
+LA	Louisiana
+ME	Maine
+MD	Maryland
+MA	Massachusetts
+MI	Michigan
+MN	Minnesota
+MS	Mississippi
+MO	Missouri
+MT	Montana
+NE	Nebraska
+NV	Nevada
+NH	New Hampshire
+NJ	New Jersey
+NM	New Mexico
+NY	New York
+NC	North Carolina
+ND	North Dakota
+OH	Ohio
+OK	Oklahoma
+OR	Oregon
+PA	Pennsylvania
+RI	Rhode Island
+SC	South Carolina
+SD	South Dakota
+TN	Tennessee
+TX	Texas
+UT	Utah
+VT	Vermont
+VA	Virginia
+WA	Washington
+WV	West Virginia
+WI	Wisconsin
+WY	Wyoming
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/random.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/random.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58d799d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/data/random.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+AL	0.1
+AK	-5.3
+AZ	3
+AR	7
+CA	11
+CO	1.5
+CT	-6.7
+DE	-4
+FL	9
+GA	2
+HI	-3.3
+ID	6.6
+IL	7.2
+IN	7.1
+IA	6.9
+KS	6
+KY	1.8
+LA	7.5
+ME	-4
+MD	0.1
+MA	-6
+MI	1.7
+MN	-2
+MS	-4.4
+MO	-2
+MT	1.0
+NE	1.2
+NV	1.6
+NH	0.5
+NJ	0.2
+NM	8.8
+NY	1.4
+NC	9.7
+ND	5.4
+OH	3.2
+OK	6
+OR	-4
+PA	-7
+RI	-2
+SC	1
+SD	6
+TN	5
+TX	-3.4
+UT	2.3
+VT	4.8
+VA	3
+WA	2.2
+WV	5.4
+WI	3.1
+WY	-6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/step17_bouncy.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/step17_bouncy.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..431e41281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch03-usmap/step17_bouncy/step17_bouncy.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+PImage mapImage;
+Table locationTable;
+Table nameTable;
+int rowCount;
+
+Table dataTable;
+float dataMin = -10;
+float dataMax = 10;
+
+Integrator[] interpolators;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(640, 400);
+  mapImage = loadImage("map.png");
+  locationTable = new Table("locations.tsv");
+  nameTable = new Table("names.tsv");
+  rowCount = locationTable.getRowCount();  
+  
+  dataTable = new Table("random.tsv");
+  interpolators = new Integrator[rowCount];
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float initialValue = dataTable.getFloat(row, 1);
+    interpolators[row] = new Integrator(initialValue, 0.9, 0.1);
+  }
+  
+  PFont font = loadFont("Univers-Bold-12.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();  
+  //frameRate(30);
+}
+
+float closestDist;
+String closestText;
+float closestTextX;
+float closestTextY;
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  image(mapImage, 0, 0);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    interpolators[row].update();
+  }
+  
+  closestDist = width*height;  // abritrarily high
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    String abbrev = dataTable.getRowName(row);
+    float x = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 1);
+    float y = locationTable.getFloat(abbrev, 2);
+    drawData(x, y, abbrev);
+  }
+  
+  if (closestDist != width*height) {
+    fill(0);
+    textAlign(CENTER);
+    text(closestText, closestTextX, closestTextY);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawData(float x, float y, String abbrev) {
+  // Figure out what row this is
+  int row = dataTable.getRowIndex(abbrev);
+  // Get the current value
+  float value = interpolators[row].value;
+  
+  float radius = 0;
+  if (value >= 0) {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMax, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#333366);  // blue
+  } else {
+    radius = map(value, 0, dataMin, 1.5, 15);
+    fill(#ec5166);  // red
+  }
+  ellipseMode(RADIUS);
+  ellipse(x, y, radius, radius);
+
+  float d = dist(x, y, mouseX, mouseY);
+  if ((d < radius + 2) && (d < closestDist)) {
+    closestDist = d;
+    String name = nameTable.getString(abbrev, 1);
+    String val = nfp(interpolators[row].target, 0, 2);
+    closestText = name + " " + val;
+    closestTextX = x;
+    closestTextY = y-radius-4;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == ' ') {
+    updateTable();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void updateTable() {  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float newValue = random(dataMin, dataMax);
+    interpolators[row].target(newValue);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/figure_01_just_points.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/figure_01_just_points.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69c41d5a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_01_just_points/figure_01_just_points.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+FloatTable data; 
+float dataMin, dataMax; 
+
+float plotX1, plotY1; 
+float plotX2, plotY2; 
+
+int yearMin, yearMax; 
+int[] years; 
+
+
+void setup() { 
+  size(720, 405); 
+
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv"); 
+
+  years = int(data.getRowNames()); 
+  yearMin = years[0]; 
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1]; 
+  
+  dataMin = 0; 
+  dataMax = data.getTableMax(); 
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series 
+  plotX1 = 50; 
+  plotX2 = width - plotX1; 
+  plotY1 = 60; 
+  plotY2 = height - plotY1; 
+
+  smooth(); 
+}
+
+
+void draw() { 
+  background(224); 
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box 
+  fill(255); 
+  rectMode(CORNERS); 
+  noStroke(); 
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2); 
+
+  strokeWeight(5); 
+  // Draw the data for the first column 
+  stroke(#5679C1); 
+  drawDataPoints(0); 
+} 
+
+
+// Draw the data as a series of points 
+void drawDataPoints(int col) { 
+  int rowCount = data.getRowCount(); 
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) { 
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) { 
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col); 
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2); 
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1); 
+      point(x, y); 
+    } 
+  } 
+} 
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/figure_02_plot_title.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/figure_02_plot_title.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd1024aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_02_plot_title/figure_02_plot_title.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+FloatTable data; 
+float dataMin, dataMax; 
+
+float plotX1, plotY1; 
+float plotX2, plotY2; 
+
+int currentColumn = 0; 
+int columnCount; 
+
+int yearMin, yearMax; 
+int[] years; 
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() { 
+  size(720, 405); 
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv"); 
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount(); 
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames()); 
+  yearMin = years[0]; 
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1]; 
+  
+  dataMin = 0; 
+  dataMax = data.getTableMax(); 
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series 
+  plotX1 = 50; 
+  plotX2 = width - plotX1; 
+  plotY1 = 60; 
+  plotY2 = height - plotY1; 
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20); 
+  textFont(plotFont); 
+
+  smooth(); 
+} 
+
+
+void draw() { 
+  background(224); 
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box 
+  fill(255); 
+  rectMode(CORNERS); 
+  noStroke(); 
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2); 
+
+  // Draw the title of the current plot 
+  fill(0); 
+  textSize(20); 
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn); 
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10); 
+
+  stroke(#5679C1); 
+  strokeWeight(5); 
+  drawDataPoints(currentColumn); 
+} 
+
+
+// Draw the data as a series of points 
+void drawDataPoints(int col) { 
+  int rowCount = data.getRowCount(); 
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) { 
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) { 
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col); 
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2); 
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1); 
+      point(x, y); 
+    } 
+  } 
+} 
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/figure_03_labels.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/figure_03_labels.pde
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ead08a5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_03_labels/figure_03_labels.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = data.getTableMax();
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 50; 
+  plotX2 = width - plotX1;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - plotY1;  
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawYearLabels();
+
+  stroke(#5679C1);
+  strokeWeight(5);
+  drawDataPoints(currentColumn);
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER, TOP);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + 5);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataPoints(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      point(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/figure_04_grid.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/figure_04_grid.pde
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bf50fbc3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_04_grid/figure_04_grid.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  //println(data.getTableMin());
+  dataMin = 0; //data.getTableMin();
+  dataMax = data.getTableMax();
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 50; 
+  plotX2 = width - plotX1;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - plotY1;  
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  // Draw the title of the current plot
+  drawTitle();
+  drawYearLabels();
+
+  stroke(#5679C1);
+  strokeWeight(5);
+  drawDataPoints(currentColumn);
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER, TOP);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataPoints(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      point(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataLine(int col) {  
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);      
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  endShape();
+}
+
+
+void drawDataHighlight(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      if (dist(mouseX, mouseY, x, y) < 3) {
+        strokeWeight(10);
+        point(x, y);
+        fill(0);
+        textSize(10);
+        textAlign(CENTER);
+        text(nf(value, 0, 2) + " (" + years[row] + ")", x, y-8);
+        textAlign(LEFT);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataCurve(int col) {  
+  //stroke(0);
+  //noStroke();
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      //float x = map(row, 0, rowCount-1, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      
+      //ellipse(x, y, 5, 5);  // only change for ellipses
+      curveVertex(x, y);
+      // double the curve points for the start and stop
+      if ((row == 0) || (row == rowCount-1)) {
+        curveVertex(x, y);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  endShape();
+}
+
+
+void drawDataArea(int col) {
+  float leftEdge = width;
+  float rightEdge = 0;
+  
+  noStroke();
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      
+      if (x < leftEdge) {
+        leftEdge = x;
+      }      
+      if (x > rightEdge) {
+        rightEdge = x;
+      }
+      
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  // draw the lower-right and lower-left corners
+  vertex(rightEdge, plotY2);
+  vertex(leftEdge, plotY2);
+  endShape(CLOSE);
+}
+
+
+void drawDataEllipses(int col) {
+  ellipseMode(CENTER);
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      //float x = map(row, 0, rowCount-1, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      ellipse(x, y, 5, 5);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+  /*
+  // print the min and max
+  println(dataMin + " " + dataMax);
+  */
+  
+  /*
+  // print column names
+  for (int i = 0; i < data.getColumnCount(); i++) {
+    println(data.getColumnName(i));
+  }
+  */
+
+  /*
+  // print row names
+  for (int i = 0; i < data.getRowCount(); i++) {
+    println(data.getRowName(i));
+  }
+  */
+  
+  /*
+  // print a row of data
+  int row = 4;
+  for (int i = 0; i < data.getColumnCount(); i++) {
+    print(data.getFloat(row, i) + "\t");
+  }
+  println();
+  */  
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e955fb852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks/figure_05_ylabels_and_ticks.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 50; 
+  plotX2 = width - plotX1;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - plotY1;  
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  // Draw the title of the current plot
+  drawTitle();
+
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  stroke(#5679C1);
+  strokeWeight(5);
+  drawDataPoints(currentColumn);
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataPoints(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      point(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/figure_06_finalish.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/figure_06_finalish.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d1b4f48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_06_finalish/figure_06_finalish.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  stroke(#5679C1);
+  strokeWeight(5);
+  drawDataPoints(currentColumn);
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  // Use \n (enter/linefeed) to break the text into separate lines
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER, TOP);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textAlign(RIGHT);                 // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textAlign(RIGHT, TOP);            // Align by the top
+        } else {
+          textAlign(RIGHT, CENTER);         // Center vertically
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        // Commented out, too distracting visually
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);   // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataPoints(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      point(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07a_shape_noFill/figure_07a_shape_noFill.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07a_shape_noFill/figure_07a_shape_noFill.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3ea37cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07a_shape_noFill/figure_07a_shape_noFill.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+smooth();
+
+noFill();
+beginShape();
+vertex(10, 10);
+vertex(90, 30);
+vertex(40, 90);
+vertex(50, 40);
+endShape();
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07b_shape_fill/figure_07b_shape_fill.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07b_shape_fill/figure_07b_shape_fill.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3a244d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07b_shape_fill/figure_07b_shape_fill.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+smooth();
+
+beginShape();
+vertex(10, 10);
+vertex(90, 30);
+vertex(40, 90);
+vertex(50, 40);
+endShape();
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07c_shape_close/figure_07c_shape_close.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07c_shape_close/figure_07c_shape_close.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61a440ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_07c_shape_close/figure_07c_shape_close.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+smooth();
+
+beginShape();
+vertex(10, 10);
+vertex(90, 30);
+vertex(40, 90);
+vertex(50, 40);
+endShape(CLOSE);
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/figure_08_draw_data_line.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/figure_08_draw_data_line.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59032aeda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_08_draw_data_line/figure_08_draw_data_line.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  stroke(#5679C1);
+  strokeWeight(5);
+  noFill();
+  drawDataLine(currentColumn);  
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataLine(int col) {  
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);      
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  endShape();
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/figure_09_draw_data_mixed.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/figure_09_draw_data_mixed.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f864a64d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_09_draw_data_mixed/figure_09_draw_data_mixed.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  stroke(#5679C1);
+  strokeWeight(5);
+  drawDataPoints(currentColumn);
+  noFill();
+  strokeWeight(0.5);
+  drawDataLine(currentColumn);  
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataPoints(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      point(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataLine(int col) {  
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);      
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  endShape();
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/figure_10_rollovers.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/figure_10_rollovers.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4c78788d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_10_rollovers/figure_10_rollovers.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  stroke(#5679C1);
+  noFill();
+  strokeWeight(2);
+  drawDataLine(currentColumn);  
+  drawDataHighlight(currentColumn);
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataPoints(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      point(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataLine(int col) {  
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);      
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  endShape();
+}
+
+
+void drawDataHighlight(int col) {
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      if (dist(mouseX, mouseY, x, y) < 3) {
+        strokeWeight(10);
+        point(x, y);
+        fill(0);
+        textSize(10);
+        textAlign(CENTER);
+        text(nf(value, 0, 2) + " (" + years[row] + ")", x, y-8);
+        textAlign(LEFT);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/figure_11_curve.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/figure_11_curve.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37cafb864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_11_curve/figure_11_curve.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  // draw the data using a long curve
+  noFill();
+  stroke(32, 128, 192);
+  // balance the weight of the lines with the closeness of the data points
+  strokeWeight(2);
+  drawDataCurve(currentColumn);
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataCurve(int col) {
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      
+      curveVertex(x, y);
+      // double the curve points for the start and stop
+      if ((row == 0) || (row == rowCount-1)) {
+        curveVertex(x, y);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  endShape();
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/figure_12_area.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/figure_12_area.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..213b74e8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_12_area/figure_12_area.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  fill(#5679C1);
+  drawDataArea(currentColumn);   
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataArea(int col) {
+  noStroke();
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  // draw the lower-right and lower-left corners
+  vertex(plotX2, plotY2);
+  vertex(plotX1, plotY2);
+  endShape(CLOSE);
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/figure_13_reversed.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/figure_13_reversed.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3eba9d586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_13_reversed/figure_13_reversed.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  float plotW = plotX2 - plotX1;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  noStroke();
+  fill(#5679C1);
+  drawDataArea(currentColumn);
+  
+  drawYearLabels();
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(255);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataArea(int col) {
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  // Draw the lower-right and lower-left corners
+  vertex(plotX2, plotY2);
+  vertex(plotX1, plotY2);
+  endShape(CLOSE);
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/figure_14_bar_chart.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/figure_14_bar_chart.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7a44b9ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_14_bar_chart/figure_14_bar_chart.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  float plotW = plotX2 - plotX1;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  
+  drawTitle();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  noStroke();
+  fill(#5679C1);
+  drawDataBars(currentColumn);
+  
+  drawYearLabels();
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(255);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      //line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+float barWidth = 4;  // Add this line above setup()
+
+void drawDataBars(int col) {
+  noStroke();
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      rect(x-barWidth/2, y, x+barWidth/2, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataArea(int col) {
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  // Draw the lower-right and lower-left corners
+  vertex(plotX2, plotY2);
+  vertex(plotX1, plotY2);
+  endShape(CLOSE);
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/figure_15_tabs.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/figure_15_tabs.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..963eb668e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/figure_15_tabs/figure_15_tabs.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  //println(data.getTableMin());
+  dataMin = 0; //data.getTableMin();
+  //dataMax = data.getTableMax();
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+  //println(dataMax);
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitleTabs();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  noStroke();
+  fill(#5679C1);
+  drawDataArea(currentColumn);   
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+float[] tabLeft, tabRight;  // Add above setup()
+float tabTop, tabBottom;
+float tabPad = 10;
+
+void drawTitleTabs() {
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+
+  // On first use of this method, allocate space for an array
+  // to store the values for the left and right edges of the tabs
+  if (tabLeft == null) {
+    tabLeft = new float[columnCount];
+    tabRight = new float[columnCount];
+  }
+  
+  float runningX = plotX1; 
+  tabTop = plotY1 - textAscent() - 15;
+  tabBottom = plotY1;
+  
+  for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+    String title = data.getColumnName(col);
+    tabLeft[col] = runningX; 
+    float titleWidth = textWidth(title);
+    tabRight[col] = tabLeft[col] + tabPad + titleWidth + tabPad;
+    
+    // If the current tab, set its background white, otherwise use pale gray
+    fill(col == currentColumn ? 255 : 224);
+    rect(tabLeft[col], tabTop, tabRight[col], tabBottom);
+    
+    // If the current tab, use black for the text, otherwise use dark gray
+    fill(col == currentColumn ? 0 : 64);
+    text(title, runningX + tabPad, plotY1 - 10);
+    
+    runningX = tabRight[col];
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  if (mouseY > tabTop && mouseY < tabBottom) {
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (mouseX > tabLeft[col] && mouseX < tabRight[col]) {
+        setCurrent(col);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void setCurrent(int col) {
+  currentColumn = col;
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataArea(int col) {
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  // Draw the lower-right and lower-left corners
+  vertex(plotX2, plotY2);
+  vertex(plotX1, plotY2);
+  endShape(CLOSE);
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/readme.txt b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df3021132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/readme.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+For this chapter, the sketch used to create each figure is included,
+because the figures and steps used to develop the code line up pretty
+well. Each sketch has a name like figure_03_labels, which should be 
+self-explanatory. (I do not recommend using this ugly style of naming 
+for your own sketches, it's done this way simply because the figure 
+numbering is relevant and needs to be included). The last two sketches
+are called step_16 and step_17 because there was no figure 16 or 17
+associated with them.
+
+All examples have been tested but if you find errors of any kind 
+(typos, unused variables, profanities in the comments, the usual),
+please contact me through http://benfry.com/writing and I'll be happy
+to fix the code.
+
+The code in this file is (c) 2008 Ben Fry. Rights to use of the code 
+can be found in the preface of "Visualizing Data".
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/step_16_tabs_images.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/step_16_tabs_images.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20b435843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_16_tabs_images/step_16_tabs_images.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+// The images used in this example are identical to the text-only tabs used in the
+// previous step. Some might say that's rather unimaginative. Others might see it
+// as an opportunity to produce nicer tab images to replace them.
+
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  // Corners of the plotted time series
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitleTabs();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  noStroke();
+  fill(#5679C1);
+  drawDataArea(currentColumn);   
+}
+
+
+void drawTitle() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+  String title = data.getColumnName(currentColumn);
+  text(title, plotX1, plotY1 - 10);
+}
+
+
+float[] tabLeft, tabRight;  // Add above setup()
+float tabTop, tabBottom;
+float tabPad = 0;           // No padding necessary when using images
+PImage[] tabImageNormal;
+PImage[] tabImageHighlight;
+
+void drawTitleTabs() {
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+
+  // Allocate the tab position array, and load the tab images.
+  if (tabLeft == null) {
+    tabLeft = new float[columnCount];
+    tabRight = new float[columnCount];
+    
+    tabImageNormal = new PImage[columnCount];
+    tabImageHighlight = new PImage[columnCount];
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      String title = data.getColumnName(col);
+      tabImageNormal[col] = loadImage(title + "-unselected.png");
+      tabImageHighlight[col] = loadImage(title + "-selected.png");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  float runningX = plotX1; 
+  tabBottom = plotY1;
+  // Size based on the height of the tabs by checking the
+  // height of the first (all images are the same height)
+  tabTop = plotY1 - tabImageNormal[0].height;
+  
+  for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+    String title = data.getColumnName(col);
+    tabLeft[col] = runningX; 
+    float titleWidth = tabImageNormal[col].width;
+    tabRight[col] = tabLeft[col] + tabPad + titleWidth + tabPad;
+    
+    PImage tabImage = (col == currentColumn) ? 
+      tabImageHighlight[col] : tabImageNormal[col];
+    image(tabImage, tabLeft[col], tabTop);
+    
+    runningX = tabRight[col];
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  if (mouseY > tabTop && mouseY < tabBottom) {
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (mouseX > tabLeft[col] && mouseX < tabRight[col]) {
+        setCurrent(col);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void setCurrent(int col) {
+  currentColumn = col;
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;   // Add this above setup()
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataArea(int col) {
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = data.getFloat(row, col);
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  // Draw the lower-right and lower-left corners
+  vertex(plotX2, plotY2);
+  vertex(plotX1, plotY2);
+  endShape(CLOSE);
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == '[') {
+    currentColumn--;
+    if (currentColumn < 0) {
+      currentColumn = columnCount - 1;
+    }
+  } else if (key == ']') {
+    currentColumn++;
+    if (currentColumn == columnCount) {
+      currentColumn = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/FloatTable.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/FloatTable.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e735a001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/FloatTable.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// first line of the file should be the column headers
+// first column should be the row titles
+// all other values are expected to be floats
+// getFloat(0, 0) returns the first data value in the upper lefthand corner
+// files should be saved as "text, tab-delimited"
+// empty rows are ignored
+// extra whitespace is ignored
+
+
+class FloatTable {
+  int rowCount;
+  int columnCount;
+  float[][] data;
+  String[] rowNames;
+  String[] columnNames;
+  
+  
+  FloatTable(String filename) {
+    String[] rows = loadStrings(filename);
+    
+    String[] columns = split(rows[0], TAB);
+    columnNames = subset(columns, 1); // upper-left corner ignored
+    scrubQuotes(columnNames);
+    columnCount = columnNames.length;
+
+    rowNames = new String[rows.length-1];
+    data = new float[rows.length-1][];
+
+    // start reading at row 1, because the first row was only the column headers
+    for (int i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      if (trim(rows[i]).length() == 0) {
+        continue; // skip empty rows
+      }
+      if (rows[i].startsWith("#")) {
+        continue;  // skip comment lines
+      }
+
+      // split the row on the tabs
+      String[] pieces = split(rows[i], TAB);
+      scrubQuotes(pieces);
+      
+      // copy row title
+      rowNames[rowCount] = pieces[0];
+      // copy data into the table starting at pieces[1]
+      data[rowCount] = parseFloat(subset(pieces, 1));
+
+      // increment the number of valid rows found so far
+      rowCount++;      
+    }
+    // resize the 'data' array as necessary
+    data = (float[][]) subset(data, 0, rowCount);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void scrubQuotes(String[] array) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+      if (array[i].length() > 2) {
+        // remove quotes at start and end, if present
+        if (array[i].startsWith("\"") && array[i].endsWith("\"")) {
+          array[i] = array[i].substring(1, array[i].length() - 1);
+        }
+      }
+      // make double quotes into single quotes
+      array[i] = array[i].replaceAll("\"\"", "\"");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  int getRowCount() {
+    return rowCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getRowName(int rowIndex) {
+    return rowNames[rowIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getRowNames() {
+    return rowNames;
+  }
+
+  
+  // Find a row by its name, returns -1 if no row found. 
+  // This will return the index of the first row with this name.
+  // A more efficient version of this function would put row names
+  // into a Hashtable (or HashMap) that would map to an integer for the row.
+  int getRowIndex(String name) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < rowCount; i++) {
+      if (rowNames[i].equals(name)) {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    //println("No row named '" + name + "' was found");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  
+  
+  // technically, this only returns the number of columns 
+  // in the very first row (which will be most accurate)
+  int getColumnCount() {
+    return columnCount;
+  }
+  
+  
+  String getColumnName(int colIndex) {
+    return columnNames[colIndex];
+  }
+  
+  
+  String[] getColumnNames() {
+    return columnNames;
+  }
+
+
+  float getFloat(int rowIndex, int col) {
+    // Remove the 'training wheels' section for greater efficiency
+    // It's included here to provide more useful error messages
+    
+    // begin training wheels
+    if ((rowIndex < 0) || (rowIndex >= data.length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("There is no row " + rowIndex);
+    }
+    if ((col < 0) || (col >= data[rowIndex].length)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Row " + rowIndex + " does not have a column " + col);
+    }
+    // end training wheels
+    
+    return data[rowIndex][col];
+  }
+  
+  
+  boolean isValid(int row, int col) {
+    if (row < 0) return false;
+    if (row >= rowCount) return false;
+    //if (col >= columnCount) return false;
+    if (col >= data[row].length) return false;
+    if (col < 0) return false;
+    return !Float.isNaN(data[row][col]);
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMin(int col) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getColumnMax(int col) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+  
+  float getRowMin(int row) {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] < m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  } 
+
+
+  float getRowMax(int row) {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (isValid(row, col)) {
+        if (data[row][col] > m) {
+          m = data[row][col];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMin() {
+    float m = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] < m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+
+
+  float getTableMax() {
+    float m = -Float.MAX_VALUE;
+    for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+      for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+        if (isValid(row, col)) {
+          if (data[row][col] > m) {
+            m = data[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return m;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/Integrator.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/Integrator.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4edb3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/Integrator.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+class Integrator {
+
+  final float DAMPING = 0.5f;
+  final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;
+
+  float value;
+  float vel;
+  float accel;
+  float force;
+  float mass = 1;
+
+  float damping = DAMPING;
+  float attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  boolean targeting;
+  float target;
+
+
+  Integrator() { }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value) {
+    this.value = value;
+  }
+
+
+  Integrator(float value, float damping, float attraction) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = damping;
+    this.attraction = attraction;
+  }
+
+
+  void set(float v) {
+    value = v;
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (targeting) {
+      force += attraction * (target - value);      
+    }
+
+    accel = force / mass;
+    vel = (vel + accel) * damping;
+    value += vel;
+
+    force = 0;
+  }
+
+
+  void target(float t) {
+    targeting = true;
+    target = t;
+  }
+
+
+  void noTarget() {
+    targeting = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ca8a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/data/milk-tea-coffee.tsv	
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+Year	Milk	Tea	Coffee
+1910	32.2	9.6	21.7
+1911	31.3	10.2	19.7
+1912	34.4	9.6	25.5
+1913	33.1	8.5	21.2
+1914	31.1	8.9	21.8
+1915	29	9.6	25
+1916	28	9.6	27.1
+1917	29.7	11.3	28.6
+1918	34	11.3	23.7
+1919	30.4	5.8	27.9
+1920	34	7.7	27.6
+1921	33.2	6.5	28.4
+1922	33.5	8	27.8
+1923	32.5	8.5	29.9
+1924	32.7	7.5	28.9
+1925	33.6	8.1	25
+1926	33.5	7.6	29.3
+1927	33.2	6.9	28.7
+1928	33.2	6.9	28.2
+1929	33.4	6.8	28.7
+1930	33.2	6.4	29.5
+1931	33.2	6.5	30.7
+1932	33.8	7.1	29.4
+1933	33.7	7.2	30.1
+1934	32.5	5.5	29.1
+1935	33	6	31.7
+1936	33.3	6	32.4
+1937	33.5	6.4	31.4
+1938	33.5	6.3	35.2
+1939	34	6.6	35.2
+1940	34	6.2	36.6
+1941	34.4	7.3	38
+1942	37	5.2	36.2
+1943	41	5.7	33.1
+1944	43.6	5.1	41.8
+1945	44.7	5.2	44.4
+1946	42.1	5.2	46.4
+1947	39.9	5.4	40.8
+1948	38.1	5.4	43.5
+1949	37.5	5.7	45.1
+1950	37.2	5.7	38.6
+1951	37.5	6.1	39.5
+1952	37.6	5.9	38
+1953	37	6.2	37.3
+1954	36.2	6.4	30.5
+1955	36.2	6	32
+1956	36.3	5.9	31.6
+1957	35.9	5.5	30.6
+1958	35.2	5.5	30.4
+1959	34.4	5.5	30.9
+1960	33.9	5.6	30.7
+1961	33	5.8	31
+1962	32.9	6	31
+1963	33	6.2	30.8
+1964	33	6.3	30.5
+1965	32.9	6.4	29.4
+1966	33	6.5	28.9
+1967	31.4	6.6	29
+1968	31.3	6.8	29.1
+1969	31.1	6.8	27.6
+1970	31.3	6.8	27.4
+1971	31.3	7.2	25.7
+1972	31	7.3	26.8
+1973	30.5	7.4	25.8
+1974	29.5	7.5	24.2
+1975	29.5	7.5	23.3
+1976	29.3	7.7	23.7
+1977	29	7.5	17.2
+1978	28.6	7.2	19.9
+1979	28.2	6.9	21.7
+1980	27.6	7.3	19.2
+1981	27.1	7.2	18.7
+1982	26.4	6.9	18.3
+1983	26.3	7	18.5
+1984	26.4	7.1	18.9
+1985	26.7	7.1	19.3
+1986	26.5	7.1	19.4
+1987	26.1	6.9	18.8
+1988	26.1	7	18.2
+1989	26	6.9	18.8
+1990	25.7	6.9	19.4
+1991	25.5	7.4	19.5
+1992	25.1	8	18.9
+1993	24.4	8.3	17.2
+1994	24.3	8.1	15.6
+1995	23.9	7.9	15.3
+1996	23.8	7.6	16.8
+1997	23.4	7.2	17.9
+1998	23	8.3	18.3
+1999	22.9	8.2	19.3
+2000	22.5	7.8	20
+2001	22	8.2	18.5
+2002	21.9	7.8	18.1
+2003	21.6	7.5	18.5
+2004	21.2	7.3	18.8
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/step_17_interpolate.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/step_17_interpolate.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..777308ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch04-milkteacoffee/step_17_interpolate/step_17_interpolate.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+FloatTable data;
+float dataMin, dataMax;
+
+float plotX1, plotY1;
+float plotX2, plotY2;
+float labelX, labelY;
+
+int rowCount;
+int columnCount;
+int currentColumn = 0;
+
+int yearMin, yearMax;
+int[] years;
+
+int yearInterval = 10;
+int volumeInterval = 10;
+int volumeIntervalMinor = 5;
+
+float[] tabLeft, tabRight;
+float tabTop, tabBottom;
+float tabPad = 10;
+
+Integrator[] interpolators;
+
+PFont plotFont; 
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(720, 405);
+  
+  data = new FloatTable("milk-tea-coffee.tsv");
+  rowCount = data.getRowCount();
+  columnCount = data.getColumnCount();
+  
+  years = int(data.getRowNames());
+  yearMin = years[0];
+  yearMax = years[years.length - 1];
+  
+  dataMin = 0;
+  dataMax = ceil(data.getTableMax() / volumeInterval) * volumeInterval;
+
+  interpolators = new Integrator[rowCount];
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    float initialValue = data.getFloat(row, 0);
+    interpolators[row] = new Integrator(initialValue);
+    interpolators[row].attraction = 0.1;  // Set lower than the default
+  }
+
+  plotX1 = 120; 
+  plotX2 = width - 80;
+  labelX = 50;
+  plotY1 = 60;
+  plotY2 = height - 70;
+  labelY = height - 25;
+  
+  plotFont = createFont("SansSerif", 20);
+  textFont(plotFont);
+
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  
+  // Show the plot area as a white box  
+  fill(255);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  rect(plotX1, plotY1, plotX2, plotY2);
+
+  drawTitleTabs();
+  drawAxisLabels();
+
+   for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    interpolators[row].update();
+  }
+
+  drawYearLabels();
+  drawVolumeLabels();
+
+  noStroke();
+  fill(#5679C1);
+  drawDataArea(currentColumn);
+}
+
+
+void drawTitleTabs() {
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  noStroke();
+  textSize(20);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+
+  // On first use of this method, allocate space for an array
+  // to store the values for the left and right edges of the tabs
+  if (tabLeft == null) {
+    tabLeft = new float[columnCount];
+    tabRight = new float[columnCount];
+  }
+  
+  float runningX = plotX1; 
+  tabTop = plotY1 - textAscent() - 15;
+  tabBottom = plotY1;
+  
+  for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+    String title = data.getColumnName(col);
+    tabLeft[col] = runningX; 
+    float titleWidth = textWidth(title);
+    tabRight[col] = tabLeft[col] + tabPad + titleWidth + tabPad;
+    
+    // If the current tab, set its background white, otherwise use pale gray
+    fill(col == currentColumn ? 255 : 224);
+    rect(tabLeft[col], tabTop, tabRight[col], tabBottom);
+    
+    // If the current tab, use black for the text, otherwise use dark gray
+    fill(col == currentColumn ? 0 : 64);
+    text(title, runningX + tabPad, plotY1 - 10);
+    
+    runningX = tabRight[col];
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  if (mouseY > tabTop && mouseY < tabBottom) {
+    for (int col = 0; col < columnCount; col++) {
+      if (mouseX > tabLeft[col] && mouseX < tabRight[col]) {
+        setCurrent(col);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void setCurrent(int col) {
+  currentColumn = col;
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    interpolators[row].target(data.getFloat(row, col));
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawAxisLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(13);
+  textLeading(15);
+  
+  textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+  text("Gallons\nconsumed\nper capita", labelX, (plotY1+plotY2)/2);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  text("Year", (plotX1+plotX2)/2, labelY);
+}
+
+
+void drawYearLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(CENTER);
+  
+  // Use thin, gray lines to draw the grid
+  stroke(224);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (years[row] % yearInterval == 0) {
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      text(years[row], x, plotY2 + textAscent() + 10);
+      line(x, plotY1, x, plotY2);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawVolumeLabels() {
+  fill(0);
+  textSize(10);
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  
+  stroke(128);
+  strokeWeight(1);
+
+  for (float v = dataMin; v <= dataMax; v += volumeIntervalMinor) {
+    if (v % volumeIntervalMinor == 0) {     // If a tick mark
+      float y = map(v, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);  
+      if (v % volumeInterval == 0) {        // If a major tick mark
+        float textOffset = textAscent()/2;  // Center vertically
+        if (v == dataMin) {
+          textOffset = 0;                   // Align by the bottom
+        } else if (v == dataMax) {
+          textOffset = textAscent();        // Align by the top
+        }
+        text(floor(v), plotX1 - 10, y + textOffset);
+        line(plotX1 - 4, y, plotX1, y);     // Draw major tick
+      } else {
+        //line(plotX1 - 2, y, plotX1, y);   // Draw minor tick
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void drawDataArea(int col) {
+  beginShape();
+  for (int row = 0; row < rowCount; row++) {
+    if (data.isValid(row, col)) {
+      float value = interpolators[row].value;
+      float x = map(years[row], yearMin, yearMax, plotX1, plotX2);
+      float y = map(value, dataMin, dataMax, plotY2, plotY1);
+      vertex(x, y);
+    }
+  }
+  vertex(plotX2, plotY2);
+  vertex(plotX1, plotY2);
+  endShape(CLOSE);
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/Integrator.java b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/Integrator.java
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index 000000000..728d0913a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/Integrator.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+public class Integrator {
+
+  static final float DAMPING = 0.5f;  // formerly 0.9f
+  static final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;  // formerly 0.1f
+
+  public float value   = 0;
+  public float vel     = 0;
+  public float accel   = 0;
+  public float force   = 0;
+  public float mass    = 1;
+
+  public float damping;
+  public float attraction;
+  public boolean targeting;
+  public float target;
+
+  public float prev = Float.MAX_VALUE;
+  public float epsilon = 0.0001f;
+
+
+  public Integrator() {
+    this(0, DAMPING, ATTRACTION);
+  }
+
+
+  public Integrator(float value) {
+    this(value, DAMPING, ATTRACTION);
+  }
+
+
+  public Integrator(float value, float damping, float attraction) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = damping;
+    this.attraction = attraction;
+  }
+
+
+  public void set(float v) {
+    value = v;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Update for next time step.
+   * Returns true if actually updated, false if no longer changing.
+   */
+  public boolean update() {
+    if (targeting) {
+      force += attraction * (target - value);
+    }
+
+    accel = force / mass;
+    vel = (vel + accel) * damping;
+    value += vel;
+
+    force = 0;
+
+    if (Math.abs(value - prev) < epsilon) {
+      value = target;
+      return false;
+    }
+    prev = value;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+
+  public void target(float t) {
+    targeting = true;
+    target = t;
+  }
+
+
+  public void noTarget() {
+    targeting = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/RankedList.java b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/RankedList.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/RankedList.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+import processing.core.PApplet;
+
+
+public class RankedList {
+  // Number of elements in the list
+  protected int count; 
+  // Array of values for the list
+  protected float[] value;
+  // Minimum and maximum values in the list
+  protected float minValue, maxValue;
+  // How this value is represented visually
+  protected String[] title;
+  // Rank for each item (0 is highest) 
+  protected int[] rank;
+  // Ordering used while sorting by rank
+  protected int[] order;
+  // True if the element 0 is the lowest value, and count-1 the largest.
+  // (This has no bearing on what is considered the minValue and maxValue.)
+  protected boolean ascending;
+
+
+  RankedList(int count, boolean ascending) {
+    this.count = count;
+    this.ascending = ascending;
+
+    value = new float[count];
+    title = new String[count];
+    rank = new int[count];
+  }
+
+
+  public int getCount() {
+    return count;
+  }
+
+
+  public float getValue(int index) {
+    return value[index];
+  }
+  
+  
+  public float getMinValue() {
+    return minValue;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public float getMaxValue() {
+    return maxValue;
+  }
+
+
+  public String getTitle(int index) {
+    return title[index];
+  }
+
+
+  public int getRank(int index) {
+    return rank[index];
+  }
+
+
+  // Sort the data and calculate min/max values
+  void update() {
+    // Set up an initial order to be sorted
+    order = new int[count];
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      order[i] = i;
+    }
+    sort(0, count-1);
+
+    // Assign rankings based on the order after sorting
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      rank[order[i]] = i;
+    }
+
+    // Calculate minimum and maximum values
+    minValue = PApplet.min(value);
+    maxValue = PApplet.max(value);
+  }
+
+
+  void sort(int left, int right) {
+    int pivotIndex = (left+right)/2;
+    swap(pivotIndex, right);
+    int k = partition(left-1, right);
+    swap(k, right);
+    if ((k-left) > 1) sort(left, k-1);
+    if ((right-k) > 1) sort(k+1, right);
+  }
+
+
+  int partition(int left, int right) {
+    int pivot = right;
+    do {
+      while (compare(++left, pivot) < 0) ;
+      while ((right != 0) && (compare(--right, pivot) > 0)) ;
+      swap(left, right);
+    } while (left < right);
+    swap(left, right);
+    return left;
+  }
+
+
+  float compare(int a, int b) {
+    if (ascending) {
+      return value[order[a]] - value[order[b]];
+    } else {
+      return value[order[b]] - value[order[a]];
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void swap(int a, int b) {
+    int temp = order[a];
+    order[a] = order[b];
+    order[b] = temp;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/data/salaries.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/data/salaries.tsv
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+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/data/salaries.tsv	
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+nyy	189639045
+bos	143026214
+nym	115231663
+ana	109251333
+cws	108671833
+la	108454524
+sea	106460833
+chc	99670332
+det	95180369
+bal	93554808
+stl	90286823
+sf	90219056
+phi	89428213
+hou	87759000
+atl	87290833
+tor	81942800
+oak	79366940
+min	71439500
+mil	70986500
+cin	68904980
+tex	68318675
+kc	67116500
+cle	61673267
+sd	58110567
+col	54424000
+ari	52067546
+pit	38537833
+was	37347500
+fla	30507000
+tb	24123500
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diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/data/teams.tsv b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/data/teams.tsv
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+nyy	NY Yankees
+bos	Boston
+nym	New York Mets
+ana	LA Angels
+cws	Chi White Sox
+la	LA Dodgers
+sea	Seattle
+chc	Chi Cubs
+det	Detroit
+bal	Baltimore
+stl	St. Louis
+sf	San Francisco
+phi	Philadelphia
+hou	Houston
+atl	Atlanta
+tor	Toronto
+oak	Oakland
+min	Minnesota
+mil	Milwaukee
+cin	Cincinnati
+tex	Texas
+kc	Kansas City
+cle	Cleveland
+sd	San Diego
+col	Colorado
+ari	Arizona
+pit	Pittsburgh
+was	Washington
+fla	Florida
+tb	Tampa Bay
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/step_08b_web.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch05-salaryper/step_08b_web/step_08b_web.pde
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@@ -0,0 +1,473 @@
+/*
+This book is here to help you get your job done. In general, you may use the 
+code in this book in your programs and documentation. You do not need to contact 
+us for permission unless youÕre reproducing a significant portion of the code. 
+For example, writing a program that uses several chunks of code from this book 
+does not require permission. Selling or distributing a CD-ROM of examples from 
+OÕReilly books does require permission. Answering a question by citing this book 
+and quoting example code does not require permission. Incorporating a significant
+amount of example code from this book into your productÕs documentation does 
+require permission.
+
+We appreciate, but do not require, attribution. An attribution usually includes
+the title, author, publisher, and ISBN. For example: ÒVisualizing Data, First 
+Edition by Ben Fry. Copyright 2008 Ben Fry, 9780596514556.Ó
+
+If you feel your use of code examples falls outside fair use or the permission
+given above, feel free to contact us at permissions@oreilly.com.
+*/
+import java.util.regex.*;
+
+int teamCount = 30;
+String[] teamNames; 
+String[] teamCodes;
+HashMap teamIndices;
+  
+static final int ROW_HEIGHT = 23;
+static final float HALF_ROW_HEIGHT = ROW_HEIGHT / 2.0f;
+
+static final int SIDE_PADDING = 30;
+static final int TOP_PADDING = 40;
+
+SalaryList salaries;
+StandingsList standings;
+  
+StandingsList[] season;
+Integrator[] standingsPosition;
+
+PImage[] logos;
+float logoWidth;
+float logoHeight;
+
+PFont font;
+
+  
+// . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+  
+
+String firstDateStamp = "20070401";
+String lastDateStamp = "20070930";
+String todayDateStamp;
+
+static final long MILLIS_PER_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+// The number of days in the entire season. 
+int dateCount;
+// The current date being shown.
+int dateIndex;
+// Don't show the first 10 days, they're too erratic. 
+int minDateIndex = 10;  
+// The last day of the season, or yesterday, if the season is ongoing.
+// This is the maximum date that can be viewed.
+int maxDateIndex;
+
+// This format makes "20070704" from the date July 4, 2007.
+DateFormat stampFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
+// This format makes "4 July 2007" from the same.
+DateFormat prettyFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMMM yyyy");
+
+// All dates for the season formatted with stampFormat.
+String[] dateStamp;
+// All dates in the season formatted with prettyFormat.
+String[] datePretty;
+
+void setupDates() {
+  try {
+    Date firstDate = stampFormat.parse(firstDateStamp);
+    long firstDateMillis = firstDate.getTime();
+    Date lastDate = stampFormat.parse(lastDateStamp);
+    long lastDateMillis = lastDate.getTime();
+
+    // Calculate number of days by dividing the total milliseconds 
+    // between the first and last dates by the number of milliseconds per day
+    dateCount = (int) 
+      ((lastDateMillis - firstDateMillis) / MILLIS_PER_DAY) + 1;      
+    maxDateIndex = dateCount;
+    dateStamp = new String[dateCount];
+    datePretty = new String[dateCount];
+
+    todayDateStamp = year() + nf(month(), 2) + nf(day(), 2);
+    // Another option to do this, but more code
+    //Date today = new Date(); 
+    //String todayDateStamp = stampFormat.format(today);
+      
+    for (int i = 0; i < dateCount; i++) {
+      Date date = new Date(firstDateMillis + MILLIS_PER_DAY*i);
+      datePretty[i] = prettyFormat.format(date);
+      dateStamp[i] = stampFormat.format(date);
+      // If this value for 'date' is equal to today, then set the previous 
+      // day as the maximum viewable date, because it means the season is 
+      // still ongoing. The previous day is used because unless it is late 
+      // in the evening, the updated numbers for the day will be unavailable 
+      // or incomplete.
+      if (dateStamp[i].equals(todayDateStamp)) {
+        maxDateIndex = i-1;
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (ParseException e) {
+    die("Problem while setting up dates", e);
+  }
+}  
+
+
+// . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+
+
+public void setup() {
+  size(480, 750);
+    
+  setupTeams();
+  setupDates();
+  setupSalaries();
+  // Load the standings after the salaries, because salary 
+  // will be used as the tie-breaker when sorting.
+  setupStandings();
+  setupRanking();
+  setupLogos();
+    
+  font = createFont("Georgia", 12);
+  textFont(font);
+
+  frameRate(15);
+  // Use today as the current day
+  setDate(maxDateIndex);
+}
+  
+
+void setupTeams() {
+  String[] lines = loadStrings("teams.tsv");
+    
+  teamCount = lines.length;
+  teamCodes = new String[teamCount];
+  teamNames = new String[teamCount];
+  teamIndices = new HashMap();
+    
+  for (int i = 0; i < teamCount; i++) {
+    String[] pieces = split(lines[i], TAB);
+    teamCodes[i] = pieces[0];
+    teamNames[i] = pieces[1];
+    teamIndices.put(teamCodes[i], new Integer(i));
+  }
+}
+  
+  
+int teamIndex(String teamCode) {
+  Integer index = (Integer) teamIndices.get(teamCode);
+  return index.intValue();
+}
+
+
+void setupSalaries() {
+  String[] lines = loadStrings("salaries.tsv");
+  salaries = new SalaryList(lines);
+}
+
+
+/*
+void setupStandings() {
+  season = new StandingsList[maxDateIndex + 1];
+  for (int i = minDateIndex; i <= maxDateIndex; i++) {
+    String[] lines = acquireStandings(dateStamp[i]);
+    season[i] = new StandingsList(lines);
+  }
+}
+*/
+  
+
+void setupStandings() {
+  String[] lines = loadStrings("http://benfry.com/writing/salaryper/mlb.cgi");
+  int dataCount = lines.length / teamCount;
+  int expectedCount = (maxDateIndex - minDateIndex) + 1;
+  if (dataCount < expectedCount) {
+    println("Found " + dataCount + " entries in the data file, " +
+            "but was expecting " + expectedCount + " entries.");
+    maxDateIndex = minDateIndex + dataCount - 1;
+  }
+  season = new StandingsList[maxDateIndex + 1];
+  for (int i = 0; i < dataCount; i++) {
+    String[] portion = subset(lines, i*teamCount, teamCount);
+    season[i+minDateIndex] = new StandingsList(portion);
+  }
+}
+  
+
+void setupRanking() {
+  standingsPosition = new Integrator[teamCount];
+  for (int i = 0; i < teamCodes.length; i++) {
+    standingsPosition[i] = new Integrator(i);
+  }
+}
+  
+
+void setupLogos() {
+  logos = new PImage[teamCount];
+  for (int i = 0; i < teamCount; i++) {
+    logos[i] = loadImage("small/" + teamCodes[i] + ".gif");
+  }
+  logoWidth = logos[0].width / 2.0f;
+  logoHeight = logos[0].height / 2.0f;
+}
+  
+  
+public void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  smooth();
+
+  drawDateSelector();
+
+  translate(SIDE_PADDING, TOP_PADDING);
+  
+  boolean updated = false;
+  for (int i = 0; i < teamCount; i++) {
+    if (standingsPosition[i].update()) {
+      updated = true;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!updated) {
+    noLoop();
+  }
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < teamCount; i++) {
+    //float standingsY = standings.getRank(i)*ROW_HEIGHT + HALF_ROW_HEIGHT;
+    float standingsY = standingsPosition[i].value * ROW_HEIGHT + HALF_ROW_HEIGHT;
+
+    image(logos[i], 0, standingsY - logoHeight/2, logoWidth, logoHeight);
+      
+    textAlign(LEFT, CENTER);
+    text(teamNames[i], 28, standingsY);
+
+    textAlign(RIGHT, CENTER);
+    fill(128);
+    text(standings.getTitle(i), 150, standingsY);
+
+    float weight = map(salaries.getValue(i), 
+                       salaries.getMinValue(), salaries.getMaxValue(), 
+                       0.25f, 6);
+    strokeWeight(weight);
+      
+    float salaryY = salaries.getRank(i)*ROW_HEIGHT + HALF_ROW_HEIGHT;
+    if (salaryY >= standingsY) {
+      stroke(33, 85, 156);  // Blue for positive (or equal) difference.
+    } else {
+      stroke(206, 0, 82);   // Red for wasting money.
+    }
+      
+    line(160, standingsY, 325, salaryY);
+
+    fill(128);
+    textAlign(LEFT, CENTER);
+    text(salaries.getTitle(i), 335, salaryY);
+  }
+}
+
+  
+// . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+
+
+int dateSelectorX;
+int dateSelectorY = 30;
+
+// Draw a series of lines for selecting the date
+void drawDateSelector() {
+  dateSelectorX = (width - dateCount*2) / 2;
+
+  strokeWeight(1);
+  for (int i = 0; i < dateCount; i++) {
+    int x = dateSelectorX + i*2;
+
+    // If this is the currently selected date, draw it differently
+    if (i == dateIndex) {
+      stroke(0);
+      line(x, 0, x, 13);
+      textAlign(CENTER, TOP);
+      text(datePretty[dateIndex], x, 15);
+
+    } else {
+      // If this is a viewable date, make the line darker
+      if ((i >= minDateIndex) && (i <= maxDateIndex)) {
+        stroke(128);  // Viewable date
+      } else {
+        stroke(204);  // Not a viewable date
+      }
+      line(x, 0, x, 7);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void setDate(int index) {
+  dateIndex = index;
+  standings = season[dateIndex];
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < teamCount; i++) {
+    standingsPosition[i].target(standings.getRank(i));
+  }
+  // Re-enable the animation loop
+  loop();
+}
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  handleMouse();
+}
+  
+void mouseDragged() {
+  handleMouse();
+}
+  
+void handleMouse() {
+  if (mouseY < dateSelectorY) {
+    int date = (mouseX - dateSelectorX) / 2;
+    setDate(constrain(date, minDateIndex, maxDateIndex));
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == CODED) {
+    if (keyCode == LEFT) {
+      int newDate = max(dateIndex - 1, minDateIndex);
+      setDate(newDate);
+
+    } else if (keyCode == RIGHT) {
+      int newDate = min(dateIndex + 1, maxDateIndex);
+      setDate(newDate);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+// . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+
+
+/*
+String[] acquireStandings(String stamp) {
+  int year = int(stamp.substring(0, 4));
+  int month = int(stamp.substring(4, 6));
+  int day = int(stamp.substring(6, 8));
+  return acquireStandings(year, month, day);
+}
+  
+
+String[] acquireStandings(int year, int month, int day) {
+  String filename = year + nf(month, 2) + nf(day, 2) + ".tsv";
+  String path = dataPath(filename);
+  File file = new File(path);
+  if (!file.exists()) {
+    println("Downloading standings file " + filename);
+    PrintWriter writer = createWriter(path);
+
+    String base = "http://mlb.mlb.com/components/game" + 
+      "/year_" + year + "/month_" + nf(month, 2) + "/day_" + nf(day, 2) + "/";
+
+    // American League (AL)
+    parseWinLoss(base + "standings_rs_ale.js", writer);
+    parseWinLoss(base + "standings_rs_alc.js", writer);
+    parseWinLoss(base + "standings_rs_alw.js", writer);
+
+    // National League (NL)
+    parseWinLoss(base + "standings_rs_nle.js", writer);
+    parseWinLoss(base + "standings_rs_nlc.js", writer);
+    parseWinLoss(base + "standings_rs_nlw.js", writer);
+
+    writer.flush();
+    writer.close();
+  }
+  return loadStrings(filename);
+}
+
+  
+void parseWinLoss(String filename, PrintWriter writer) {
+  String[] lines = loadStrings(filename);
+  Pattern p = Pattern.compile("\\s+([\\w\\d]+):\\s'(.*)',?");
+
+  String teamCode = "";
+  int wins = 0;
+  int losses = 0;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+    Matcher m = p.matcher(lines[i]);
+
+    if (m.matches()) {
+      String attr = m.group(1);
+      String value = m.group(2);
+
+      if (attr.equals("code")) {
+        teamCode = value;
+      } else if (attr.equals("w")) {
+        wins = parseInt(value);
+      } else if (attr.equals("l")) {
+        losses = parseInt(value);
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      if (lines[i].startsWith("}")) {
+        // this is the end of a group, write these values
+        //println(team + " " + wins + "-" + losses);
+        //set(teamIndex(teamCode), wins, losses);
+        writer.println(teamCode + TAB + wins + TAB + losses);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+*/
+  
+  
+//. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+
+  
+class SalaryList extends RankedList {
+    
+  SalaryList(String[] lines) {
+    super(teamCount, false);
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i < teamCount; i++) {
+      String pieces[] = split(lines[i], TAB);
+        
+      // First column is the team 2-3 digit team code.
+      int index = teamIndex(pieces[0]);
+        
+      // Second column is the salary as a number. 
+      value[index] = parseInt(pieces[1]);
+        
+      // Make the title in the format $NN,NNN,NNN
+      int salary = (int) value[index];
+      title[index] = "$" + nfc(salary);
+    }
+    update();
+  }
+}
+
+  
+// . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
+
+
+class StandingsList extends RankedList {
+    
+  StandingsList(String[] lines) {
+    super(teamCount, false);
+      
+    for (int i = 0; i < teamCount; i++) {
+      String[] pieces = split(lines[i], TAB);
+      int index = teamIndex(pieces[0]);
+      int wins = parseInt(pieces[1]);
+      int losses = parseInt(pieces[2]);
+        
+      value[index] = (float) wins / (float) (wins+losses);
+      title[index] = wins + "\u2013" + losses;
+    }
+    update();
+  }
+
+  float compare(int a, int b) {
+    // First compare based on the record of both teams
+    float amt = super.compare(a, b);
+    // If the record is not identical, return the difference
+    if (amt != 0) return amt;
+
+    // If records are equal, use salary as tie-breaker. 
+    // In this case, a and b are switched, because a higher
+    // salary is a negative thing, unlike the values above.
+    return salaries.compare(a, b);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/ColorIntegrator.java b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/ColorIntegrator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a41da0bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/ColorIntegrator.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+public class ColorIntegrator extends Integrator {
+
+  float r0, g0, b0, a0;
+  float rs, gs, bs, as; 
+
+  int colorValue;
+
+
+  public ColorIntegrator(int color0, int color1) {
+    int a1 = (color0 >> 24) & 0xff;
+    int r1 = (color0 >> 16) & 0xff;
+    int g1 = (color0 >>  8) & 0xff;
+    int b1 = (color0      ) & 0xff;
+
+    int a2 = (color1 >> 24) & 0xff;
+    int r2 = (color1 >> 16) & 0xff;
+    int g2 = (color1 >>  8) & 0xff;
+    int b2 = (color1      ) & 0xff;
+
+    r0 = (float)r1 / 255.0f;
+    g0 = (float)g1 / 255.0f;
+    b0 = (float)b1 / 255.0f;
+    a0 = (float)a1 / 255.0f;
+
+    rs = (r2 - r1) / 255.0f;
+    gs = (g2 - g1) / 255.0f;
+    bs = (b2 - b1) / 255.0f;
+    as = (a2 - a1) / 255.0f;
+  }
+
+
+  public boolean update() {
+    boolean updated = super.update();
+    if (updated) {
+      colorValue = 
+        (((int) ((a0 + as*value) * 255f) << 24) |
+          ((int) ((r0 + rs*value) * 255f) << 16) |
+          ((int) ((g0 + gs*value) * 255f) <<  8) |
+          ((int) ((b0 + bs*value) * 255f)));
+    }
+    return updated;
+  }
+
+
+  public int get() {
+    return colorValue;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Integrator.java b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Integrator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7aaa26cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Integrator.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+public class Integrator {
+
+  static final float DAMPING = 0.5f;  // formerly 0.9f
+  static final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;  // formerly 0.1f
+
+  float value = 0;
+  float vel   = 0;
+  float accel = 0;
+  float force = 0;
+  float mass  = 1;
+
+  float damping; //     = DAMPING;
+  float attraction; //  = ATTRACTION;
+  
+  boolean targeting; // = false;
+  float target; //      = 0;
+
+
+  public Integrator() { 
+    this.value = 0;
+    this.damping = DAMPING;
+    this.attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  }
+
+
+  public Integrator(float value) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = DAMPING;
+    this.attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  }
+
+
+  public Integrator(float value, float damping, float attraction) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.damping = damping;
+    this.attraction = attraction;
+  }
+
+
+  public void set(float v) {
+    value = v;
+    //targeting = false  ?
+  }
+
+
+  public boolean update() {  // default dtime = 1.0
+    if (targeting) {
+      force += attraction * (target - value);      
+    }
+
+    accel = force / mass;
+    vel = (vel + accel) * damping; /* e.g. 0.90 */
+    value += vel;
+
+    force = 0; // implicit reset
+
+    return (vel > 0.0001f);
+  }
+
+
+  public void target(float t) {
+    targeting = true;
+    target = t;
+  }
+
+
+  public void noTarget() {
+    targeting = false;
+  }
+}
+
+
+  /*
+  public void attraction(float targetValue, float a) {
+    force += attraction * (targetValue - value);
+  }
+
+  public void attract(float target, float a) {
+    attraction(target, a);
+    update();
+  }
+
+  public void setDecay(float d) {
+    kDecay = d;
+  }
+
+  public void decay() {
+    force -= kDecay * value;
+  }
+
+  public void decay(float d) {
+    force -= d * value;
+  }
+
+  public void setImpulse(float i) {
+    kImpulse = i;
+  }
+
+  public void impulse() {
+    //printf("kimpulse is %f\n", kImpulse);
+    force += kImpulse;
+    //decay(-kImpulse);  // lazy
+  }
+
+  public void impulse(float i) {
+    force += i;
+    //decay(-i);  // lazy
+  }
+
+  public void setDamping(float d) {
+    kDamping = d;
+  }
+
+  public void noise(float amount) {
+    force += (float) ((Math.random() * 2) - 1) * amount;
+  }
+
+  public void add(float v) {
+    value += v;
+  }
+  
+  public void add(Integrator integrator) {
+    value += integrator.value;
+  }
+  */
+
+
+
+/*
+
+void Integrator1f::updateRK() {  // default dtime = 1.0
+#define H 0.001
+  float f1 = force;
+  float f2 = force + H*f1/2;
+  float f3 = force + H*f2/2;
+  float f4 = force + H*f3;
+  velocity = velocity + (H/6)*(f1 + 2*f2 + 2*f3 + f4);
+}
+
+  eval(x) is the force
+  i think x should be time, so x is normally 1.0.
+  if dtime were incorporated, that would probably work
+  >> need correct function for force and dtime
+
+	double f1 = fn.evalX(x);
+	double f2 = fn.evalX(x + h*f1/2);
+	double f3 = fn.evalX(x + h*f2/2);
+	double f4 = fn.evalX(x + h*f3);
+
+	out = x + (h/6)*(f1 + 2*f2 + 2*f3 + f4);
+*/
+
+/*
+
+    public void step(double t, double x, double y,
+		     Function fn, double h, double out[]) {
+	double f1 = fn.evalX(t, x, y);
+	double g1 = fn.evalY(t, x, y);
+
+	double f2 = fn.evalX(t + h/2, x + h*f1/2, y + h*g1/2);
+	double g2 = fn.evalY(t + h/2, x + h*f1/2, y + h*g1/2);
+
+	double f3 = fn.evalX(t + h/2, x + h*f2/2, y + h*g2/2);
+	double g3 = fn.evalY(t + h/2, x + h*f2/2, y + h*g2/2);
+	
+	double f4 = fn.evalX(t + h, x + h*f3, y + h*g3);
+	double g4 = fn.evalY(t + h, x + h*f3, y + h*g3);
+
+	out[0] = x + (h/6)*(f1 + 2*f2 + 2*f3 + f4);
+	out[1] = y + (h/6)*(g1 + 2*g2 + 2*g3 + g4);
+    }
+*/
+
+//void Integrator1f::update(float dtime) {
+//velocity += force * dtime;
+//  value += velocity*dtime  +  0.5f*force*dtime*dtime;
+//force = 0;
+//}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Place.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Place.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81a806aea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Place.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class Place {
+  int code;
+  String name;
+  float x;
+  float y;
+		    
+  int partial[];
+  int matchDepth;
+
+
+  public Place(int code, String name, float lon, float lat) {
+    this.code = code;
+    this.name = name;
+    this.x = lon;
+    this.y = lat;
+
+    partial = new int[6];
+    partial[5] = code;
+    partial[4] = partial[5] / 10;
+    partial[3] = partial[4] / 10;
+    partial[2] = partial[3] / 10;
+    partial[1] = partial[2] / 10;
+  }
+
+
+  void check() {
+    // default to zero levels of depth that match
+    matchDepth = 0;
+
+    if (typedCount != 0) {
+      // Start from the greatest depth, and work backwards to see how many 
+      // items match. Want to figure out the maximum match, so better to 
+      // begin from the end. 
+      // The multiple levels of matching are important because more than one
+      // depth level might be fading at a time.
+      for (int j = typedCount; j > 0; --j) {
+	if (typedPartials[j] == partial[j]) {
+	  matchDepth = j;
+	  break;  // since starting at end, can stop now
+	}
+      }
+    }
+
+    //if (partial[typedCount] == partialCode) {
+    if (matchDepth == typedCount) {
+      foundCount++;
+      if (typedCount == 5) {
+	chosen = this;
+      }
+
+      if (x < boundsX1) boundsX1 = x;
+      if (y < boundsY1) boundsY1 = y;
+      if (x > boundsX2) boundsX2 = x;
+      if (y > boundsY2) boundsY2 = y;        
+    }
+  }
+
+  void draw() {
+    float xx = TX(x);
+    float yy = TY(y);
+
+    if ((xx < 0) || (yy < 0) || (xx >= width) || (yy >= height)) return;
+
+    if ((zoomDepth.value < 2.8f) || !zoomEnabled) {  // show simple dots
+      //pixels[((int) yy) * width + ((int) xx)] = faders[matchDepth].cvalue;
+      set((int)xx, (int)yy, faders[matchDepth].colorValue);
+
+    } else {  // show slightly more complicated dots
+      noStroke();
+
+      fill(faders[matchDepth].colorValue);
+      //rect(TX(nlon), TY(nlat), depther.value-1, depther.value-1);
+
+      if (matchDepth == typedCount) {
+	if (typedCount == 4) {  // on the fourth digit, show nums for the 5th
+	  text(code % 10, TX(x), TY(y));
+	} else {  // show a larger box for selections
+	  rect(xx, yy, zoomDepth.value, zoomDepth.value);
+	}
+      } else {  // show a slightly smaller box for unselected
+	rect(xx, yy, zoomDepth.value-1, zoomDepth.value-1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void drawChosen() {
+    noStroke();
+    fill(faders[matchDepth].colorValue);
+    // the chosen point has to be a little larger when zooming
+    int size = zoomEnabled ? 6 : 4;
+    rect(TX(x), TY(y), size, size);
+
+    // calculate position to draw the text, slightly offset from the main point
+    float textX = TX(x);
+    float textY = TY(y) - size - 4;
+
+    // don't go off the top.. (e.g. 59544)
+    if (textY < 20) {
+      textY = TY(y) + 20;
+    }
+
+    // don't run off the bottom.. (e.g. 33242)
+    if (textY > height - 5) {
+      textY = TY(y) - 20;
+    }
+
+    String location = name + "  " + nf(code, 5);
+
+    if (zoomEnabled) {
+      textAlign(CENTER);
+      text(location, textX, textY);
+
+    } else {
+      float wide = textWidth(location);
+
+      if (textX > width/3) {
+	textX -= wide + 8;
+      } else {
+	textX += 8;
+      }
+
+      textAlign(LEFT);
+      fill(highlightColor);
+      text(location, textX, textY);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Slurper.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Slurper.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac5396896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/Slurper.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class Slurper implements Runnable {
+
+  Slurper() {
+    Thread thread = new Thread(this);
+    thread.start();
+  }
+
+  public void run() {
+    try {
+      InputStream input = openStream("zips.gz");
+      BufferedReader reader = createReader(input);
+      
+      // first get the info line
+      String line = reader.readLine();
+      parseInfo(line);
+
+      places = new Place[totalCount];
+
+      // parse each of the rest of the lines
+      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+        places[placeCount] = parsePlace(line);
+        placeCount++;
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/data/ScalaSans-Regular-14.vlw b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/data/ScalaSans-Regular-14.vlw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c42b3f0d9
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/data/ScalaSans-Regular-14.vlw differ
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/round_09c_focus_handling.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/round_09c_focus_handling.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09ed15f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch06-zipdecode/round_09c_focus_handling/round_09c_focus_handling.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+/*
+This book is here to help you get your job done. In general, you may use the 
+code in this book in your programs and documentation. You do not need to contact 
+us for permission unless youÕre reproducing a significant portion of the code. 
+For example, writing a program that uses several chunks of code from this book 
+does not require permission. Selling or distributing a CD-ROM of examples from 
+OÕReilly books does require permission. Answering a question by citing this book 
+and quoting example code does not require permission. Incorporating a significant
+amount of example code from this book into your productÕs documentation does 
+require permission.
+
+We appreciate, but do not require, attribution. An attribution usually includes
+the title, author, publisher, and ISBN. For example: ÒVisualizing Data, First 
+Edition by Ben Fry. Copyright 2008 Ben Fry, 9780596514556.Ó
+
+If you feel your use of code examples falls outside fair use or the permission
+given above, feel free to contact us at permissions@oreilly.com.
+*/
+
+color backgroundColor  = #333333;  // dark background color
+color dormantColor     = #999966;  // initial color of the map
+color highlightColor   = #CBCBCB;  // color for selected points
+color unhighlightColor = #66664C;  // color for points that are not selected
+color waitingColor     = #CBCBCB;  // "please type a zip code" message
+color badColor         = #FFFF66;  // text color when nothing found
+
+ColorIntegrator faders[];
+
+// border of where the map should be drawn on screen   
+float mapX1, mapY1;
+float mapX2, mapY2;
+
+// column numbers in the data file
+static final int CODE = 0;
+static final int X = 1;
+static final int Y = 2;
+static final int NAME = 3;
+
+int totalCount;  // total number of places
+Place[] places;
+int placeCount;  // number of places loaded
+
+// min/max boundary of all points
+float minX, maxX;
+float minY, maxY;
+  
+// typing and selection  
+PFont font;
+String typedString = "";
+char typedChars[] = new char[5];
+int typedCount;
+int typedPartials[] = new int[6];
+
+float messageX, messageY;
+
+int foundCount;
+Place chosen;
+  
+// smart updates
+int notUpdatedCount = 0;
+  
+// zoom
+boolean zoomEnabled = false;
+Integrator zoomDepth = new Integrator();
+
+Integrator zoomX1;
+Integrator zoomY1;
+Integrator zoomX2;
+Integrator zoomY2;
+
+float targetX1[] = new float[6];
+float targetY1[] = new float[6];
+float targetX2[] = new float[6];
+float targetY2[] = new float[6];
+
+// boundary of currently valid points at this typedCount
+float boundsX1, boundsY1;
+float boundsX2, boundsY2;  
+  
+
+public void setup() {
+  size(720, 453, P3D);
+    
+  mapX1 = 30;
+  mapX2 = width - mapX1;
+  mapY1 = 20;
+  mapY2 = height - mapY1;
+   
+  font = loadFont("ScalaSans-Regular-14.vlw");
+  textFont(font);
+  textMode(SCREEN);
+    
+  messageX = 40;
+  messageY = height - 40;
+
+  faders = new ColorIntegrator[6];
+    
+  // When nothing is typed, all points are shown with a color called
+  // "dormant," which is brighter than when not highlighted, but 
+  // not as bright as the highlight color for a selection.
+  faders[0] = new ColorIntegrator(unhighlightColor, dormantColor);
+  faders[0].attraction = 0.5f;
+  faders[0].target(1);
+
+  for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++) {
+    faders[i] = new ColorIntegrator(unhighlightColor, highlightColor);
+    faders[i].attraction = 0.5;
+    faders[i].target(1);
+  }
+    
+  readData();
+    
+  zoomX1 = new Integrator(minX);
+  zoomY1 = new Integrator(minY);
+  zoomX2 = new Integrator(maxX);
+  zoomY2 = new Integrator(maxY);
+    
+  targetX1[0] = minX;
+  targetX2[0] = maxX;
+  targetY1[0] = minY;
+  targetY2[0] = maxY;
+    
+  rectMode(CENTER);
+  ellipseMode(CENTER);
+  frameRate(15);
+}
+    
+  
+  
+void readData() {
+  new Slurper();
+  noLoop();  // done loading, can stop updating
+}
+  
+  
+void parseInfo(String line) {
+  String infoString = line.substring(2);  // remove the #
+  String[] infoPieces = split(infoString, ',');
+  totalCount = int(infoPieces[0]);   
+  minX = float(infoPieces[1]);
+  maxX = float(infoPieces[2]);
+  minY = float(infoPieces[3]);
+  maxY = float(infoPieces[4]);
+}
+  
+  
+Place parsePlace(String line) {
+  String pieces[] = split(line, TAB);
+
+  int zip = int(pieces[CODE]);
+  float x = float(pieces[X]);
+  float y = float(pieces[Y]);
+  String name = pieces[NAME];
+
+  return new Place(zip, name, x, y);
+}
+  
+
+// change message from 'click inside the window'
+public void focusGained() {
+  redraw();
+}
+
+// change message to 'click inside the window'
+public void focusLost() {
+  redraw();
+}
+
+// this method is empty in p5
+public void mouseEntered() {
+  requestFocus();
+}
+
+
+public void draw() {
+  background(backgroundColor);
+
+  updateAnimation();
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < placeCount; i++) {
+    places[i].draw();
+  }
+
+  if (typedCount == 0) {
+    fill(waitingColor);
+    textAlign(LEFT);
+    String message = "zipdecode by ben fry";
+    // if all places are loaded
+    if (placeCount == totalCount) {
+      if (focused) {
+	message = "type the digits of a zip code";
+      } else {
+	message = "click the map image to begin";
+      }
+    }
+    text(message, messageX, messageY);
+      
+  } else {
+    if (foundCount > 0) {
+      if (!zoomEnabled && (typedCount == 4)) {
+	// re-draw the chosen ones, because they're often occluded
+	// by the non-selected points
+	for (int i = 0; i < placeCount; i++) {
+	  if (places[i].matchDepth == typedCount) {
+	    places[i].draw();
+	  }
+	}
+      }
+
+      if (chosen != null) {
+	chosen.drawChosen();
+      }
+        
+      fill(highlightColor);
+      textAlign(LEFT);
+      text(typedString, messageX, messageY);
+        
+    } else {
+      fill(badColor);
+      text(typedString, messageX, messageY);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // draw "zoom" text toggle
+  textAlign(RIGHT);
+  fill(zoomEnabled ? highlightColor : unhighlightColor);
+  text("zoom", width - 40, height - 40);
+  textAlign(LEFT);
+}
+  
+  
+void updateAnimation() {
+  boolean updated = false;
+    
+  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+    updated |= faders[i].update();
+  }
+    
+  if (foundCount > 0) {
+    zoomDepth.target(typedCount);
+  } else {
+    zoomDepth.target(typedCount-1);
+  }
+  updated |= zoomDepth.update();
+
+  updated |= zoomX1.update();
+  updated |= zoomY1.update();
+  updated |= zoomX2.update();
+  updated |= zoomY2.update();
+
+  // if the data is loaded, can optionally call noLoop() to save cpu
+  if (placeCount == totalCount) {  // if fully loaded
+    if (!updated) {
+      notUpdatedCount++;
+      // after 20 frames of no updates, shut off the loop
+      if (notUpdatedCount > 20) {
+	noLoop();
+	notUpdatedCount = 0;
+      }
+    } else {
+      notUpdatedCount = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+  
+float TX(float x) {
+  if (zoomEnabled) {
+    return map(x, zoomX1.value, zoomX2.value, mapX1, mapX2);
+
+  } else {
+    return map(x, minX, maxX, mapX1, mapX2);
+  }
+}
+
+
+float TY(float y) {
+  if (zoomEnabled) {
+    return map(y, zoomY1.value, zoomY2.value, mapY2, mapY1);
+
+  } else {
+    return map(y, minY, maxY, mapY2, mapY1);
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  if ((mouseX > width-100) && (mouseY > height - 50)) {
+    zoomEnabled = !zoomEnabled;
+    redraw();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if ((key == BACKSPACE) || (key == DELETE)) {
+    if (typedCount > 0) {
+      typedCount--;
+    }
+    updateTyped();
+
+  } else if ((key >= '0') && (key <= '9')) {
+    if (typedCount != 5) {  // only 5 digits
+      if (foundCount > 0) {  // don't allow to keep typing bad
+	typedChars[typedCount++] = key;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  updateTyped();
+}
+
+
+void updateTyped() {
+  typedString = new String(typedChars, 0, typedCount);
+
+  // Un-highlight areas already typed past
+  for (int i = 0; i < typedCount; i++) faders[i].target(0);
+  // Highlight potential dots not yet selected by keys
+  for (int i = typedCount; i < 6; i++) faders[i].target(1);
+
+  typedPartials[typedCount] = int(typedString);
+  for (int j = typedCount-1; j > 0; --j) {
+    typedPartials[j] = typedPartials[j + 1] / 10;
+  }
+
+  foundCount = 0;
+  chosen = null;
+    
+  boundsX1 = maxX;
+  boundsY1 = maxY;
+  boundsX2 = minX;
+  boundsY2 = minY;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < placeCount; i++) {
+    // update boundaries of selection
+    // and identify whether a particular place is chosen
+    places[i].check();
+  }
+  calcZoom();
+
+  loop(); // re-enable updates
+}
+
+  
+void calcZoom() {
+  if (foundCount != 0) {
+    // given a set of min/max coords, expand in one direction so that the 
+    // selected area includes the range with the proper aspect ratio
+
+    float spanX = (boundsX2 - boundsX1);
+    float spanY = (boundsY2 - boundsY1);
+      
+    float midX = (boundsX1 + boundsX2) / 2;
+    float midY = (boundsY1 + boundsY2) / 2;
+      
+    if ((spanX != 0) && (spanY != 0)) {
+      float screenAspect = width / float(height);
+      float spanAspect = spanX / spanY;
+        
+      if (spanAspect > screenAspect) {
+	spanY = (spanX / width) * height;  // wide
+          
+      } else {
+	spanX = (spanY / height) * width;  // tall          
+      }
+    } else {  // if span is zero
+      // use the span from one level previous
+      spanX = targetX2[typedCount-1] - targetX1[typedCount-1];
+      spanY = targetY2[typedCount-1] - targetY1[typedCount-1];
+    }
+    targetX1[typedCount] = midX - spanX/2;
+    targetX2[typedCount] = midX + spanX/2;
+    targetY1[typedCount] = midY - spanY/2;
+    targetY2[typedCount] = midY + spanY/2;
+
+  } else if (typedCount != 0) {
+    // nothing found at this level, so set the zoom identical to the previous
+    targetX1[typedCount] = targetX1[typedCount-1];
+    targetY1[typedCount] = targetY1[typedCount-1];
+    targetX2[typedCount] = targetX2[typedCount-1];
+    targetY2[typedCount] = targetY2[typedCount-1];
+  }
+
+  zoomX1.target(targetX1[typedCount]);
+  zoomY1.target(targetY1[typedCount]);
+  zoomX2.target(targetX2[typedCount]);
+  zoomY2.target(targetY2[typedCount]);
+
+  if (!zoomEnabled) {
+    zoomX1.set(zoomX1.target);
+    zoomY1.set(zoomY1.target);
+    zoomX2.set(zoomX2.target);
+    zoomY2.set(zoomY2.target);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/WordItem.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/WordItem.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb42dd954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/WordItem.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class WordItem extends SimpleMapItem {
+  String word;
+
+  WordItem(String word) {
+    this.word = word;
+  }
+
+  void draw() {
+    fill(255);
+    rect(x, y, w, h);
+
+    fill(0);
+    if (w > textWidth(word) + 6) {
+      if (h > textAscent() + 6) {
+        textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+        text(word, x + w/2, y + h/2);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/WordMap.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/WordMap.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..157dd51d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/WordMap.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class WordMap extends SimpleMapModel {    
+  HashMap words;
+    
+  WordMap() {
+    words = new HashMap();
+  }
+    
+  void addWord(String word) {
+    WordItem item = (WordItem) words.get(word);
+    if (item == null) {
+      item = new WordItem(word);
+      words.put(word, item);
+    }
+    item.incrementSize();
+  }
+    
+  void finishAdd() {
+    items = new WordItem[words.size()];
+    words.values().toArray(items);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/data/equator.txt b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/data/equator.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d65650116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/data/equator.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,194700 @@
+produced
+by
+david
+widger
+following
+the
+equator
+a
+journey
+around
+the
+world
+by
+mark
+twain
+samuel
+l
+clemens
+hartford
+connecticut
+this
+book
+is
+affectionately
+inscribed
+to
+my
+young
+friend
+harry
+rogers
+with
+recognition
+of
+what
+he
+is
+and
+apprehension
+of
+what
+he
+may
+become
+unless
+he
+form
+himself
+a
+little
+more
+closely
+upon
+the
+model
+of
+the
+author
+the
+pudd'nhead
+maxims
+these
+wisdoms
+are
+for
+the
+luring
+of
+youth
+toward
+high
+moral
+altitudes
+the
+author
+did
+not
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+a
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+four
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+seemed
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+mrs
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+mrs
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+once
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+at
+once
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+how
+glad
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+were
+that
+he
+was
+come
+and
+how
+fortunate
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+was
+and
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+said
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+looks
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+an
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+his
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+at
+such
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+but
+let
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+with
+such
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+sent
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+on
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+they
+were
+all
+moved
+and
+mrs
+glossop
+said
+in
+an
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+voice
+sarah
+enderby
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+said
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+word
+in
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+this
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+no
+accident
+it
+is
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+special
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+was
+sent
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+is
+an
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+an
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+as
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+angel
+was
+an
+angel
+of
+deliverance
+i
+say
+angel
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+enderby
+and
+will
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+no
+other
+word
+don't
+let
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+one
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+say
+to
+me
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+that
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+no
+such
+thing
+as
+special
+providences
+for
+if
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+isn't
+one
+let
+them
+account
+for
+it
+that
+can
+i
+know
+it's
+so
+said
+mrs
+taylor
+fervently
+john
+brown
+i
+could
+worship
+you
+i
+could
+go
+down
+on
+my
+knees
+to
+you
+didn't
+something
+tell
+you
+didn't
+you
+feel
+that
+you
+were
+sent
+i
+could
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+the
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+your
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+was
+not
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+to
+speak
+he
+was
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+with
+shame
+and
+fright
+mrs
+taylor
+went
+on
+why
+just
+look
+at
+it
+all
+around
+julia
+glossop
+any
+person
+can
+see
+the
+hand
+of
+providence
+in
+it
+here
+at
+noon
+what
+do
+we
+see
+we
+see
+the
+smoke
+rising
+i
+speak
+up
+and
+say
+'that's
+the
+old
+people's
+cabin
+afire
+'
+didn't
+i
+julia
+glossop
+the
+very
+words
+you
+said
+nancy
+taylor
+i
+was
+as
+close
+to
+you
+as
+i
+am
+now
+and
+i
+heard
+them
+you
+may
+have
+said
+hut
+instead
+of
+cabin
+but
+in
+substance
+it's
+the
+same
+and
+you
+were
+looking
+pale
+too
+pale
+i
+was
+that
+pale
+that
+if
+why
+you
+just
+compare
+it
+with
+this
+laprobe
+then
+the
+next
+thing
+i
+said
+was
+'mary
+taylor
+tell
+the
+hired
+man
+to
+rig
+up
+the
+team
+we'll
+go
+to
+the
+rescue
+'
+and
+she
+said
+'mother
+don't
+you
+know
+you
+told
+him
+he
+could
+drive
+to
+see
+his
+people
+and
+stay
+over
+sunday
+'
+and
+it
+was
+just
+so
+i
+declare
+for
+it
+i
+had
+forgotten
+it
+'then
+'
+said
+i
+'we'll
+go
+afoot
+'
+and
+go
+we
+did
+and
+found
+sarah
+enderby
+on
+the
+road
+and
+we
+all
+went
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+said
+mrs
+enderby
+and
+found
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+set
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+to
+and
+burnt
+down
+by
+the
+crazy
+one
+and
+the
+poor
+old
+things
+so
+old
+and
+feeble
+that
+they
+couldn't
+go
+afoot
+and
+we
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+them
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+place
+and
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+could
+and
+began
+to
+wonder
+which
+way
+to
+turn
+to
+find
+some
+way
+to
+get
+them
+conveyed
+to
+nancy
+taylor's
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+and
+i
+spoke
+up
+and
+said
+now
+what
+did
+i
+say
+didn't
+i
+say
+'providence
+will
+provide'
+why
+sure
+as
+you
+live
+so
+you
+did!
+i
+had
+forgotten
+it
+so
+had
+i
+said
+mrs
+glossop
+and
+mrs
+taylor
+but
+you
+certainly
+said
+it
+now
+wasn't
+that
+remarkable
+yes
+i
+said
+it
+and
+then
+we
+went
+to
+mr
+moseley's
+two
+miles
+and
+all
+of
+them
+were
+gone
+to
+the
+camp
+meeting
+over
+on
+stony
+fork
+and
+then
+we
+came
+all
+the
+way
+back
+two
+miles
+and
+then
+here
+another
+mile
+and
+providence
+has
+provided
+you
+see
+it
+yourselves
+they
+gazed
+at
+each
+other
+awe
+struck
+and
+lifted
+their
+hands
+and
+said
+in
+unison
+it's
+per
+fectly
+wonderful
+and
+then
+said
+mrs
+glossop
+what
+do
+you
+think
+we
+had
+better
+do
+let
+mr
+brown
+drive
+the
+old
+people
+to
+nancy
+taylor's
+one
+at
+a
+time
+or
+put
+both
+of
+them
+in
+the
+buggy
+and
+him
+lead
+the
+horse
+brown
+gasped
+now
+then
+that's
+a
+question
+said
+mrs
+enderby
+you
+see
+we
+are
+all
+tired
+out
+and
+any
+way
+we
+fix
+it
+it's
+going
+to
+be
+difficult
+for
+if
+mr
+brown
+takes
+both
+of
+them
+at
+least
+one
+of
+us
+must
+go
+back
+to
+help
+him
+for
+he
+can't
+load
+them
+into
+the
+buggy
+by
+himself
+and
+they
+so
+helpless
+that
+is
+so
+said
+mrs
+taylor
+it
+doesn't
+look
+oh
+how
+would
+this
+do
+one
+of
+us
+drive
+there
+with
+mr
+brown
+and
+the
+rest
+of
+you
+go
+along
+to
+my
+house
+and
+get
+things
+ready
+i'll
+go
+with
+him
+he
+and
+i
+together
+can
+lift
+one
+of
+the
+old
+people
+into
+the
+buggy
+then
+drive
+her
+to
+my
+house
+and
+but
+who
+will
+take
+care
+of
+the
+other
+one
+said
+mrs
+enderby
+we
+musn't
+leave
+her
+there
+in
+the
+woods
+alone
+you
+know
+especially
+the
+crazy
+one
+there
+and
+back
+is
+eight
+miles
+you
+see
+they
+had
+all
+been
+sitting
+on
+the
+grass
+beside
+the
+buggy
+for
+a
+while
+now
+trying
+to
+rest
+their
+weary
+bodies
+they
+fell
+silent
+a
+moment
+or
+two
+and
+struggled
+in
+thought
+over
+the
+baffling
+situation
+then
+mrs
+enderby
+brightened
+and
+said
+i
+think
+i've
+got
+the
+idea
+now
+you
+see
+we
+can't
+walk
+any
+more
+think
+what
+we've
+done
+four
+miles
+there
+two
+to
+moseley's
+is
+six
+then
+back
+to
+here
+nine
+miles
+since
+noon
+and
+not
+a
+bite
+to
+eat
+i
+declare
+i
+don't
+see
+how
+we've
+done
+it
+and
+as
+for
+me
+i
+am
+just
+famishing
+now
+somebody's
+got
+to
+go
+back
+to
+help
+mr
+brown
+there's
+no
+getting
+mound
+that
+but
+whoever
+goes
+has
+got
+to
+ride
+not
+walk
+so
+my
+idea
+is
+this
+one
+of
+us
+to
+ride
+back
+with
+mr
+brown
+then
+ride
+to
+nancy
+taylor's
+house
+with
+one
+of
+the
+old
+people
+leaving
+mr
+brown
+to
+keep
+the
+other
+old
+one
+company
+you
+all
+to
+go
+now
+to
+nancy's
+and
+rest
+and
+wait
+then
+one
+of
+you
+drive
+back
+and
+get
+the
+other
+one
+and
+drive
+her
+to
+nancy's
+and
+mr
+brown
+walk
+splendid!
+they
+all
+cried
+oh
+that
+will
+do
+that
+will
+answer
+perfectly
+and
+they
+all
+said
+that
+mrs
+enderby
+had
+the
+best
+head
+for
+planning
+in
+the
+company
+and
+they
+said
+that
+they
+wondered
+that
+they
+hadn't
+thought
+of
+this
+simple
+plan
+themselves
+they
+hadn't
+meant
+to
+take
+back
+the
+compliment
+good
+simple
+souls
+and
+didn't
+know
+they
+had
+done
+it
+after
+a
+consultation
+it
+was
+decided
+that
+mrs
+enderby
+should
+drive
+back
+with
+brown
+she
+being
+entitled
+to
+the
+distinction
+because
+she
+had
+invented
+the
+plan
+everything
+now
+being
+satisfactorily
+arranged
+and
+settled
+the
+ladies
+rose
+relieved
+and
+happy
+and
+brushed
+down
+their
+gowns
+and
+three
+of
+them
+started
+homeward
+mrs
+enderby
+set
+her
+foot
+on
+the
+buggy
+step
+and
+was
+about
+to
+climb
+in
+when
+brown
+found
+a
+remnant
+of
+his
+voice
+and
+gasped
+out
+please
+mrs
+enderby
+call
+them
+back
+i
+am
+very
+weak
+i
+can't
+walk
+i
+can't
+indeed
+why
+dear
+mr
+brown!
+you
+do
+look
+pale
+i
+am
+ashamed
+of
+myself
+that
+i
+didn't
+notice
+it
+sooner
+come
+back
+all
+of
+you!
+mr
+brown
+is
+not
+well
+is
+there
+anything
+i
+can
+do
+for
+you
+mr
+brown
+i'm
+real
+sorry
+are
+you
+in
+pain
+no
+madam
+only
+weak
+i
+am
+not
+sick
+but
+only
+just
+weak
+lately
+not
+long
+but
+just
+lately
+the
+others
+came
+back
+and
+poured
+out
+their
+sympathies
+and
+commiserations
+and
+were
+full
+of
+self
+reproaches
+for
+not
+having
+noticed
+how
+pale
+he
+was
+and
+they
+at
+once
+struck
+out
+a
+new
+plan
+and
+soon
+agreed
+that
+it
+was
+by
+far
+the
+best
+of
+all
+they
+would
+all
+go
+to
+nancy
+taylor's
+house
+and
+see
+to
+brown's
+needs
+first
+he
+could
+lie
+on
+the
+sofa
+in
+the
+parlor
+and
+while
+mrs
+taylor
+and
+mary
+took
+care
+of
+him
+the
+other
+two
+ladies
+would
+take
+the
+buggy
+and
+go
+and
+get
+one
+of
+the
+old
+people
+and
+leave
+one
+of
+themselves
+with
+the
+other
+one
+and
+by
+this
+time
+without
+any
+solicitation
+they
+were
+at
+the
+horse's
+head
+and
+were
+beginning
+to
+turn
+him
+around
+the
+danger
+was
+imminent
+but
+brown
+found
+his
+voice
+again
+and
+saved
+himself
+he
+said
+but
+ladies
+you
+are
+overlooking
+something
+which
+makes
+the
+plan
+impracticable
+you
+see
+if
+you
+bring
+one
+of
+them
+home
+and
+one
+remains
+behind
+with
+the
+other
+there
+will
+be
+three
+persons
+there
+when
+one
+of
+you
+comes
+back
+for
+that
+other
+for
+some
+one
+must
+drive
+the
+buggy
+back
+and
+three
+can't
+come
+home
+in
+it
+they
+all
+exclaimed
+why
+sure
+ly
+that
+is
+so!
+and
+they
+were
+all
+perplexed
+again
+dear
+dear
+what
+can
+we
+do
+said
+mrs
+glossop
+it
+is
+the
+most
+mixed
+up
+thing
+that
+ever
+was
+the
+fox
+and
+the
+goose
+and
+the
+corn
+and
+things
+oh
+dear
+they
+are
+nothing
+to
+it
+they
+sat
+wearily
+down
+once
+more
+to
+further
+torture
+their
+tormented
+heads
+for
+a
+plan
+that
+would
+work
+presently
+mary
+offered
+a
+plan
+it
+was
+her
+first
+effort
+she
+said
+i
+am
+young
+and
+strong
+and
+am
+refreshed
+now
+take
+mr
+brown
+to
+our
+house
+and
+give
+him
+help
+you
+see
+how
+plainly
+he
+needs
+it
+i
+will
+go
+back
+and
+take
+care
+of
+the
+old
+people
+i
+can
+be
+there
+in
+twenty
+minutes
+you
+can
+go
+on
+and
+do
+what
+you
+first
+started
+to
+do
+wait
+on
+the
+main
+road
+at
+our
+house
+until
+somebody
+comes
+along
+with
+a
+wagon
+then
+send
+and
+bring
+away
+the
+three
+of
+us
+you
+won't
+have
+to
+wait
+long
+the
+farmers
+will
+soon
+be
+coming
+back
+from
+town
+now
+i
+will
+keep
+old
+polly
+patient
+and
+cheered
+up
+the
+crazy
+one
+doesn't
+need
+it
+this
+plan
+was
+discussed
+and
+accepted
+it
+seemed
+the
+best
+that
+could
+be
+done
+in
+the
+circumstances
+and
+the
+old
+people
+must
+be
+getting
+discouraged
+by
+this
+time
+brown
+felt
+relieved
+and
+was
+deeply
+thankful
+let
+him
+once
+get
+to
+the
+main
+road
+and
+he
+would
+find
+a
+way
+to
+escape
+then
+mrs
+taylor
+said
+the
+evening
+chill
+will
+be
+coming
+on
+pretty
+soon
+and
+those
+poor
+old
+burnt
+out
+things
+will
+need
+some
+kind
+of
+covering
+take
+the
+lap
+robe
+with
+you
+dear
+very
+well
+mother
+i
+will
+she
+stepped
+to
+the
+buggy
+and
+put
+out
+her
+hand
+to
+take
+it
+that
+was
+the
+end
+of
+the
+tale
+the
+passenger
+who
+told
+it
+said
+that
+when
+he
+read
+the
+story
+twenty
+five
+years
+ago
+in
+a
+train
+he
+was
+interrupted
+at
+that
+point
+the
+train
+jumped
+off
+a
+bridge
+at
+first
+we
+thought
+we
+could
+finish
+the
+story
+quite
+easily
+and
+we
+set
+to
+work
+with
+confidence
+but
+it
+soon
+began
+to
+appear
+that
+it
+was
+not
+a
+simple
+thing
+but
+difficult
+and
+baffling
+this
+was
+on
+account
+of
+brown's
+character
+great
+generosity
+and
+kindliness
+but
+complicated
+with
+unusual
+shyness
+and
+diffidence
+particularly
+in
+the
+presence
+of
+ladies
+there
+was
+his
+love
+for
+mary
+in
+a
+hopeful
+state
+but
+not
+yet
+secure
+just
+in
+a
+condition
+indeed
+where
+its
+affair
+must
+be
+handled
+with
+great
+tact
+and
+no
+mistakes
+made
+no
+offense
+given
+and
+there
+was
+the
+mother
+wavering
+half
+willing
+by
+adroit
+and
+flawless
+diplomacy
+to
+be
+won
+over
+now
+or
+perhaps
+never
+at
+all
+also
+there
+were
+the
+helpless
+old
+people
+yonder
+in
+the
+woods
+waiting
+their
+fate
+and
+brown's
+happiness
+to
+be
+determined
+by
+what
+brown
+should
+do
+within
+the
+next
+two
+seconds
+mary
+was
+reaching
+for
+the
+lap
+robe
+brown
+must
+decide
+there
+was
+no
+time
+to
+be
+lost
+of
+course
+none
+but
+a
+happy
+ending
+of
+the
+story
+would
+be
+accepted
+by
+the
+jury
+the
+finish
+must
+find
+brown
+in
+high
+credit
+with
+the
+ladies
+his
+behavior
+without
+blemish
+his
+modesty
+unwounded
+his
+character
+for
+self
+sacrifice
+maintained
+the
+old
+people
+rescued
+through
+him
+their
+benefactor
+all
+the
+party
+proud
+of
+him
+happy
+in
+him
+his
+praises
+on
+all
+their
+tongues
+we
+tried
+to
+arrange
+this
+but
+it
+was
+beset
+with
+persistent
+and
+irreconcilable
+difficulties
+we
+saw
+that
+brown's
+shyness
+would
+not
+allow
+him
+to
+give
+up
+the
+lap
+robe
+this
+would
+offend
+mary
+and
+her
+mother
+and
+it
+would
+surprise
+the
+other
+ladies
+partly
+because
+this
+stinginess
+toward
+the
+suffering
+old
+people
+would
+be
+out
+of
+character
+with
+brown
+and
+partly
+because
+he
+was
+a
+special
+providence
+and
+could
+not
+properly
+act
+so
+if
+asked
+to
+explain
+his
+conduct
+his
+shyness
+would
+not
+allow
+him
+to
+tell
+the
+truth
+and
+lack
+of
+invention
+and
+practice
+would
+find
+him
+incapable
+of
+contriving
+a
+lie
+that
+would
+wash
+we
+worked
+at
+the
+troublesome
+problem
+until
+three
+in
+the
+morning
+meantime
+mary
+was
+still
+reaching
+for
+the
+lap
+robe
+we
+gave
+it
+up
+and
+decided
+to
+let
+her
+continue
+to
+reach
+it
+is
+the
+reader's
+privilege
+to
+determine
+for
+himself
+how
+the
+thing
+came
+out
+chapter
+iii
+it
+is
+more
+trouble
+to
+make
+a
+maxim
+than
+it
+is
+to
+do
+right
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+on
+the
+seventh
+day
+out
+we
+saw
+a
+dim
+vast
+bulk
+standing
+up
+out
+of
+the
+wastes
+of
+the
+pacific
+and
+knew
+that
+that
+spectral
+promontory
+was
+diamond
+head
+a
+piece
+of
+this
+world
+which
+i
+had
+not
+seen
+before
+for
+twenty
+nine
+years
+so
+we
+were
+nearing
+honolulu
+the
+capital
+city
+of
+the
+sandwich
+islands
+those
+islands
+which
+to
+me
+were
+paradise
+a
+paradise
+which
+i
+had
+been
+longing
+all
+those
+years
+to
+see
+again
+not
+any
+other
+thing
+in
+the
+world
+could
+have
+stirred
+me
+as
+the
+sight
+of
+that
+great
+rock
+did
+in
+the
+night
+we
+anchored
+a
+mile
+from
+shore
+through
+my
+port
+i
+could
+see
+the
+twinkling
+lights
+of
+honolulu
+and
+the
+dark
+bulk
+of
+the
+mountain
+range
+that
+stretched
+away
+right
+and
+left
+i
+could
+not
+make
+out
+the
+beautiful
+nuuana
+valley
+but
+i
+knew
+where
+it
+lay
+and
+remembered
+how
+it
+used
+to
+look
+in
+the
+old
+times
+we
+used
+to
+ride
+up
+it
+on
+horseback
+in
+those
+days
+we
+young
+people
+and
+branch
+off
+and
+gather
+bones
+in
+a
+sandy
+region
+where
+one
+of
+the
+first
+kamehameha's
+battles
+was
+fought
+he
+was
+a
+remarkable
+man
+for
+a
+king
+and
+he
+was
+also
+a
+remarkable
+man
+for
+a
+savage
+he
+was
+a
+mere
+kinglet
+and
+of
+little
+or
+no
+consequence
+at
+the
+time
+of
+captain
+cook's
+arrival
+in
+1788
+but
+about
+four
+years
+afterward
+he
+conceived
+the
+idea
+of
+enlarging
+his
+sphere
+of
+influence
+that
+is
+a
+courteous
+modern
+phrase
+which
+means
+robbing
+your
+neighbor
+for
+your
+neighbor's
+benefit
+and
+the
+great
+theater
+of
+its
+benevolences
+is
+africa
+kamehameha
+went
+to
+war
+and
+in
+the
+course
+of
+ten
+years
+he
+whipped
+out
+all
+the
+other
+kings
+and
+made
+himself
+master
+of
+every
+one
+of
+the
+nine
+or
+ten
+islands
+that
+form
+the
+group
+but
+he
+did
+more
+than
+that
+he
+bought
+ships
+freighted
+them
+with
+sandal
+wood
+and
+other
+native
+products
+and
+sent
+them
+as
+far
+as
+south
+america
+and
+china
+he
+sold
+to
+his
+savages
+the
+foreign
+stuffs
+and
+tools
+and
+utensils
+which
+came
+back
+in
+these
+ships
+and
+started
+the
+march
+of
+civilization
+it
+is
+doubtful
+if
+the
+match
+to
+this
+extraordinary
+thing
+is
+to
+be
+found
+in
+the
+history
+of
+any
+other
+savage
+savages
+are
+eager
+to
+learn
+from
+the
+white
+man
+any
+new
+way
+to
+kill
+each
+other
+but
+it
+is
+not
+their
+habit
+to
+seize
+with
+avidity
+and
+apply
+with
+energy
+the
+larger
+and
+nobler
+ideas
+which
+he
+offers
+them
+the
+details
+of
+kamehameha's
+history
+show
+that
+he
+was
+always
+hospitably
+ready
+to
+examine
+the
+white
+man's
+ideas
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+that
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+of
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+a
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+many
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+any
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+and
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+new
+one
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+and
+we
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+sent
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+by
+the
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+an
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+him
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+on
+to
+the
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+islands
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+the
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+him
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+common
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+the
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+thousand
+years
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+drawing
+to
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+the
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+the
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+his
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+the
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+of
+the
+globe
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+either
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+of
+the
+slave
+driver
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+the
+rack
+of
+the
+executioner
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+the
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+the
+west
+the
+frightful
+gangrene
+of
+an
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+race
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+to
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+the
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+of
+the
+family
+of
+japhet
+in
+the
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+as
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+uniting
+with
+not
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+the
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+whom
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+race
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+etc
+and
+he
+closes
+his
+vision
+with
+an
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+from
+thomson
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+the
+car
+of
+time
+and
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+clime
+to
+clime
+very
+well
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+has
+arrived
+you
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+with
+her
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+and
+her
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+and
+her
+umbrella
+and
+her
+third
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+profanity
+and
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+destroying
+machinery
+and
+her
+hundred
+and
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+death
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+and
+everything
+is
+going
+along
+just
+as
+handsome!
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+an
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+shell
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+isn't
+however
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+far
+as
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+the
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+hadn't
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+up
+right
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+warships
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+be
+upon
+him
+to
+protect
+his
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+this
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+the
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+many
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+a
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+the
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+him
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+1804
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+and
+ammunition
+with
+them
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+like
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+and
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+and
+sober
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+had
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+use
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+achieved
+the
+sovereignty
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+archipelago
+twenty
+seven
+kings
+and
+each
+with
+eight
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+nine
+islands
+under
+his
+scepter
+but
+nothing
+came
+of
+this
+chance
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+sin
+and
+luxury
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+died
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+honor
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+most
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+by
+violence
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+any
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+was
+an
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+to
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+a
+family
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+fifty
+children
+and
+scored
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+it
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+a
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+of
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+a
+father
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+been
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+with
+forty
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+is
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+their
+heads
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+an
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+a
+doctrine
+of
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+their
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+limitations
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+is
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+otherwise
+they
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+the
+line
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+thought
+that
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+doctrine
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+too
+sweeping
+too
+comprehensive
+they
+called
+his
+attention
+to
+certain
+facts
+for
+instance
+many
+of
+their
+friends
+had
+been
+devoured
+by
+sharks
+the
+sharks
+in
+their
+turn
+were
+caught
+and
+eaten
+by
+other
+men
+later
+these
+men
+were
+captured
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+war
+and
+eaten
+by
+the
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+the
+original
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+had
+entered
+into
+the
+composition
+of
+the
+sharks
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+they
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+the
+sharks
+had
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+part
+of
+the
+flesh
+and
+blood
+and
+bone
+of
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+cannibals
+how
+then
+could
+the
+particles
+of
+the
+original
+men
+be
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+from
+the
+final
+conglomerate
+and
+put
+together
+again
+the
+inquirers
+were
+full
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+doubts
+and
+considered
+that
+the
+missionary
+had
+not
+examined
+the
+matter
+with
+the
+gravity
+and
+attention
+which
+so
+serious
+a
+thing
+deserved
+the
+missionary
+taught
+these
+exacting
+savages
+many
+valuable
+things
+and
+got
+from
+them
+one
+a
+very
+dainty
+and
+poetical
+idea
+those
+wild
+and
+ignorant
+poor
+children
+of
+nature
+believed
+that
+the
+flowers
+after
+they
+perish
+rise
+on
+the
+winds
+and
+float
+away
+to
+the
+fair
+fields
+of
+heaven
+and
+flourish
+there
+forever
+in
+immortal
+beauty!
+chapter
+viii
+it
+could
+probably
+be
+shown
+by
+facts
+and
+figures
+that
+there
+is
+no
+distinctly
+native
+american
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+class
+except
+congress
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+when
+one
+glances
+at
+the
+map
+the
+members
+of
+the
+stupendous
+island
+wilderness
+of
+the
+pacific
+seem
+to
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+upon
+each
+other
+but
+no
+there
+is
+no
+crowding
+even
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+the
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+of
+a
+group
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+between
+groups
+there
+are
+lonely
+wide
+deserts
+of
+sea
+not
+everything
+is
+known
+about
+the
+islands
+their
+peoples
+and
+their
+languages
+a
+startling
+reminder
+of
+this
+is
+furnished
+by
+the
+fact
+that
+in
+fiji
+twenty
+years
+ago
+were
+living
+two
+strange
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+solitary
+beings
+who
+came
+from
+an
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+country
+and
+spoke
+an
+unknown
+language
+they
+were
+picked
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+by
+a
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+vessel
+many
+hundreds
+of
+miles
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+any
+known
+land
+floating
+in
+the
+same
+tiny
+canoe
+in
+which
+they
+had
+been
+blown
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+to
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+when
+found
+they
+were
+but
+skin
+and
+bone
+no
+one
+could
+understand
+what
+they
+said
+and
+they
+have
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+their
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+if
+they
+have
+the
+name
+does
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+correspond
+with
+that
+of
+any
+island
+on
+any
+chart
+they
+are
+now
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+and
+sleek
+and
+as
+happy
+as
+the
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+is
+long
+in
+the
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+there
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+the
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+which
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+and
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+their
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+homes
+[forbes's
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+years
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+fiji
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+what
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+and
+how
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+tortured
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+curiosity
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+those
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+their
+lost
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+wandering
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+beauty
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+for
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+and
+for
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+for
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+to
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+we
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+refreshed
+the
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+the
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+new
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+his
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+an
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+then
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+which
+were
+above
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+some
+of
+us
+they
+were
+pretty
+sure
+to
+be
+above
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+but
+as
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+was
+quite
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+explain
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+a
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+a
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+gave
+it
+value
+his
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+and
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+australasia
+and
+their
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+my
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+him
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+that
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+the
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+and
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+far
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+the
+facts
+he
+told
+me
+that
+the
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+bred
+so
+wonderfully
+that
+within
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+were
+so
+thick
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+the
+land
+that
+people
+had
+to
+dig
+trenches
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+them
+to
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+from
+town
+to
+town
+he
+told
+me
+a
+great
+deal
+about
+worms
+and
+the
+kangaroo
+and
+other
+coleoptera
+and
+said
+he
+knew
+the
+history
+and
+ways
+of
+all
+such
+pachydermata
+he
+said
+the
+kangaroo
+had
+pockets
+and
+carried
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+them
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+it
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+and
+he
+said
+that
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+as
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+looked
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+and
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+at
+all
+but
+just
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+and
+that
+the
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+dingo
+and
+a
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+was
+that
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+they
+were
+just
+the
+same
+he
+said
+that
+the
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+australia
+was
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+and
+the
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+song
+bird
+the
+larrikin
+and
+that
+both
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+by
+government
+the
+most
+beautiful
+of
+the
+native
+birds
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+the
+bird
+of
+paradise
+next
+came
+the
+two
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+of
+lyres
+not
+spelt
+the
+same
+he
+said
+the
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+was
+dying
+out
+the
+other
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+he
+explained
+that
+the
+sundowner
+was
+not
+a
+bird
+it
+was
+a
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+sundowner
+was
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+the
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+equivalent
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+our
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+a
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+a
+hard
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+and
+a
+sponge
+he
+tramps
+across
+the
+country
+in
+the
+sheep
+shearing
+season
+pretending
+to
+look
+for
+work
+but
+he
+always
+times
+himself
+to
+arrive
+at
+a
+sheep
+run
+just
+at
+sundown
+when
+the
+day's
+labor
+ends
+all
+he
+wants
+is
+whisky
+and
+supper
+and
+bed
+and
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+he
+gets
+them
+and
+then
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+the
+naturalist
+spoke
+of
+the
+bell
+bird
+the
+creature
+that
+at
+short
+intervals
+all
+day
+rings
+out
+its
+mellow
+and
+exquisite
+peal
+from
+the
+deeps
+of
+the
+forest
+it
+is
+the
+favorite
+and
+best
+friend
+of
+the
+weary
+and
+thirsty
+sundowner
+for
+he
+knows
+that
+wherever
+the
+bell
+bird
+is
+there
+is
+water
+and
+he
+goes
+somewhere
+else
+the
+naturalist
+said
+that
+the
+oddest
+bird
+in
+australasia
+was
+the
+laughing
+jackass
+and
+the
+biggest
+the
+now
+extinct
+great
+moa
+the
+moa
+stood
+thirteen
+feet
+high
+and
+could
+step
+over
+an
+ordinary
+man's
+head
+or
+kick
+his
+hat
+off
+and
+his
+head
+too
+for
+that
+matter
+he
+said
+it
+was
+wingless
+but
+a
+swift
+runner
+the
+natives
+used
+to
+ride
+it
+it
+could
+make
+forty
+miles
+an
+hour
+and
+keep
+it
+up
+for
+four
+hundred
+miles
+and
+come
+out
+reasonably
+fresh
+it
+was
+still
+in
+existence
+when
+the
+railway
+was
+introduced
+into
+new
+zealand
+still
+in
+existence
+and
+carrying
+the
+mails
+the
+railroad
+began
+with
+the
+same
+schedule
+it
+has
+now
+two
+expresses
+a
+week
+time
+twenty
+miles
+an
+hour
+the
+company
+exterminated
+the
+moa
+to
+get
+the
+mails
+speaking
+of
+the
+indigenous
+coneys
+and
+bactrian
+camels
+the
+naturalist
+said
+that
+the
+coniferous
+and
+bacteriological
+output
+of
+australasia
+was
+remarkable
+for
+its
+many
+and
+curious
+departures
+from
+the
+accepted
+laws
+governing
+these
+species
+of
+tubercles
+but
+that
+in
+his
+opinion
+nature's
+fondness
+for
+dabbling
+in
+the
+erratic
+was
+most
+notably
+exhibited
+in
+that
+curious
+combination
+of
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+fish
+amphibian
+burrower
+crawler
+quadruped
+and
+christian
+called
+the
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+grotesquest
+of
+animals
+king
+of
+the
+animalculae
+of
+the
+world
+for
+versatility
+of
+character
+and
+make
+up
+said
+he
+you
+can
+call
+it
+anything
+you
+want
+to
+and
+be
+right
+it
+is
+a
+fish
+for
+it
+lives
+in
+the
+river
+half
+the
+time
+it
+is
+a
+land
+animal
+for
+it
+resides
+on
+the
+land
+half
+the
+time
+it
+is
+an
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+it
+likes
+both
+and
+does
+not
+know
+which
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+prefers
+it
+is
+a
+hybernian
+for
+when
+times
+are
+dull
+and
+nothing
+much
+going
+on
+it
+buries
+itself
+under
+the
+mud
+at
+the
+bottom
+of
+a
+puddle
+and
+hybernates
+there
+a
+couple
+of
+weeks
+at
+a
+time
+it
+is
+a
+kind
+of
+duck
+for
+it
+has
+a
+duck
+bill
+and
+four
+webbed
+paddles
+it
+is
+a
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+and
+quadruped
+together
+for
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+the
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+it
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+the
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+food
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+heaven
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+the
+earth
+mingled
+their
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+rose
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+the
+mountain
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+the
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+a
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+beast
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+could
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+ever
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+the
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+staked
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+i
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+such
+expressions
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+all
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+invertebrates
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+hundreds
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+that
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+old
+level
+in
+africa's
+new
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+to
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+and
+shade
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+into
+new
+forms
+and
+families
+and
+species
+but
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+as
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+this
+day
+in
+the
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+the
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+detail
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+at
+last
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+a
+bird
+or
+a
+beast
+or
+a
+seal
+or
+an
+otter
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+africa
+you
+know
+that
+he
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+merely
+a
+sorry
+surviving
+fragment
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+that
+sublime
+original
+of
+whom
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+nothing
+in
+particular
+the
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+endowed
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+pluribus
+unum'
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+the
+animal
+world
+such
+is
+the
+history
+of
+the
+most
+hoary
+the
+most
+ancient
+the
+most
+venerable
+creature
+that
+exists
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+the
+earth
+today
+ornithorhynchus
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+god
+preserve!
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+he
+was
+strongly
+moved
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+could
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+soar
+like
+that
+with
+ease
+and
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+in
+the
+prose
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+but
+in
+the
+poetical
+as
+well
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+had
+written
+many
+pieces
+of
+poetry
+in
+his
+time
+and
+these
+manuscripts
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+lent
+around
+among
+the
+passengers
+and
+was
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+to
+let
+them
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+copied
+it
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+to
+me
+that
+the
+least
+technical
+one
+in
+the
+series
+and
+the
+one
+which
+reached
+the
+loftiest
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+couch
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+ornithorhynchus
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+and
+greet
+with
+a
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+thy
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+the
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+bone
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+beast
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+teeth
+where
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+the
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+as
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+a
+vanished
+time
+when
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+immortalized
+in
+lime!
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+no
+poet
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+a
+conscious
+plagiarist
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+there
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+warrant
+for
+suspecting
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+there
+is
+no
+poet
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+at
+one
+time
+or
+another
+an
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+one
+the
+above
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+are
+indeed
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+and
+in
+a
+way
+touching
+but
+there
+is
+a
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+about
+them
+which
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+the
+sweet
+singer
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+that
+the
+author
+had
+read
+the
+works
+of
+that
+poet
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+them
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+any
+phrase
+but
+the
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+and
+swing
+and
+mastery
+and
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+of
+the
+sweet
+singer
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+are
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+compare
+this
+invocation
+with
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+dutton
+particularly
+stanzas
+first
+and
+seventeenth
+and
+i
+think
+the
+reader
+will
+feel
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+that
+he
+who
+wrote
+the
+one
+had
+read
+the
+other
+i
+frank
+dutton
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+lad
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+ever
+you
+wish
+to
+see
+and
+he
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+drowned
+in
+pine
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+lake
+on
+earth
+no
+more
+will
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+be
+his
+age
+was
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+fifteen
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+and
+he
+was
+a
+motherless
+boy
+he
+was
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+he
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+poor
+boy
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+he
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+afternoon
+on
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+he
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+and
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+of
+that
+drowned
+boy
+was
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+for
+miles
+around
+his
+form
+was
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+by
+his
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+side
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+the
+cold
+cold
+ground
+his
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+him
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+a
+tear
+when
+they
+view
+his
+little
+mound
+the
+sentimental
+song
+book
+by
+mrs
+julia
+moore
+p
+36
+chapter
+ix
+it
+is
+your
+human
+environment
+that
+makes
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+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+sept
+15
+night
+close
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+now
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+50
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+note
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+the
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+were
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+to
+come
+up
+in
+the
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+and
+see
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+one
+could
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+the
+surface
+of
+the
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+about
+that
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+a
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+but
+i
+think
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+never
+saw
+him
+at
+his
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+that
+night
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+it
+has
+a
+break
+in
+the
+middle
+but
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+little
+show
+that
+even
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+sailed
+by
+it
+without
+seeing
+it
+near
+by
+that
+break
+is
+a
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+break
+which
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+it
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+his
+natural
+reserve
+is
+to
+the
+fore
+this
+has
+given
+him
+the
+false
+reputation
+of
+being
+without
+humor
+and
+without
+the
+appreciation
+of
+humor
+americans
+are
+not
+englishmen
+and
+american
+humor
+is
+not
+english
+humor
+but
+both
+the
+american
+and
+his
+humor
+had
+their
+origin
+in
+england
+and
+have
+merely
+undergone
+changes
+brought
+about
+by
+changed
+conditions
+and
+a
+new
+environment
+about
+the
+best
+humorous
+speeches
+i
+have
+yet
+heard
+were
+a
+couple
+that
+were
+made
+in
+australia
+at
+club
+suppers
+one
+of
+them
+by
+an
+englishman
+the
+other
+by
+an
+australian
+chapter
+xii
+there
+are
+those
+who
+scoff
+at
+the
+schoolboy
+calling
+him
+frivolous
+and
+shallow
+yet
+it
+was
+the
+schoolboy
+who
+said
+faith
+is
+believing
+what
+you
+know
+ain't
+so
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+in
+sydney
+i
+had
+a
+large
+dream
+and
+in
+the
+course
+of
+talk
+i
+told
+it
+to
+a
+missionary
+from
+india
+who
+was
+on
+his
+way
+to
+visit
+some
+relatives
+in
+new
+zealand
+i
+dreamed
+that
+the
+visible
+universe
+is
+the
+physical
+person
+of
+god
+that
+the
+vast
+worlds
+that
+we
+see
+twinkling
+millions
+of
+miles
+apart
+in
+the
+fields
+of
+space
+are
+the
+blood
+corpuscles
+in
+his
+veins
+and
+that
+we
+and
+the
+other
+creatures
+are
+the
+microbes
+that
+charge
+with
+multitudinous
+life
+the
+corpuscles
+mr
+x
+the
+missionary
+considered
+the
+dream
+awhile
+then
+said
+it
+is
+not
+surpassable
+for
+magnitude
+since
+its
+metes
+and
+bounds
+are
+the
+metes
+and
+bounds
+of
+the
+universe
+itself
+and
+it
+seems
+to
+me
+that
+it
+almost
+accounts
+for
+a
+thing
+which
+is
+otherwise
+nearly
+unaccountable
+the
+origin
+of
+the
+sacred
+legends
+of
+the
+hindoos
+perhaps
+they
+dream
+them
+and
+then
+honestly
+believe
+them
+to
+be
+divine
+revelations
+of
+fact
+it
+looks
+like
+that
+for
+the
+legends
+are
+built
+on
+so
+vast
+a
+scale
+that
+it
+does
+not
+seem
+reasonable
+that
+plodding
+priests
+would
+happen
+upon
+such
+colossal
+fancies
+when
+awake
+he
+told
+some
+of
+the
+legends
+and
+said
+that
+they
+were
+implicitly
+believed
+by
+all
+classes
+of
+hindoos
+including
+those
+of
+high
+social
+position
+and
+intelligence
+and
+he
+said
+that
+this
+universal
+credulity
+was
+a
+great
+hindrance
+to
+the
+missionary
+in
+his
+work
+then
+he
+said
+something
+like
+this
+at
+home
+people
+wonder
+why
+christianity
+does
+not
+make
+faster
+progress
+in
+india
+they
+hear
+that
+the
+indians
+believe
+easily
+and
+that
+they
+have
+a
+natural
+trust
+in
+miracles
+and
+give
+them
+a
+hospitable
+reception
+then
+they
+argue
+like
+this
+since
+the
+indian
+believes
+easily
+place
+christianity
+before
+them
+and
+they
+must
+believe
+confirm
+its
+truths
+by
+the
+biblical
+miracles
+and
+they
+will
+no
+longer
+doubt
+the
+natural
+deduction
+is
+that
+as
+christianity
+makes
+but
+indifferent
+progress
+in
+india
+the
+fault
+is
+with
+us
+we
+are
+not
+fortunate
+in
+presenting
+the
+doctrines
+and
+the
+miracles
+but
+the
+truth
+is
+we
+are
+not
+by
+any
+means
+so
+well
+equipped
+as
+they
+think
+we
+have
+not
+the
+easy
+task
+that
+they
+imagine
+to
+use
+a
+military
+figure
+we
+are
+sent
+against
+the
+enemy
+with
+good
+powder
+in
+our
+guns
+but
+only
+wads
+for
+bullets
+that
+is
+to
+say
+our
+miracles
+are
+not
+effective
+the
+hindoos
+do
+not
+care
+for
+them
+they
+have
+more
+extraordinary
+ones
+of
+their
+own
+all
+the
+details
+of
+their
+own
+religion
+are
+proven
+and
+established
+by
+miracles
+the
+details
+of
+ours
+must
+be
+proven
+in
+the
+same
+way
+when
+i
+first
+began
+my
+work
+in
+india
+i
+greatly
+underestimated
+the
+difficulties
+thus
+put
+upon
+my
+task
+a
+correction
+was
+not
+long
+in
+coming
+i
+thought
+as
+our
+friends
+think
+at
+home
+that
+to
+prepare
+my
+childlike
+wonder
+lovers
+to
+listen
+with
+favor
+to
+my
+grave
+message
+i
+only
+needed
+to
+charm
+the
+way
+to
+it
+with
+wonders
+marvels
+miracles
+with
+full
+confidence
+i
+told
+the
+wonders
+performed
+by
+samson
+the
+strongest
+man
+that
+had
+ever
+lived
+for
+so
+i
+called
+him
+at
+first
+i
+saw
+lively
+anticipation
+and
+strong
+interest
+in
+the
+faces
+of
+my
+people
+but
+as
+i
+moved
+along
+from
+incident
+to
+incident
+of
+the
+great
+story
+i
+was
+distressed
+to
+see
+that
+i
+was
+steadily
+losing
+the
+sympathy
+of
+my
+audience
+i
+could
+not
+understand
+it
+it
+was
+a
+surprise
+to
+me
+and
+a
+disappointment
+before
+i
+was
+through
+the
+fading
+sympathy
+had
+paled
+to
+indifference
+thence
+to
+the
+end
+the
+indifference
+remained
+i
+was
+not
+able
+to
+make
+any
+impression
+upon
+it
+a
+good
+old
+hindoo
+gentleman
+told
+me
+where
+my
+trouble
+lay
+he
+said
+'we
+hindoos
+recognize
+a
+god
+by
+the
+work
+of
+his
+hands
+we
+accept
+no
+other
+testimony
+apparently
+this
+is
+also
+the
+rule
+with
+you
+christians
+and
+we
+know
+when
+a
+man
+has
+his
+power
+from
+a
+god
+by
+the
+fact
+that
+he
+does
+things
+which
+he
+could
+not
+do
+as
+a
+man
+with
+the
+mere
+powers
+of
+a
+man
+plainly
+this
+is
+the
+christian's
+way
+also
+of
+knowing
+when
+a
+man
+is
+working
+by
+a
+god's
+power
+and
+not
+by
+his
+own
+you
+saw
+that
+there
+was
+a
+supernatural
+property
+in
+the
+hair
+of
+samson
+for
+you
+perceived
+that
+when
+his
+hair
+was
+gone
+he
+was
+as
+other
+men
+it
+is
+our
+way
+as
+i
+have
+said
+there
+are
+many
+nations
+in
+the
+world
+and
+each
+group
+of
+nations
+has
+its
+own
+gods
+and
+will
+pay
+no
+worship
+to
+the
+gods
+of
+the
+others
+each
+group
+believes
+its
+own
+gods
+to
+be
+strongest
+and
+it
+will
+not
+exchange
+them
+except
+for
+gods
+that
+shall
+be
+proven
+to
+be
+their
+superiors
+in
+power
+man
+is
+but
+a
+weak
+creature
+and
+needs
+the
+help
+of
+gods
+he
+cannot
+do
+without
+it
+shall
+he
+place
+his
+fate
+in
+the
+hands
+of
+weak
+gods
+when
+there
+may
+be
+stronger
+ones
+to
+be
+found
+that
+would
+be
+foolish
+no
+if
+he
+hear
+of
+gods
+that
+are
+stronger
+than
+his
+own
+he
+should
+not
+turn
+a
+deaf
+ear
+for
+it
+is
+not
+a
+light
+matter
+that
+is
+at
+stake
+how
+then
+shall
+he
+determine
+which
+gods
+are
+the
+stronger
+his
+own
+or
+those
+that
+preside
+over
+the
+concerns
+of
+other
+nations
+by
+comparing
+the
+known
+works
+of
+his
+own
+gods
+with
+the
+works
+of
+those
+others
+there
+is
+no
+other
+way
+now
+when
+we
+make
+this
+comparison
+we
+are
+not
+drawn
+towards
+the
+gods
+of
+any
+other
+nation
+our
+gods
+are
+shown
+by
+their
+works
+to
+be
+the
+strongest
+the
+most
+powerful
+the
+christians
+have
+but
+few
+gods
+and
+they
+are
+new
+new
+and
+not
+strong
+as
+it
+seems
+to
+us
+they
+will
+increase
+in
+number
+it
+is
+true
+for
+this
+has
+happened
+with
+all
+gods
+but
+that
+time
+is
+far
+away
+many
+ages
+and
+decades
+of
+ages
+away
+for
+gods
+multiply
+slowly
+as
+is
+meet
+for
+beings
+to
+whom
+a
+thousand
+years
+is
+but
+a
+single
+moment
+our
+own
+gods
+have
+been
+born
+millions
+of
+years
+apart
+the
+process
+is
+slow
+the
+gathering
+of
+strength
+and
+power
+is
+similarly
+slow
+in
+the
+slow
+lapse
+of
+the
+ages
+the
+steadily
+accumulating
+power
+of
+our
+gods
+has
+at
+last
+become
+prodigious
+we
+have
+a
+thousand
+proofs
+of
+this
+in
+the
+colossal
+character
+of
+their
+personal
+acts
+and
+the
+acts
+of
+ordinary
+men
+to
+whom
+they
+have
+given
+supernatural
+qualities
+to
+your
+samson
+was
+given
+supernatural
+power
+and
+when
+he
+broke
+the
+withes
+and
+slew
+the
+thousands
+with
+the
+jawbone
+of
+an
+ass
+and
+carried
+away
+the
+gate's
+of
+the
+city
+upon
+his
+shoulders
+you
+were
+amazed
+and
+also
+awed
+for
+you
+recognized
+the
+divine
+source
+of
+his
+strength
+but
+it
+could
+not
+profit
+to
+place
+these
+things
+before
+your
+hindoo
+congregation
+and
+invite
+their
+wonder
+for
+they
+would
+compare
+them
+with
+the
+deed
+done
+by
+hanuman
+when
+our
+gods
+infused
+their
+divine
+strength
+into
+his
+muscles
+and
+they
+would
+be
+indifferent
+to
+them
+as
+you
+saw
+in
+the
+old
+old
+times
+ages
+and
+ages
+gone
+by
+when
+our
+god
+rama
+was
+warring
+with
+the
+demon
+god
+of
+ceylon
+rama
+bethought
+him
+to
+bridge
+the
+sea
+and
+connect
+ceylon
+with
+india
+so
+that
+his
+armies
+might
+pass
+easily
+over
+and
+he
+sent
+his
+general
+hanuman
+inspired
+like
+your
+own
+samson
+with
+divine
+strength
+to
+bring
+the
+materials
+for
+the
+bridge
+in
+two
+days
+hanuman
+strode
+fifteen
+hundred
+miles
+to
+the
+himalayas
+and
+took
+upon
+his
+shoulder
+a
+range
+of
+those
+lofty
+mountains
+two
+hundred
+miles
+long
+and
+started
+with
+it
+toward
+ceylon
+it
+was
+in
+the
+night
+and
+as
+he
+passed
+along
+the
+plain
+the
+people
+of
+govardhun
+heard
+the
+thunder
+of
+his
+tread
+and
+felt
+the
+earth
+rocking
+under
+it
+and
+they
+ran
+out
+and
+there
+with
+their
+snowy
+summits
+piled
+to
+heaven
+they
+saw
+the
+himalayas
+passing
+by
+and
+as
+this
+huge
+continent
+swept
+along
+overshadowing
+the
+earth
+upon
+its
+slopes
+they
+discerned
+the
+twinkling
+lights
+of
+a
+thousand
+sleeping
+villages
+and
+it
+was
+as
+if
+the
+constellations
+were
+filing
+in
+procession
+through
+the
+sky
+while
+they
+were
+looking
+hanuman
+stumbled
+and
+a
+small
+ridge
+of
+red
+sandstone
+twenty
+miles
+long
+was
+jolted
+loose
+and
+fell
+half
+of
+its
+length
+has
+wasted
+away
+in
+the
+course
+of
+the
+ages
+but
+the
+other
+ten
+miles
+of
+it
+remain
+in
+the
+plain
+by
+govardhun
+to
+this
+day
+as
+proof
+of
+the
+might
+of
+the
+inspiration
+of
+our
+gods
+you
+must
+know
+yourself
+that
+hanuman
+could
+not
+have
+carried
+those
+mountains
+to
+ceylon
+except
+by
+the
+strength
+of
+the
+gods
+you
+know
+that
+it
+was
+not
+done
+by
+his
+own
+strength
+therefore
+you
+know
+that
+it
+was
+done
+by
+the
+strength
+of
+the
+gods
+just
+as
+you
+know
+that
+samson
+carried
+the
+gates
+by
+the
+divine
+strength
+and
+not
+by
+his
+own
+i
+think
+you
+must
+concede
+two
+things
+first
+that
+in
+carrying
+the
+gates
+of
+the
+city
+upon
+his
+shoulders
+samson
+did
+not
+establish
+the
+superiority
+of
+his
+gods
+over
+ours
+secondly
+that
+his
+feat
+is
+not
+supported
+by
+any
+but
+verbal
+evidence
+while
+hanuman's
+is
+not
+only
+supported
+by
+verbal
+evidence
+but
+this
+evidence
+is
+confirmed
+established
+proven
+by
+visible
+tangible
+evidence
+which
+is
+the
+strongest
+of
+all
+testimony
+we
+have
+the
+sandstone
+ridge
+and
+while
+it
+remains
+we
+cannot
+doubt
+and
+shall
+not
+have
+you
+the
+gates
+'
+chapter
+xiii
+the
+timid
+man
+yearns
+for
+full
+value
+and
+asks
+a
+tenth
+the
+bold
+man
+strikes
+for
+double
+value
+and
+compromises
+on
+par
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+one
+is
+sure
+to
+be
+struck
+by
+the
+liberal
+way
+in
+which
+australasia
+spends
+money
+upon
+public
+works
+such
+as
+legislative
+buildings
+town
+halls
+hospitals
+asylums
+parks
+and
+botanical
+gardens
+i
+should
+say
+that
+where
+minor
+towns
+in
+america
+spend
+a
+hundred
+dollars
+on
+the
+town
+hall
+and
+on
+public
+parks
+and
+gardens
+the
+like
+towns
+in
+australasia
+spend
+a
+thousand
+and
+i
+think
+that
+this
+ratio
+will
+hold
+good
+in
+the
+matter
+of
+hospitals
+also
+i
+have
+seen
+a
+costly
+and
+well
+equipped
+and
+architecturally
+handsome
+hospital
+in
+an
+australian
+village
+of
+fifteen
+hundred
+inhabitants
+it
+was
+built
+by
+private
+funds
+furnished
+by
+the
+villagers
+and
+the
+neighboring
+planters
+and
+its
+running
+expenses
+were
+drawn
+from
+the
+same
+sources
+i
+suppose
+it
+would
+be
+hard
+to
+match
+this
+in
+any
+country
+this
+village
+was
+about
+to
+close
+a
+contract
+for
+lighting
+its
+streets
+with
+the
+electric
+light
+when
+i
+was
+there
+that
+is
+ahead
+of
+london
+london
+is
+still
+obscured
+by
+gas
+gas
+pretty
+widely
+scattered
+too
+in
+some
+of
+the
+districts
+so
+widely
+indeed
+that
+except
+on
+moonlight
+nights
+it
+is
+difficult
+to
+find
+the
+gas
+lamps
+the
+botanical
+garden
+of
+sydney
+covers
+thirty
+eight
+acres
+beautifully
+laid
+out
+and
+rich
+with
+the
+spoil
+of
+all
+the
+lands
+and
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+his
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+are
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+fatiguing
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+his
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+that
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+now
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+his
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+and
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+go
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+the
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+that
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+you
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+your
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+the
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+now
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+me
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+for
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+is
+the
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+sit
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+you
+interest
+me
+and
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+me
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+you
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+it
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+knew
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+the
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+a
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+what
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+the
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+the
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+you
+know
+what
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+crop
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+going
+to
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+two
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+your
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+then
+do
+you
+know
+what
+the
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+to
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+it
+at
+sixty
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+the
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+to
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+what
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+it
+what
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+yes
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+the
+most
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+whose
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+would
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+the
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+samples
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+a
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+nothing
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+the
+contents
+the
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+informed
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+that
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+and
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+sent
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+you
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+the
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+race
+charged
+by
+some
+people
+with
+occupying
+the
+bottom
+place
+in
+the
+gradations
+of
+human
+intelligence
+chapter
+xviii
+it
+is
+easier
+to
+stay
+out
+than
+get
+out
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+the
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+one
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+that
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+and
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+but
+they
+do
+not
+hear
+well
+and
+when
+they
+see
+the
+mayor
+going
+through
+motions
+which
+they
+recognize
+as
+the
+introducing
+of
+a
+speaker
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+think
+they
+are
+the
+one
+and
+they
+all
+get
+up
+together
+and
+begin
+to
+respond
+in
+the
+most
+animated
+way
+and
+the
+more
+the
+mayor
+gesticulates
+and
+shouts
+sit
+down!
+sit
+down!
+the
+more
+they
+take
+it
+for
+applause
+and
+the
+more
+excited
+and
+reminiscent
+and
+enthusiastic
+they
+get
+and
+next
+when
+they
+see
+the
+whole
+house
+laughing
+and
+crying
+three
+of
+them
+think
+it
+is
+about
+the
+bitter
+old
+time
+hardships
+they
+are
+describing
+and
+the
+other
+three
+think
+the
+laughter
+is
+caused
+by
+the
+jokes
+they
+have
+been
+uncorking
+jokes
+of
+the
+vintage
+of
+1836
+and
+then
+the
+way
+they
+do
+go
+on!
+and
+finally
+when
+ushers
+come
+and
+plead
+and
+beg
+and
+gently
+and
+reverently
+crowd
+them
+down
+into
+their
+seats
+they
+say
+oh
+i'm
+not
+tired
+i
+could
+bang
+along
+a
+week!
+and
+they
+sit
+there
+looking
+simple
+and
+childlike
+and
+gentle
+and
+proud
+of
+their
+oratory
+and
+wholly
+unconscious
+of
+what
+is
+going
+on
+at
+the
+other
+end
+of
+the
+room
+and
+so
+one
+of
+the
+great
+dignitaries
+gets
+a
+chance
+and
+begins
+his
+carefully
+prepared
+speech
+impressively
+and
+with
+solemnity
+when
+we
+now
+great
+and
+prosperous
+and
+powerful
+bow
+our
+heads
+in
+reverent
+wonder
+in
+the
+contemplation
+of
+those
+sublimities
+of
+energy
+of
+wisdom
+of
+forethought
+of
+up
+come
+the
+immortal
+six
+again
+in
+a
+body
+with
+a
+joyous
+hey
+i've
+thought
+of
+another
+one!
+and
+at
+it
+they
+go
+with
+might
+and
+main
+hearing
+not
+a
+whisper
+of
+the
+pandemonium
+that
+salutes
+them
+but
+taking
+all
+the
+visible
+violences
+for
+applause
+as
+before
+and
+hammering
+joyously
+away
+till
+the
+imploring
+ushers
+pray
+them
+into
+their
+seats
+again
+and
+a
+pity
+too
+for
+those
+lovely
+old
+boys
+did
+so
+enjoy
+living
+their
+heroic
+youth
+over
+in
+these
+days
+of
+their
+honored
+antiquity
+and
+certainly
+the
+things
+they
+had
+to
+tell
+were
+usually
+worth
+the
+telling
+and
+the
+hearing
+it
+was
+a
+stirring
+spectacle
+stirring
+in
+more
+ways
+than
+one
+for
+it
+was
+amazingly
+funny
+and
+at
+the
+same
+time
+deeply
+pathetic
+for
+they
+had
+seen
+so
+much
+these
+time
+worn
+veterans
+end
+had
+suffered
+so
+much
+and
+had
+built
+so
+strongly
+and
+well
+and
+laid
+the
+foundations
+of
+their
+commonwealth
+so
+deep
+in
+liberty
+and
+tolerance
+and
+had
+lived
+to
+see
+the
+structure
+rise
+to
+such
+state
+and
+dignity
+and
+hear
+themselves
+so
+praised
+for
+honorable
+work
+one
+of
+these
+old
+gentlemen
+told
+me
+some
+things
+of
+interest
+afterward
+things
+about
+the
+aboriginals
+mainly
+he
+thought
+them
+intelligent
+remarkably
+so
+in
+some
+directions
+and
+he
+said
+that
+along
+with
+their
+unpleasant
+qualities
+they
+had
+some
+exceedingly
+good
+ones
+and
+he
+considered
+it
+a
+great
+pity
+that
+the
+race
+had
+died
+out
+he
+instanced
+their
+invention
+of
+the
+boomerang
+and
+the
+weet
+weet
+as
+evidences
+of
+their
+brightness
+and
+as
+another
+evidence
+of
+it
+he
+said
+he
+had
+never
+seen
+a
+white
+man
+who
+had
+cleverness
+enough
+to
+learn
+to
+do
+the
+miracles
+with
+those
+two
+toys
+that
+the
+aboriginals
+achieved
+he
+said
+that
+even
+the
+smartest
+whites
+had
+been
+obliged
+to
+confess
+that
+they
+could
+not
+learn
+the
+trick
+of
+the
+boomerang
+in
+perfection
+that
+it
+had
+possibilities
+which
+they
+could
+not
+master
+the
+white
+man
+could
+not
+control
+its
+motions
+could
+not
+make
+it
+obey
+him
+but
+the
+aboriginal
+could
+he
+told
+me
+some
+wonderful
+things
+some
+almost
+incredible
+things
+which
+he
+had
+seen
+the
+blacks
+do
+with
+the
+boomerang
+and
+the
+weet
+weet
+they
+have
+been
+confirmed
+to
+me
+since
+by
+other
+early
+settlers
+and
+by
+trustworthy
+books
+it
+is
+contended
+and
+may
+be
+said
+to
+be
+conceded
+that
+the
+boomerang
+was
+known
+to
+certain
+savage
+tribes
+in
+europe
+in
+roman
+times
+in
+support
+of
+this
+virgil
+and
+two
+other
+roman
+poets
+are
+quoted
+it
+is
+also
+contended
+that
+it
+was
+known
+to
+the
+ancient
+egyptians
+one
+of
+two
+things
+either
+some
+one
+with
+is
+then
+apparent
+a
+boomerang
+arrived
+in
+australia
+in
+the
+days
+of
+antiquity
+before
+european
+knowledge
+of
+the
+thing
+had
+been
+lost
+or
+the
+australian
+aboriginal
+reinvented
+it
+it
+will
+take
+some
+time
+to
+find
+out
+which
+of
+these
+two
+propositions
+is
+the
+fact
+but
+there
+is
+no
+hurry
+chapter
+xx
+it
+is
+by
+the
+goodness
+of
+god
+that
+in
+our
+country
+we
+have
+those
+three
+unspeakably
+precious
+things
+freedom
+of
+speech
+freedom
+of
+conscience
+and
+the
+prudence
+never
+to
+practice
+either
+of
+them
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+from
+diary
+mr
+g
+called
+i
+had
+not
+seen
+him
+since
+nauheim
+germany
+several
+years
+ago
+the
+time
+that
+the
+cholera
+broke
+out
+at
+hamburg
+we
+talked
+of
+the
+people
+we
+had
+known
+there
+or
+had
+casually
+met
+and
+g
+said
+do
+you
+remember
+my
+introducing
+you
+to
+an
+earl
+the
+earl
+of
+c
+yes
+that
+was
+the
+last
+time
+i
+saw
+you
+you
+and
+he
+were
+in
+a
+carriage
+just
+starting
+belated
+for
+the
+train
+i
+remember
+it
+i
+remember
+it
+too
+because
+of
+a
+thing
+which
+happened
+then
+which
+i
+was
+not
+looking
+for
+he
+had
+told
+me
+a
+while
+before
+about
+a
+remarkable
+and
+interesting
+californian
+whom
+he
+had
+met
+and
+who
+was
+a
+friend
+of
+yours
+and
+said
+that
+if
+he
+should
+ever
+meet
+you
+he
+would
+ask
+you
+for
+some
+particulars
+about
+that
+californian
+the
+subject
+was
+not
+mentioned
+that
+day
+at
+nauheim
+for
+we
+were
+hurrying
+away
+and
+there
+was
+no
+time
+but
+the
+thing
+that
+surprised
+me
+was
+this
+when
+i
+induced
+you
+you
+said
+'i
+am
+glad
+to
+meet
+your
+lordship
+gain
+'
+the
+i
+again'
+was
+the
+surprise
+he
+is
+a
+little
+hard
+of
+hearing
+and
+didn't
+catch
+that
+word
+and
+i
+thought
+you
+hadn't
+intended
+that
+he
+should
+as
+we
+drove
+off
+i
+had
+only
+time
+to
+say
+'why
+what
+do
+you
+know
+about
+him
+'
+and
+i
+understood
+you
+to
+say
+'oh
+nothing
+except
+that
+he
+is
+the
+quickest
+judge
+of
+'
+then
+we
+were
+gone
+and
+i
+didn't
+get
+the
+rest
+i
+wondered
+what
+it
+was
+that
+he
+was
+such
+a
+quick
+judge
+of
+i
+have
+thought
+of
+it
+many
+times
+since
+and
+still
+wondered
+what
+it
+could
+be
+he
+and
+i
+talked
+it
+over
+but
+could
+not
+guess
+it
+out
+he
+thought
+it
+must
+be
+fox
+hounds
+or
+horses
+for
+he
+is
+a
+good
+judge
+of
+those
+no
+one
+is
+a
+better
+but
+you
+couldn't
+know
+that
+because
+you
+didn't
+know
+him
+you
+had
+mistaken
+him
+for
+some
+one
+else
+it
+must
+be
+that
+he
+said
+because
+he
+knew
+you
+had
+never
+met
+him
+before
+and
+of
+course
+you
+hadn't
+had
+you
+yes
+i
+had
+is
+that
+so
+where
+at
+a
+fox
+hunt
+in
+england
+how
+curious
+that
+is
+why
+he
+hadn't
+the
+least
+recollection
+of
+it
+had
+you
+any
+conversation
+with
+him
+some
+yes
+well
+it
+left
+not
+the
+least
+impression
+upon
+him
+what
+did
+you
+talk
+about
+about
+the
+fox
+i
+think
+that
+was
+all
+why
+that
+would
+interest
+him
+that
+ought
+to
+have
+left
+an
+impression
+what
+did
+he
+talk
+about
+the
+fox
+it's
+very
+curious
+i
+don't
+understand
+it
+did
+what
+he
+said
+leave
+an
+impression
+upon
+you
+yes
+it
+showed
+me
+that
+he
+was
+a
+quick
+judge
+of
+however
+i
+will
+tell
+you
+all
+about
+it
+then
+you
+will
+understand
+it
+was
+a
+quarter
+of
+a
+century
+ago
+1873
+or
+'74
+i
+had
+an
+american
+friend
+in
+london
+named
+f
+who
+was
+fond
+of
+hunting
+and
+his
+friends
+the
+blanks
+invited
+him
+and
+me
+to
+come
+out
+to
+a
+hunt
+and
+be
+their
+guests
+at
+their
+country
+place
+in
+the
+morning
+the
+mounts
+were
+provided
+but
+when
+i
+saw
+the
+horses
+i
+changed
+my
+mind
+and
+asked
+permission
+to
+walk
+i
+had
+never
+seen
+an
+english
+hunter
+before
+and
+it
+seemed
+to
+me
+that
+i
+could
+hunt
+a
+fox
+safer
+on
+the
+ground
+i
+had
+always
+been
+diffident
+about
+horses
+anyway
+even
+those
+of
+the
+common
+altitudes
+and
+i
+did
+not
+feel
+competent
+to
+hunt
+on
+a
+horse
+that
+went
+on
+stilts
+so
+then
+mrs
+blank
+came
+to
+my
+help
+and
+said
+i
+could
+go
+with
+her
+in
+the
+dog
+cart
+and
+we
+would
+drive
+to
+a
+place
+she
+knew
+of
+and
+there
+we
+should
+have
+a
+good
+glimpse
+of
+the
+hunt
+as
+it
+went
+by
+when
+we
+got
+to
+that
+place
+i
+got
+out
+and
+went
+and
+leaned
+my
+elbows
+on
+a
+low
+stone
+wall
+which
+enclosed
+a
+turfy
+and
+beautiful
+great
+field
+with
+heavy
+wood
+on
+all
+its
+sides
+except
+ours
+mrs
+blank
+sat
+in
+the
+dog
+cart
+fifty
+yards
+away
+which
+was
+as
+near
+as
+she
+could
+get
+with
+the
+vehicle
+i
+was
+full
+of
+interest
+for
+i
+had
+never
+seen
+a
+fox
+hunt
+i
+waited
+dreaming
+and
+imagining
+in
+the
+deep
+stillness
+and
+impressive
+tranquility
+which
+reigned
+in
+that
+retired
+spot
+presently
+from
+away
+off
+in
+the
+forest
+on
+the
+left
+a
+mellow
+bugle
+note
+came
+floating
+then
+all
+of
+a
+sudden
+a
+multitude
+of
+dogs
+burst
+out
+of
+that
+forest
+and
+went
+tearing
+by
+and
+disappeared
+in
+the
+forest
+on
+the
+right
+there
+was
+a
+pause
+and
+then
+a
+cloud
+of
+horsemen
+in
+black
+caps
+and
+crimson
+coats
+plunged
+out
+of
+the
+left
+hand
+forest
+and
+went
+flaming
+across
+the
+field
+like
+a
+prairie
+fire
+a
+stirring
+sight
+to
+see
+there
+was
+one
+man
+ahead
+of
+the
+rest
+and
+he
+came
+spurring
+straight
+at
+me
+he
+was
+fiercely
+excited
+it
+was
+fine
+to
+see
+him
+ride
+he
+was
+a
+master
+horseman
+he
+came
+like
+a
+storm
+till
+he
+was
+within
+seven
+feet
+of
+me
+where
+i
+was
+leaning
+on
+the
+wall
+then
+he
+stood
+his
+horse
+straight
+up
+in
+the
+air
+on
+his
+hind
+toe
+nails
+and
+shouted
+like
+a
+demon
+'which
+way'd
+the
+fox
+go
+'
+i
+didn't
+much
+like
+the
+tone
+but
+i
+did
+not
+let
+on
+for
+he
+was
+excited
+you
+know
+but
+i
+was
+calm
+so
+i
+said
+softly
+and
+without
+acrimony
+'which
+fox
+'
+it
+seemed
+to
+anger
+him
+i
+don't
+know
+why
+and
+he
+thundered
+out
+'which
+fox
+why
+the
+fox
+which
+way
+did
+the
+fox
+go
+'
+i
+said
+with
+great
+gentleness
+even
+argumentatively
+'if
+you
+could
+be
+a
+little
+more
+definite
+a
+little
+less
+vague
+because
+i
+am
+a
+stranger
+and
+there
+are
+many
+foxes
+as
+you
+will
+know
+even
+better
+than
+i
+and
+unless
+i
+know
+which
+one
+it
+is
+that
+you
+desire
+to
+identify
+and
+'
+'you're
+certainly
+the
+damdest
+idiot
+that
+has
+escaped
+in
+a
+thousand
+years!'
+and
+he
+snatched
+his
+great
+horse
+around
+as
+easily
+as
+i
+would
+snatch
+a
+cat
+and
+was
+away
+like
+a
+hurricane
+a
+very
+excitable
+man
+i
+went
+back
+to
+mrs
+blank
+and
+she
+was
+excited
+too
+oh
+all
+alive
+she
+said
+'he
+spoke
+to
+you!
+didn't
+he
+'
+'yes
+it
+is
+what
+happened
+'
+'i
+knew
+it!
+i
+couldn't
+hear
+what
+he
+said
+but
+i
+knew
+be
+spoke
+to
+you!
+do
+you
+know
+who
+it
+was
+it
+was
+lord
+c
+and
+he
+is
+master
+of
+the
+buckhounds!
+tell
+me
+what
+do
+you
+think
+of
+him
+'
+'him
+well
+for
+sizing
+up
+a
+stranger
+he's
+got
+the
+most
+sudden
+and
+accurate
+judgment
+of
+any
+man
+i
+ever
+saw
+'
+it
+pleased
+her
+i
+thought
+it
+would
+g
+got
+away
+from
+nauheim
+just
+in
+time
+to
+escape
+being
+shut
+in
+by
+the
+quarantine
+bars
+on
+the
+frontiers
+and
+so
+did
+we
+for
+we
+left
+the
+next
+day
+but
+g
+had
+a
+great
+deal
+of
+trouble
+in
+getting
+by
+the
+italian
+custom
+house
+and
+we
+should
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+was
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+is
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+i
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+a
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+lava
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+were
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+so
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+i
+went
+forth
+to
+the
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+with
+the
+honors
+of
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+tobacco
+and
+all
+chapter
+xxi
+man
+will
+do
+many
+things
+to
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+loved
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+do
+all
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+to
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+envied
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+had
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+one
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+was
+a
+monstrous
+thing
+extermination
+seemed
+to
+be
+the
+proper
+medicine
+for
+such
+creatures
+as
+this
+they
+did
+not
+kill
+all
+the
+blacks
+but
+they
+promptly
+killed
+enough
+of
+them
+to
+make
+their
+own
+persons
+safe
+from
+the
+dawn
+of
+civilization
+down
+to
+this
+day
+the
+white
+man
+has
+always
+used
+that
+very
+precaution
+mrs
+campbell
+praed
+lived
+in
+queensland
+as
+a
+child
+in
+the
+early
+days
+and
+in
+her
+sketches
+of
+australian
+life
+we
+get
+informing
+pictures
+of
+the
+early
+struggles
+of
+the
+white
+and
+the
+black
+to
+reform
+each
+other
+speaking
+of
+pioneer
+days
+in
+the
+mighty
+wilderness
+of
+queensland
+mrs
+praed
+says
+at
+first
+the
+natives
+retreated
+before
+the
+whites
+and
+except
+that
+they
+every
+now
+and
+then
+speared
+a
+beast
+in
+one
+of
+the
+herds
+gave
+little
+cause
+for
+uneasiness
+but
+as
+the
+number
+of
+squatters
+increased
+each
+one
+taking
+up
+miles
+of
+country
+and
+bringing
+two
+or
+three
+men
+in
+his
+train
+so
+that
+shepherds'
+huts
+and
+stockmen's
+camps
+lay
+far
+apart
+and
+defenseless
+in
+the
+midst
+of
+hostile
+tribes
+the
+blacks'
+depredations
+became
+more
+frequent
+and
+murder
+was
+no
+unusual
+event
+the
+loneliness
+of
+the
+australian
+bush
+can
+hardly
+be
+painted
+in
+words
+here
+extends
+mile
+after
+mile
+of
+primeval
+forest
+where
+perhaps
+foot
+of
+white
+man
+has
+never
+trod
+interminable
+vistas
+where
+the
+eucalyptus
+trees
+rear
+their
+lofty
+trunks
+and
+spread
+forth
+their
+lanky
+limbs
+from
+which
+the
+red
+gum
+oozes
+and
+hangs
+in
+fantastic
+pendants
+like
+crimson
+stalactites
+ravines
+along
+the
+sides
+of
+which
+the
+long
+bladed
+grass
+grows
+rankly
+level
+untimbered
+plains
+alternating
+with
+undulating
+tracts
+of
+pasture
+here
+and
+there
+broken
+by
+a
+stony
+ridge
+steep
+gully
+or
+dried
+up
+creek
+all
+wild
+vast
+and
+desolate
+all
+the
+same
+monotonous
+gray
+coloring
+except
+where
+the
+wattle
+when
+in
+blossom
+shows
+patches
+of
+feathery
+gold
+or
+a
+belt
+of
+scrub
+lies
+green
+glossy
+and
+impenetrable
+as
+indian
+jungle
+the
+solitude
+seems
+intensified
+by
+the
+strange
+sounds
+of
+reptiles
+birds
+and
+insects
+and
+by
+the
+absence
+of
+larger
+creatures
+of
+which
+in
+the
+day
+time
+the
+only
+audible
+signs
+are
+the
+stampede
+of
+a
+herd
+of
+kangaroo
+or
+the
+rustle
+of
+a
+wallabi
+or
+a
+dingo
+stirring
+the
+grass
+as
+it
+creeps
+to
+its
+lair
+but
+there
+are
+the
+whirring
+of
+locusts
+the
+demoniac
+chuckle
+of
+the
+laughing
+jack
+ass
+the
+screeching
+of
+cockatoos
+and
+parrots
+the
+hissing
+of
+the
+frilled
+lizard
+and
+the
+buzzing
+of
+innumerable
+insects
+hidden
+under
+the
+dense
+undergrowth
+and
+then
+at
+night
+the
+melancholy
+wailing
+of
+the
+curlews
+the
+dismal
+howling
+of
+dingoes
+the
+discordant
+croaking
+of
+tree
+frogs
+might
+well
+shake
+the
+nerves
+of
+the
+solitary
+watcher
+that
+is
+the
+theater
+for
+the
+drama
+when
+you
+comprehend
+one
+or
+two
+other
+details
+you
+will
+perceive
+how
+well
+suited
+for
+trouble
+it
+was
+and
+how
+loudly
+it
+invited
+it
+the
+cattlemen's
+stations
+were
+scattered
+over
+that
+profound
+wilderness
+miles
+and
+miles
+apart
+at
+each
+station
+half
+a
+dozen
+persons
+there
+was
+a
+plenty
+of
+cattle
+the
+black
+natives
+were
+always
+ill
+nourished
+and
+hungry
+the
+land
+belonged
+to
+them
+the
+whites
+had
+not
+bought
+it
+and
+couldn't
+buy
+it
+for
+the
+tribes
+had
+no
+chiefs
+nobody
+in
+authority
+nobody
+competent
+to
+sell
+and
+convey
+and
+the
+tribes
+themselves
+had
+no
+comprehension
+of
+the
+idea
+of
+transferable
+ownership
+of
+land
+the
+ousted
+owners
+were
+despised
+by
+the
+white
+interlopers
+and
+this
+opinion
+was
+not
+hidden
+under
+a
+bushel
+more
+promising
+materials
+for
+a
+tragedy
+could
+not
+have
+been
+collated
+let
+mrs
+praed
+speak
+at
+nie
+station
+one
+dark
+night
+the
+unsuspecting
+hut
+keeper
+having
+as
+he
+believed
+secured
+himself
+against
+assault
+was
+lying
+wrapped
+in
+his
+blankets
+sleeping
+profoundly
+the
+blacks
+crept
+stealthily
+down
+the
+chimney
+and
+battered
+in
+his
+skull
+while
+he
+slept
+one
+could
+guess
+the
+whole
+drama
+from
+that
+little
+text
+the
+curtain
+was
+up
+it
+would
+not
+fall
+until
+the
+mastership
+of
+one
+party
+or
+the
+other
+was
+determined
+and
+permanently
+there
+was
+treachery
+on
+both
+sides
+the
+blacks
+killed
+the
+whites
+when
+they
+found
+them
+defenseless
+and
+the
+whites
+slew
+the
+blacks
+in
+a
+wholesale
+and
+promiscuous
+fashion
+which
+offended
+against
+my
+childish
+sense
+of
+justice
+they
+were
+regarded
+as
+little
+above
+the
+level
+of
+brutes
+and
+in
+some
+cases
+were
+destroyed
+like
+vermin
+here
+is
+an
+instance
+a
+squatter
+whose
+station
+was
+surrounded
+by
+blacks
+whom
+he
+suspected
+to
+be
+hostile
+and
+from
+whom
+he
+feared
+an
+attack
+parleyed
+with
+them
+from
+his
+house
+door
+he
+told
+them
+it
+was
+christmas
+time
+a
+time
+at
+which
+all
+men
+black
+or
+white
+feasted
+that
+there
+were
+flour
+sugar
+plums
+good
+things
+in
+plenty
+in
+the
+store
+and
+that
+he
+would
+make
+for
+them
+such
+a
+pudding
+as
+they
+had
+never
+dreamed
+of
+a
+great
+pudding
+of
+which
+all
+might
+eat
+and
+be
+filled
+the
+blacks
+listened
+and
+were
+lost
+the
+pudding
+was
+made
+and
+distributed
+next
+morning
+there
+was
+howling
+in
+the
+camp
+for
+it
+had
+been
+sweetened
+with
+sugar
+and
+arsenic!
+the
+white
+man's
+spirit
+was
+right
+but
+his
+method
+was
+wrong
+his
+spirit
+was
+the
+spirit
+which
+the
+civilized
+white
+has
+always
+exhibited
+toward
+the
+savage
+but
+the
+use
+of
+poison
+was
+a
+departure
+from
+custom
+true
+it
+was
+merely
+a
+technical
+departure
+not
+a
+real
+one
+still
+it
+was
+a
+departure
+and
+therefore
+a
+mistake
+in
+my
+opinion
+it
+was
+better
+kinder
+swifter
+and
+much
+more
+humane
+than
+a
+number
+of
+the
+methods
+which
+have
+been
+sanctified
+by
+custom
+but
+that
+does
+not
+justify
+its
+employment
+that
+is
+it
+does
+not
+wholly
+justify
+it
+its
+unusual
+nature
+makes
+it
+stand
+out
+and
+attract
+an
+amount
+of
+attention
+which
+it
+is
+not
+entitled
+to
+it
+takes
+hold
+upon
+morbid
+imaginations
+and
+they
+work
+it
+up
+into
+a
+sort
+of
+exhibition
+of
+cruelty
+and
+this
+smirches
+the
+good
+name
+of
+our
+civilization
+whereas
+one
+of
+the
+old
+harsher
+methods
+would
+have
+had
+no
+such
+effect
+because
+usage
+has
+made
+those
+methods
+familiar
+to
+us
+and
+innocent
+in
+many
+countries
+we
+have
+chained
+the
+savage
+and
+starved
+him
+to
+death
+and
+this
+we
+do
+not
+care
+for
+because
+custom
+has
+inured
+us
+to
+it
+yet
+a
+quick
+death
+by
+poison
+is
+loving
+kindness
+to
+it
+in
+many
+countries
+we
+have
+burned
+the
+savage
+at
+the
+stake
+and
+this
+we
+do
+not
+care
+for
+because
+custom
+has
+inured
+us
+to
+it
+yet
+a
+quick
+death
+is
+loving
+kindness
+to
+it
+in
+more
+than
+one
+country
+we
+have
+hunted
+the
+savage
+and
+his
+little
+children
+and
+their
+mother
+with
+dogs
+and
+guns
+through
+the
+woods
+and
+swamps
+for
+an
+afternoon's
+sport
+and
+filled
+the
+region
+with
+happy
+laughter
+over
+their
+sprawling
+and
+stumbling
+flight
+and
+their
+wild
+supplications
+for
+mercy
+but
+this
+method
+we
+do
+not
+mind
+because
+custom
+has
+inured
+us
+to
+it
+yet
+a
+quick
+death
+by
+poison
+is
+loving
+kindness
+to
+it
+in
+many
+countries
+we
+have
+taken
+the
+savage's
+land
+from
+him
+and
+made
+him
+our
+slave
+and
+lashed
+him
+every
+day
+and
+broken
+his
+pride
+and
+made
+death
+his
+only
+friend
+and
+overworked
+him
+till
+he
+dropped
+in
+his
+tracks
+and
+this
+we
+do
+not
+care
+for
+because
+custom
+has
+inured
+us
+to
+it
+yet
+a
+quick
+death
+by
+poison
+is
+loving
+kindness
+to
+it
+in
+the
+matabeleland
+today
+why
+there
+we
+are
+confining
+ourselves
+to
+sanctified
+custom
+we
+rhodes
+beit
+millionaires
+in
+south
+africa
+and
+dukes
+in
+london
+and
+nobody
+cares
+because
+we
+are
+used
+to
+the
+old
+holy
+customs
+and
+all
+we
+ask
+is
+that
+no
+notice
+inviting
+new
+ones
+shall
+be
+intruded
+upon
+the
+attention
+of
+our
+comfortable
+consciences
+mrs
+praed
+says
+of
+the
+poisoner
+that
+squatter
+deserves
+to
+have
+his
+name
+handed
+down
+to
+the
+contempt
+of
+posterity
+i
+am
+sorry
+to
+hear
+her
+say
+that
+i
+myself
+blame
+him
+for
+one
+thing
+and
+severely
+but
+i
+stop
+there
+i
+blame
+him
+for
+the
+indiscretion
+of
+introducing
+a
+novelty
+which
+was
+calculated
+to
+attract
+attention
+to
+our
+civilization
+there
+was
+no
+occasion
+to
+do
+that
+it
+was
+his
+duty
+and
+it
+is
+every
+loyal
+man's
+duty
+to
+protect
+that
+heritage
+in
+every
+way
+he
+can
+and
+the
+best
+way
+to
+do
+that
+is
+to
+attract
+attention
+elsewhere
+the
+squatter's
+judgment
+was
+bad
+that
+is
+plain
+but
+his
+heart
+was
+right
+he
+is
+almost
+the
+only
+pioneering
+representative
+of
+civilization
+in
+history
+who
+has
+risen
+above
+the
+prejudices
+of
+his
+caste
+and
+his
+heredity
+and
+tried
+to
+introduce
+the
+element
+of
+mercy
+into
+the
+superior
+race's
+dealings
+with
+the
+savage
+his
+name
+is
+lost
+and
+it
+is
+a
+pity
+for
+it
+deserves
+to
+be
+handed
+down
+to
+posterity
+with
+homage
+and
+reverence
+this
+paragraph
+is
+from
+a
+london
+journal
+to
+learn
+what
+france
+is
+doing
+to
+spread
+the
+blessings
+of
+civilization
+in
+her
+distant
+dependencies
+we
+may
+turn
+with
+advantage
+to
+new
+caledonia
+with
+a
+view
+to
+attracting
+free
+settlers
+to
+that
+penal
+colony
+m
+feillet
+the
+governor
+forcibly
+expropriated
+the
+kanaka
+cultivators
+from
+the
+best
+of
+their
+plantations
+with
+a
+derisory
+compensation
+in
+spite
+of
+the
+protests
+of
+the
+council
+general
+of
+the
+island
+such
+immigrants
+as
+could
+be
+induced
+to
+cross
+the
+seas
+thus
+found
+themselves
+in
+possession
+of
+thousands
+of
+coffee
+cocoa
+banana
+and
+bread
+fruit
+trees
+the
+raising
+of
+which
+had
+cost
+the
+wretched
+natives
+years
+of
+toil
+whilst
+the
+latter
+had
+a
+few
+five
+franc
+pieces
+to
+spend
+in
+the
+liquor
+stores
+of
+noumea
+you
+observe
+the
+combination
+it
+is
+robbery
+humiliation
+and
+slow
+slow
+murder
+through
+poverty
+and
+the
+white
+man's
+whisky
+the
+savage's
+gentle
+friend
+the
+savage's
+noble
+friend
+the
+only
+magnanimous
+and
+unselfish
+friend
+the
+savage
+has
+ever
+had
+was
+not
+there
+with
+the
+merciful
+swift
+release
+of
+his
+poisoned
+pudding
+there
+are
+many
+humorous
+things
+in
+the
+world
+among
+them
+the
+white
+man's
+notion
+that
+he
+is
+less
+savage
+than
+the
+other
+savages
+[see
+chapter
+on
+tasmania
+post
+]
+chapter
+xxii
+nothing
+is
+so
+ignorant
+as
+a
+man's
+left
+hand
+except
+a
+lady's
+watch
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+you
+notice
+that
+mrs
+praed
+knows
+her
+art
+she
+can
+place
+a
+thing
+before
+you
+so
+that
+you
+can
+see
+it
+she
+is
+not
+alone
+in
+that
+australia
+is
+fertile
+in
+writers
+whose
+books
+are
+faithful
+mirrors
+of
+the
+life
+of
+the
+country
+and
+of
+its
+history
+the
+materials
+were
+surprisingly
+rich
+both
+in
+quality
+and
+in
+mass
+and
+marcus
+clarke
+ralph
+boldrewood
+cordon
+kendall
+and
+the
+others
+have
+built
+out
+of
+them
+a
+brilliant
+and
+vigorous
+literature
+and
+one
+which
+must
+endure
+materials
+there
+is
+no
+end
+to
+them!
+why
+a
+literature
+might
+be
+made
+out
+of
+the
+aboriginal
+all
+by
+himself
+his
+character
+and
+ways
+are
+so
+freckled
+with
+varieties
+varieties
+not
+staled
+by
+familiarity
+but
+new
+to
+us
+you
+do
+not
+need
+to
+invent
+any
+picturesquenesses
+whatever
+you
+want
+in
+that
+line
+he
+can
+furnish
+you
+and
+they
+will
+not
+be
+fancies
+and
+doubtful
+but
+realities
+and
+authentic
+in
+his
+history
+as
+preserved
+by
+the
+white
+man's
+official
+records
+he
+is
+everything
+everything
+that
+a
+human
+creature
+can
+be
+he
+covers
+the
+entire
+ground
+he
+is
+a
+coward
+there
+are
+a
+thousand
+fact
+to
+prove
+it
+he
+is
+brave
+there
+are
+a
+thousand
+facts
+to
+prove
+it
+he
+is
+treacherous
+oh
+beyond
+imagination!
+he
+is
+faithful
+loyal
+true
+the
+white
+man's
+records
+supply
+you
+with
+a
+harvest
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+the
+following
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+the
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+the
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+of
+macquarrie
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+and
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+supplies
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+the
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+the
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+while
+the
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+in
+a
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+minutes
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+a
+word
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+the
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+the
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+a
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+the
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+willing
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+delivered
+them
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+the
+white
+governor
+and
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+and
+bullets
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+thousands
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+men
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+his
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+the
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+there
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+in
+no
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+man
+i
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+honored
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+manifesting
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+honored
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+the
+government
+gave
+him
+a
+money
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+a
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+acres
+of
+land
+and
+the
+people
+held
+mass
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+and
+praised
+him
+and
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+a
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+money
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+on
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+there
+was
+much
+surprise
+to
+find
+that
+the
+l30
+000
+of
+a
+little
+earlier
+day
+had
+been
+spent
+and
+the
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+in
+contention
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+an
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+force
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+the
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+a
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+them
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+the
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+in
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+the
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+the
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+in
+little
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+on
+neighboring
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+paternally
+cared
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+by
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+instructed
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+deprived
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+the
+sunday
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+was
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+the
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+by
+one
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+how
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+a
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+his
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+and
+his
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+and
+his
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+his
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+no
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+his
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+naked
+bodies
+and
+nothing
+to
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+but
+snakes
+and
+grubs
+and
+'offal
+this
+would
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+a
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+him
+and
+if
+he
+had
+any
+wisdom
+he
+would
+know
+that
+his
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+any
+and
+has
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+any
+and
+for
+lack
+of
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+he
+shut
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+those
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+in
+the
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+with
+the
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+waste
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+under
+his
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+and
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+it
+vaguely
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+sorrowful
+and
+wondered
+what
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+the
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+with
+them
+one
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+humane
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+well
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+they
+didn't
+know
+why
+those
+exiled
+savages
+faded
+away
+and
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+their
+honest
+best
+to
+reason
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+out
+and
+one
+man
+in
+a
+like
+case
+in
+new
+south
+wales
+did
+reason
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+out
+and
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+a
+solution
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+is
+from
+the
+wrath
+of
+god
+which
+is
+revealed
+from
+heaven
+against
+cold
+ungodliness
+and
+unrighteousness
+of
+men
+that
+settles
+it
+chapter
+xxviii
+let
+us
+be
+thankful
+for
+the
+fools
+but
+for
+them
+the
+rest
+of
+us
+could
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+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+the
+aphorism
+does
+really
+seem
+true
+given
+the
+circumstances
+the
+man
+will
+appear
+but
+the
+man
+musn't
+appear
+ahead
+of
+time
+or
+it
+will
+spoil
+everything
+in
+robinson's
+case
+the
+moment
+had
+been
+approaching
+for
+a
+quarter
+of
+a
+century
+and
+meantime
+the
+future
+conciliator
+was
+tranquilly
+laying
+bricks
+in
+hobart
+when
+all
+other
+means
+had
+failed
+the
+moment
+had
+arrived
+and
+the
+bricklayer
+put
+down
+his
+trowel
+and
+came
+forward
+earlier
+he
+would
+have
+been
+jeered
+back
+to
+his
+trowel
+again
+it
+reminds
+me
+of
+a
+tale
+that
+was
+told
+me
+by
+a
+kentuckian
+on
+the
+train
+when
+we
+were
+crossing
+montana
+he
+said
+the
+tale
+was
+current
+in
+louisville
+years
+ago
+he
+thought
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+had
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+it
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+falling
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+wouldn't
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+so
+the
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+an
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+memories
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+i
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+of
+how
+we
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+old
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+orchard
+that
+night
+and
+how
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+chasing
+down
+the
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+the
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+extraordinary
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+into
+his
+bands
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+his
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+this
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+new
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+turn
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+his
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+his
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+mr
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+mr
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+an
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+he
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+alfred
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+hm
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+me
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+it's
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+quite
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+it
+but
+i
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+it'll
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+that
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+a
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+how
+it
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+a
+long
+time
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+and
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+the
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+are
+wavery
+and
+indistinct
+but
+sho'
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+know
+it
+happened
+i
+can
+feel
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+and
+lord
+how
+it
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+heart
+and
+brings
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+well
+well
+well
+i've
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+to
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+this
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+i'll
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+and
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+me
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+you
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+call
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+and
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+what
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+the
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+a
+hard
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+and
+tell
+him
+there
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+anything
+that
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+can
+do
+for
+him
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+his
+that
+i
+won't
+do
+and
+as
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+you
+my
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+you
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+my
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+you
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+at
+any
+hotel
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+new
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+i'll
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+you
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+when
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+to
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+effective
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+the
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+that
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+it
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+the
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+to
+an
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+the
+commodore
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+you
+can
+start
+home
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+some
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+that
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+know
+you
+now
+i
+know
+your
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+it
+and
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+what
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+and
+i
+appoint
+you
+me!
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+are
+representing
+me
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+and
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+assistants
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+no
+man
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+sake
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+all
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+the
+man
+you
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+take
+your
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+under
+this
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+good
+bye
+my
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+and
+thank
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+for
+me
+for
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+you
+to
+me
+when
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+a
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+his
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+and
+thank
+the
+boys
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+and
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+for
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+the
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+it
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+one
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+those
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+times
+blazing
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+piles
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+a
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+linen
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+in
+slumber
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+a
+pile
+of
+grain
+sacks
+under
+an
+awning
+and
+said
+to
+himself
+that's
+one
+of
+them
+and
+hastened
+his
+step
+next
+he
+said
+it's
+charley
+it's
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+and
+the
+next
+moment
+laid
+an
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+on
+the
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+the
+eyes
+opened
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+took
+one
+glance
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+the
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+whirled
+itself
+from
+the
+sack
+pile
+and
+in
+an
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+was
+alone
+and
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+was
+flying
+for
+the
+wharf
+boat
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+the
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+what
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+be
+the
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+of
+this
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+started
+slow
+and
+dreamily
+down
+toward
+the
+wharf
+boat
+turned
+the
+corner
+of
+a
+freight
+pile
+and
+came
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+upon
+two
+of
+the
+boys
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+were
+lightly
+laughing
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+some
+pleasant
+matter
+they
+heard
+his
+step
+and
+glanced
+up
+just
+as
+he
+discovered
+them
+the
+laugh
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+and
+before
+ed
+could
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+they
+were
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+barrels
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+bales
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+what
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+the
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+this
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+the
+wharf
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+and
+stepped
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+and
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+the
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+go
+down
+the
+outer
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+heard
+a
+fervent
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+lord!
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+saw
+a
+white
+linen
+form
+plunge
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+the
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+came
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+coughing
+and
+strangling
+and
+cried
+out
+go
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+me
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+i
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+it
+i
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+i
+didn't!
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+what
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+what
+you
+didn't
+do
+come
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+of
+that!
+what
+makes
+you
+all
+act
+so
+what
+have
+i
+done
+you
+why
+you
+haven't
+done
+anything
+but
+well
+then
+what
+have
+you
+got
+against
+me
+what
+do
+you
+all
+treat
+me
+so
+for
+i
+er
+but
+haven't
+you
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+anything
+against
+us
+of
+course
+not
+what
+put
+such
+a
+thing
+into
+your
+head
+honor
+bright
+you
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+the
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+what's
+the
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+it
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+a
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+the
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+want
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+one
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+you
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+know
+you
+i
+know
+you
+'by
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+hand
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+of
+your
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+and
+because
+you
+got
+me
+the
+letter
+and
+for
+your
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+wrote
+it
+for
+me
+and
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+mr
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+said
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+would!
+and
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+to
+that
+great
+man
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+the
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+the
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+a
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+a
+practical
+joke
+chapter
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+his
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+wilson's
+new
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+the
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+in
+the
+log
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+of
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+the
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+whose
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+into
+a
+star
+fish's
+system
+which
+clog
+up
+its
+prongs
+and
+swell
+them
+and
+make
+them
+so
+uncomfortable
+that
+the
+poor
+creature
+delivers
+itself
+from
+the
+prong
+to
+ease
+its
+misery
+and
+presently
+it
+has
+to
+part
+with
+another
+prong
+for
+the
+sake
+of
+comfort
+and
+finally
+with
+a
+third
+if
+it
+re
+grows
+the
+prongs
+the
+parasite
+returns
+and
+the
+same
+thing
+is
+repeated
+and
+finally
+when
+the
+ability
+to
+reproduce
+prongs
+is
+lost
+through
+age
+that
+poor
+old
+star
+fish
+can't
+get
+around
+any
+more
+and
+so
+it
+dies
+of
+starvation
+in
+australia
+is
+prevalent
+a
+horrible
+disease
+due
+to
+an
+unperfected
+tapeworm
+unperfected
+that
+is
+what
+they
+call
+it
+i
+do
+not
+know
+why
+for
+it
+transacts
+business
+just
+as
+well
+as
+if
+it
+were
+finished
+and
+frescoed
+and
+gilded
+and
+all
+that
+november
+9
+to
+the
+museum
+and
+public
+picture
+gallery
+with
+the
+president
+of
+the
+society
+of
+artists
+some
+fine
+pictures
+there
+lent
+by
+the
+s
+of
+a
+several
+of
+them
+they
+bought
+the
+others
+came
+to
+them
+by
+gift
+next
+to
+the
+gallery
+of
+the
+s
+of
+a
+annual
+exhibition
+just
+opened
+fine
+think
+of
+a
+town
+like
+this
+having
+two
+such
+collections
+as
+this
+and
+a
+society
+of
+artists
+it
+is
+so
+all
+over
+australasia
+if
+it
+were
+a
+monarchy
+one
+might
+understand
+it
+i
+mean
+an
+absolute
+monarchy
+where
+it
+isn't
+necessary
+to
+vote
+money
+but
+take
+it
+then
+art
+flourishes
+but
+these
+colonies
+are
+republics
+republics
+with
+a
+wide
+suffrage
+voters
+of
+both
+sexes
+this
+one
+of
+new
+zealand
+in
+republics
+neither
+the
+government
+nor
+the
+rich
+private
+citizen
+is
+much
+given
+to
+propagating
+art
+all
+over
+australasia
+pictures
+by
+famous
+european
+artists
+are
+bought
+for
+the
+public
+galleries
+by
+the
+state
+and
+by
+societies
+of
+citizens
+living
+citizens
+not
+dead
+ones
+they
+rob
+themselves
+to
+give
+not
+their
+heirs
+this
+s
+of
+a
+here
+owns
+its
+buildings
+built
+it
+by
+subscription
+chapter
+xxxi
+the
+spirit
+of
+wrath
+not
+the
+words
+is
+the
+sin
+and
+the
+spirit
+of
+wrath
+is
+cursing
+we
+begin
+to
+swear
+before
+we
+can
+talk
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+november
+11
+on
+the
+road
+this
+train
+express
+goes
+twenty
+and
+one
+half
+miles
+an
+hour
+schedule
+time
+but
+it
+is
+fast
+enough
+the
+outlook
+upon
+sea
+and
+land
+is
+so
+interesting
+and
+the
+cars
+so
+comfortable
+they
+are
+not
+english
+and
+not
+american
+they
+are
+the
+swiss
+combination
+of
+the
+two
+a
+narrow
+and
+railed
+porch
+along
+the
+side
+where
+a
+person
+can
+walk
+up
+and
+down
+a
+lavatory
+in
+each
+car
+this
+is
+progress
+this
+is
+nineteenth
+century
+spirit
+in
+new
+zealand
+these
+fast
+expresses
+run
+twice
+a
+week
+it
+is
+well
+to
+know
+this
+if
+you
+want
+to
+be
+a
+bird
+and
+fly
+through
+the
+country
+at
+a
+20
+mile
+gait
+otherwise
+you
+may
+start
+on
+one
+of
+the
+five
+wrong
+days
+and
+then
+you
+will
+get
+a
+train
+that
+can't
+overtake
+its
+own
+shadow
+by
+contrast
+these
+pleasant
+cars
+call
+to
+mind
+the
+branch
+road
+cars
+at
+maryborough
+australia
+and
+the
+passengers'
+talk
+about
+the
+branch
+road
+and
+the
+hotel
+somewhere
+on
+the
+road
+to
+maryborough
+i
+changed
+for
+a
+while
+to
+a
+smoking
+carriage
+there
+were
+two
+gentlemen
+there
+both
+riding
+backward
+one
+at
+each
+end
+of
+the
+compartment
+they
+were
+acquaintances
+of
+each
+other
+i
+sat
+down
+facing
+the
+one
+that
+sat
+at
+the
+starboard
+window
+he
+had
+a
+good
+face
+and
+a
+friendly
+look
+and
+i
+judged
+from
+his
+dress
+that
+he
+was
+a
+dissenting
+minister
+he
+was
+along
+toward
+fifty
+of
+his
+own
+motion
+he
+struck
+a
+match
+and
+shaded
+it
+with
+his
+hand
+for
+me
+to
+light
+my
+cigar
+i
+take
+the
+rest
+from
+my
+diary
+in
+order
+to
+start
+conversation
+i
+asked
+him
+something
+about
+maryborough
+he
+said
+in
+a
+most
+pleasant
+even
+musical
+voice
+but
+with
+quiet
+and
+cultured
+decision
+it's
+a
+charming
+town
+with
+a
+hell
+of
+a
+hotel
+i
+was
+astonished
+it
+seemed
+so
+odd
+to
+hear
+a
+minister
+swear
+out
+loud
+he
+went
+placidly
+on
+it's
+the
+worst
+hotel
+in
+australia
+well
+one
+may
+go
+further
+and
+say
+in
+australasia
+bad
+beds
+no
+none
+at
+all
+just
+sand
+bags
+the
+pillows
+too
+yes
+the
+pillows
+too
+just
+sand
+and
+not
+a
+good
+quality
+of
+sand
+it
+packs
+too
+hard
+and
+has
+never
+been
+screened
+there
+is
+too
+much
+gravel
+in
+it
+it
+is
+like
+sleeping
+on
+nuts
+isn't
+there
+any
+good
+sand
+plenty
+of
+it
+there
+is
+as
+good
+bed
+sand
+in
+this
+region
+as
+the
+world
+can
+furnish
+aerated
+sand
+and
+loose
+but
+they
+won't
+buy
+it
+they
+want
+something
+that
+will
+pack
+solid
+and
+petrify
+how
+are
+the
+rooms
+eight
+feet
+square
+and
+a
+sheet
+of
+iced
+oil
+cloth
+to
+step
+on
+in
+the
+morning
+when
+you
+get
+out
+of
+the
+sand
+quarry
+as
+to
+lights
+coal
+oil
+lamp
+a
+good
+one
+no
+it's
+the
+kind
+that
+sheds
+a
+gloom
+i
+like
+a
+lamp
+that
+burns
+all
+night
+this
+one
+won't
+you
+must
+blow
+it
+out
+early
+that
+is
+bad
+one
+might
+want
+it
+again
+in
+the
+night
+can't
+find
+it
+in
+the
+dark
+there's
+no
+trouble
+you
+can
+find
+it
+by
+the
+stench
+wardrobe
+two
+nails
+on
+the
+door
+to
+hang
+seven
+suits
+of
+clothes
+on
+if
+you've
+got
+them
+bells
+there
+aren't
+any
+what
+do
+you
+do
+when
+you
+want
+service
+shout
+but
+it
+won't
+fetch
+anybody
+suppose
+you
+want
+the
+chambermaid
+to
+empty
+the
+slopjar
+there
+isn't
+any
+slop
+jar
+the
+hotels
+don't
+keep
+them
+that
+is
+outside
+of
+sydney
+and
+melbourne
+yes
+i
+knew
+that
+i
+was
+only
+talking
+it's
+the
+oddest
+thing
+in
+australia
+another
+thing
+i've
+got
+to
+get
+up
+in
+the
+dark
+in
+the
+morning
+to
+take
+the
+5
+o'clock
+train
+now
+if
+the
+boots
+there
+isn't
+any
+well
+the
+porter
+there
+isn't
+any
+but
+who
+will
+call
+me
+nobody
+you'll
+call
+yourself
+and
+you'll
+light
+yourself
+too
+there'll
+not
+be
+a
+light
+burning
+in
+the
+halls
+or
+anywhere
+and
+if
+you
+don't
+carry
+a
+light
+you'll
+break
+your
+neck
+but
+who
+will
+help
+me
+down
+with
+my
+baggage
+nobody
+however
+i
+will
+tell
+you
+what
+to
+do
+in
+maryborough
+there's
+an
+american
+who
+has
+lived
+there
+half
+a
+lifetime
+a
+fine
+man
+and
+prosperous
+and
+popular
+he
+will
+be
+on
+the
+lookout
+for
+you
+you
+won't
+have
+any
+trouble
+sleep
+in
+peace
+he
+will
+rout
+you
+out
+and
+you
+will
+make
+your
+train
+where
+is
+your
+manager
+i
+left
+him
+at
+ballarat
+studying
+the
+language
+and
+besides
+he
+had
+to
+go
+to
+melbourne
+and
+get
+us
+ready
+for
+new
+zealand
+i've
+not
+tried
+to
+pilot
+myself
+before
+and
+it
+doesn't
+look
+easy
+easy!
+you've
+selected
+the
+very
+most
+difficult
+piece
+of
+railroad
+in
+australia
+for
+your
+experiment
+there
+are
+twelve
+miles
+of
+this
+road
+which
+no
+man
+without
+good
+executive
+ability
+can
+ever
+hope
+tell
+me
+have
+you
+good
+executive
+ability
+first
+rate
+executive
+ability
+i
+well
+i
+think
+so
+but
+that
+settles
+it
+the
+tone
+of
+oh
+you
+wouldn't
+ever
+make
+it
+in
+the
+world
+however
+that
+american
+will
+point
+you
+right
+and
+you'll
+go
+you've
+got
+tickets
+yes
+round
+trip
+all
+the
+way
+to
+sydney
+ah
+there
+it
+is
+you
+see!
+you
+are
+going
+in
+the
+5
+o'clock
+by
+castlemaine
+twelve
+miles
+instead
+of
+the
+7
+15
+by
+ballarat
+in
+order
+to
+save
+two
+hours
+of
+fooling
+along
+the
+road
+now
+then
+don't
+interrupt
+let
+me
+have
+the
+floor
+you're
+going
+to
+save
+the
+government
+a
+deal
+of
+hauling
+but
+that's
+nothing
+your
+ticket
+is
+by
+ballarat
+and
+it
+isn't
+good
+over
+that
+twelve
+miles
+and
+so
+but
+why
+should
+the
+government
+care
+which
+way
+i
+go
+goodness
+knows!
+ask
+of
+the
+winds
+that
+far
+away
+with
+fragments
+strewed
+the
+sea
+as
+the
+boy
+that
+stood
+on
+the
+burning
+deck
+used
+to
+say
+the
+government
+chooses
+to
+do
+its
+railway
+business
+in
+its
+own
+way
+and
+it
+doesn't
+know
+as
+much
+about
+it
+as
+the
+french
+in
+the
+beginning
+they
+tried
+idiots
+then
+they
+imported
+the
+french
+which
+was
+going
+backwards
+you
+see
+now
+it
+runs
+the
+roads
+itself
+which
+is
+going
+backwards
+again
+you
+see
+why
+do
+you
+know
+in
+order
+to
+curry
+favor
+with
+the
+voters
+the
+government
+puts
+down
+a
+road
+wherever
+anybody
+wants
+it
+anybody
+that
+owns
+two
+sheep
+and
+a
+dog
+and
+by
+consequence
+we've
+got
+in
+the
+colony
+of
+victoria
+800
+railway
+stations
+and
+the
+business
+done
+at
+eighty
+of
+them
+doesn't
+foot
+up
+twenty
+shillings
+a
+week
+five
+dollars
+oh
+come!
+it's
+true
+it's
+the
+absolute
+truth
+why
+there
+are
+three
+or
+four
+men
+on
+wages
+at
+every
+station
+i
+know
+it
+and
+the
+station
+business
+doesn't
+pay
+for
+the
+sheep
+dip
+to
+sanctify
+their
+coffee
+with
+it's
+just
+as
+i
+say
+and
+accommodating
+why
+if
+you
+shake
+a
+rag
+the
+train
+will
+stop
+in
+the
+midst
+of
+the
+wilderness
+to
+pick
+you
+up
+all
+that
+kind
+of
+politics
+costs
+you
+see
+and
+then
+besides
+any
+town
+that
+has
+a
+good
+many
+votes
+and
+wants
+a
+fine
+station
+gets
+it
+don't
+you
+overlook
+that
+maryborough
+station
+if
+you
+take
+an
+interest
+in
+governmental
+curiosities
+why
+you
+can
+put
+the
+whole
+population
+of
+maryborough
+into
+it
+and
+give
+them
+a
+sofa
+apiece
+and
+have
+room
+for
+more
+you
+haven't
+fifteen
+stations
+in
+america
+that
+are
+as
+big
+and
+you
+probably
+haven't
+five
+that
+are
+half
+as
+fine
+why
+it's
+perfectly
+elegant
+and
+the
+clock!
+everybody
+will
+show
+you
+the
+clock
+there
+isn't
+a
+station
+in
+europe
+that's
+got
+such
+a
+clock
+it
+doesn't
+strike
+and
+that's
+one
+mercy
+it
+hasn't
+any
+bell
+and
+as
+you'll
+have
+cause
+to
+remember
+if
+you
+keep
+your
+reason
+all
+australia
+is
+simply
+bedamned
+with
+bells
+on
+every
+quarter
+hour
+night
+and
+day
+they
+jingle
+a
+tiresome
+chime
+of
+half
+a
+dozen
+notes
+all
+the
+clocks
+in
+town
+at
+once
+all
+the
+clocks
+in
+australasia
+at
+once
+and
+all
+the
+very
+same
+notes
+first
+downward
+scale
+mi
+re
+do
+sol
+then
+upward
+scale
+sol
+si
+re
+do
+down
+again
+mi
+re
+do
+sol
+up
+again
+sol
+si
+re
+do
+then
+the
+clock
+say
+at
+midnight
+clang
+clang
+clang
+clang
+clang
+clang
+clang
+clang
+clang
+clang
+and
+by
+that
+time
+you're
+hello
+what's
+all
+this
+excitement
+about
+a
+runaway
+scared
+by
+the
+train
+why
+you
+think
+this
+train
+could
+scare
+anything
+well
+when
+they
+build
+eighty
+stations
+at
+a
+loss
+and
+a
+lot
+of
+palace
+stations
+and
+clocks
+like
+maryborough's
+at
+another
+loss
+the
+government
+has
+got
+to
+economize
+somewhere
+hasn't
+it
+very
+well
+look
+at
+the
+rolling
+stock
+that's
+where
+they
+save
+the
+money
+why
+that
+train
+from
+maryborough
+will
+consist
+of
+eighteen
+freight
+cars
+and
+two
+passenger
+kennels
+cheap
+poor
+shabby
+slovenly
+no
+drinking
+water
+no
+sanitary
+arrangements
+every
+imaginable
+inconvenience
+and
+slow
+oh
+the
+gait
+of
+cold
+molasses
+no
+air
+brake
+no
+springs
+and
+they'll
+jolt
+your
+head
+off
+every
+time
+they
+start
+or
+stop
+that's
+where
+they
+make
+their
+little
+economies
+you
+see
+they
+spend
+tons
+of
+money
+to
+house
+you
+palatially
+while
+you
+wait
+fifteen
+minutes
+for
+a
+train
+then
+degrade
+you
+to
+six
+hours'
+convict
+transportation
+to
+get
+the
+foolish
+outlay
+back
+what
+a
+rational
+man
+really
+needs
+is
+discomfort
+while
+he's
+waiting
+then
+his
+journey
+in
+a
+nice
+train
+would
+be
+a
+grateful
+change
+but
+no
+that
+would
+be
+common
+sense
+and
+out
+of
+place
+in
+a
+government
+and
+then
+besides
+they
+save
+in
+that
+other
+little
+detail
+you
+know
+repudiate
+their
+own
+tickets
+and
+collect
+a
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+the
+cattle
+stalls
+in
+the
+main
+stable
+were
+full
+the
+spaces
+at
+the
+heads
+of
+companionways
+were
+full
+every
+inch
+of
+floor
+and
+table
+in
+the
+swill
+room
+was
+packed
+with
+sleeping
+men
+and
+remained
+so
+until
+the
+place
+was
+required
+for
+breakfast
+all
+the
+chairs
+and
+benches
+on
+the
+hurricane
+deck
+were
+occupied
+and
+still
+there
+were
+people
+who
+had
+to
+walk
+about
+all
+night!
+if
+the
+flora
+had
+gone
+down
+that
+night
+half
+of
+the
+people
+on
+board
+would
+have
+been
+wholly
+without
+means
+of
+escape
+the
+owners
+of
+that
+boat
+were
+not
+technically
+guilty
+of
+conspiracy
+to
+commit
+murder
+but
+they
+were
+morally
+guilty
+of
+it
+i
+had
+a
+cattle
+stall
+in
+the
+main
+stable
+a
+cavern
+fitted
+up
+with
+a
+long
+double
+file
+of
+two
+storied
+bunks
+the
+files
+separated
+by
+a
+calico
+partition
+twenty
+men
+and
+boys
+on
+one
+side
+of
+it
+twenty
+women
+and
+girls
+on
+the
+other
+the
+place
+was
+as
+dark
+as
+the
+soul
+of
+the
+union
+company
+and
+smelt
+like
+a
+kennel
+when
+the
+vessel
+got
+out
+into
+the
+heavy
+seas
+and
+began
+to
+pitch
+and
+wallow
+the
+cavern
+prisoners
+became
+immediately
+seasick
+and
+then
+the
+peculiar
+results
+that
+ensued
+laid
+all
+my
+previous
+experiences
+of
+the
+kind
+well
+away
+in
+the
+shade
+and
+the
+wails
+the
+groans
+the
+cries
+the
+shrieks
+the
+strange
+ejaculations
+it
+was
+wonderful
+the
+women
+and
+children
+and
+some
+of
+the
+men
+and
+boys
+spent
+the
+night
+in
+that
+place
+for
+they
+were
+too
+ill
+to
+leave
+it
+but
+the
+rest
+of
+us
+got
+up
+by
+and
+by
+and
+finished
+the
+night
+on
+the
+hurricane
+deck
+that
+boat
+was
+the
+foulest
+i
+was
+ever
+in
+and
+the
+smell
+of
+the
+breakfast
+saloon
+when
+we
+threaded
+our
+way
+among
+the
+layers
+of
+steaming
+passengers
+stretched
+upon
+its
+floor
+and
+its
+tables
+was
+incomparable
+for
+efficiency
+a
+good
+many
+of
+us
+got
+ashore
+at
+the
+first
+way
+port
+to
+seek
+another
+ship
+after
+a
+wait
+of
+three
+hours
+we
+got
+good
+rooms
+in
+the
+mahinapua
+a
+wee
+little
+bridal
+parlor
+of
+a
+boat
+only
+205
+tons
+burthen
+clean
+and
+comfortable
+good
+service
+good
+beds
+good
+table
+and
+no
+crowding
+the
+seas
+danced
+her
+about
+like
+a
+duck
+but
+she
+was
+safe
+and
+capable
+next
+morning
+early
+she
+went
+through
+the
+french
+pass
+a
+narrow
+gateway
+of
+rock
+between
+bold
+headlands
+so
+narrow
+in
+fact
+that
+it
+seemed
+no
+wider
+than
+a
+street
+the
+current
+tore
+through
+there
+like
+a
+mill
+race
+and
+the
+boat
+darted
+through
+like
+a
+telegram
+the
+passage
+was
+made
+in
+half
+a
+minute
+then
+we
+were
+in
+a
+wide
+place
+where
+noble
+vast
+eddies
+swept
+grandly
+round
+and
+round
+in
+shoal
+water
+and
+i
+wondered
+what
+they
+would
+do
+with
+the
+little
+boat
+they
+did
+as
+they
+pleased
+with
+her
+they
+picked
+her
+up
+and
+flung
+her
+around
+like
+nothing
+and
+landed
+her
+gently
+on
+the
+solid
+smooth
+bottom
+of
+sand
+so
+gently
+indeed
+that
+we
+barely
+felt
+her
+touch
+it
+barely
+felt
+her
+quiver
+when
+she
+came
+to
+a
+standstill
+the
+water
+was
+as
+clear
+as
+glass
+the
+sand
+on
+the
+bottom
+was
+vividly
+distinct
+and
+the
+fishes
+seemed
+to
+be
+swimming
+about
+in
+nothing
+fishing
+lines
+were
+brought
+out
+but
+before
+we
+could
+bait
+the
+hooks
+the
+boat
+was
+off
+and
+away
+again
+chapter
+xxxiii
+let
+us
+be
+grateful
+to
+adam
+our
+benefactor
+he
+cut
+us
+out
+of
+the
+blessing
+of
+idleness
+and
+won
+for
+us
+the
+curse
+of
+labor
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+we
+soon
+reached
+the
+town
+of
+nelson
+and
+spent
+the
+most
+of
+the
+day
+there
+visiting
+acquaintances
+and
+driving
+with
+them
+about
+the
+garden
+the
+whole
+region
+is
+a
+garden
+excepting
+the
+scene
+of
+the
+maungatapu
+murders
+of
+thirty
+years
+ago
+that
+is
+a
+wild
+place
+wild
+and
+lonely
+an
+ideal
+place
+for
+a
+murder
+it
+is
+at
+the
+base
+of
+a
+vast
+rugged
+densely
+timbered
+mountain
+in
+the
+deep
+twilight
+of
+that
+forest
+solitude
+four
+desperate
+rascals
+burgess
+sullivan
+levy
+and
+kelley
+ambushed
+themselves
+beside
+the
+mountain
+trail
+to
+murder
+and
+rob
+four
+travelers
+kempthorne
+mathieu
+dudley
+and
+de
+pontius
+the
+latter
+a
+new
+yorker
+a
+harmless
+old
+laboring
+man
+came
+wandering
+along
+and
+as
+his
+presence
+was
+an
+embarrassment
+they
+choked
+him
+hid
+him
+and
+then
+resumed
+their
+watch
+for
+the
+four
+they
+had
+to
+wait
+a
+while
+but
+eventually
+everything
+turned
+out
+as
+they
+desired
+that
+dark
+episode
+is
+the
+one
+large
+event
+in
+the
+history
+of
+nelson
+the
+fame
+of
+it
+traveled
+far
+burgess
+made
+a
+confession
+it
+is
+a
+remarkable
+paper
+for
+brevity
+succinctness
+and
+concentration
+it
+is
+perhaps
+without
+its
+peer
+in
+the
+literature
+of
+murder
+there
+are
+no
+waste
+words
+in
+it
+there
+is
+no
+obtrusion
+of
+matter
+not
+pertinent
+to
+the
+occasion
+nor
+any
+departure
+from
+the
+dispassionate
+tone
+proper
+to
+a
+formal
+business
+statement
+for
+that
+is
+what
+it
+is
+a
+business
+statement
+of
+a
+murder
+by
+the
+chief
+engineer
+of
+it
+or
+superintendent
+or
+foreman
+or
+whatever
+one
+may
+prefer
+to
+call
+him
+we
+were
+getting
+impatient
+when
+we
+saw
+four
+men
+and
+a
+pack
+horse
+coming
+i
+left
+my
+cover
+and
+had
+a
+look
+at
+the
+men
+for
+levy
+had
+told
+me
+that
+mathieu
+was
+a
+small
+man
+and
+wore
+a
+large
+beard
+and
+that
+it
+was
+a
+chestnut
+horse
+i
+said
+'here
+they
+come
+'
+they
+were
+then
+a
+good
+distance
+away
+i
+took
+the
+caps
+off
+my
+gun
+and
+put
+fresh
+ones
+on
+i
+said
+'you
+keep
+where
+you
+are
+i'll
+put
+them
+up
+and
+you
+give
+me
+your
+gun
+while
+you
+tie
+them
+'
+it
+was
+arranged
+as
+i
+have
+described
+the
+men
+came
+they
+arrived
+within
+about
+fifteen
+yards
+when
+i
+stepped
+up
+and
+said
+'stand!
+bail
+up!'
+that
+means
+all
+of
+them
+to
+get
+together
+i
+made
+them
+fall
+back
+on
+the
+upper
+side
+of
+the
+road
+with
+their
+faces
+up
+the
+range
+and
+sullivan
+brought
+me
+his
+gun
+and
+then
+tied
+their
+hands
+behind
+them
+the
+horse
+was
+very
+quiet
+all
+the
+time
+he
+did
+not
+move
+when
+they
+were
+all
+tied
+sullivan
+took
+the
+horse
+up
+the
+hill
+and
+put
+him
+in
+the
+bush
+he
+cut
+the
+rope
+and
+let
+the
+swags
+[a
+swag
+is
+a
+kit
+a
+pack
+small
+baggage
+]
+fall
+on
+the
+ground
+and
+then
+came
+to
+me
+we
+then
+marched
+the
+men
+down
+the
+incline
+to
+the
+creek
+the
+water
+at
+this
+time
+barely
+running
+up
+this
+creek
+we
+took
+the
+men
+we
+went
+i
+daresay
+five
+or
+six
+hundred
+yards
+up
+it
+which
+took
+us
+nearly
+half
+an
+hour
+to
+accomplish
+then
+we
+turned
+to
+the
+right
+up
+the
+range
+we
+went
+i
+daresay
+one
+hundred
+and
+fifty
+yards
+from
+the
+creek
+and
+there
+we
+sat
+down
+with
+the
+men
+i
+said
+to
+sullivan
+'put
+down
+your
+gun
+and
+search
+these
+men
+'
+which
+he
+did
+i
+asked
+them
+their
+several
+names
+they
+told
+me
+i
+asked
+them
+if
+they
+were
+expected
+at
+nelson
+they
+said
+'no
+'
+if
+such
+their
+lives
+would
+have
+been
+spared
+in
+money
+we
+took
+l60
+odd
+i
+said
+'is
+this
+all
+you
+have
+you
+had
+better
+tell
+me
+'
+sullivan
+said
+'here
+is
+a
+bag
+of
+gold
+'
+i
+said
+'what's
+on
+that
+pack
+horse
+is
+there
+any
+gold
+'
+when
+kempthorne
+said
+'yes
+my
+gold
+is
+in
+the
+portmanteau
+and
+i
+trust
+you
+will
+not
+take
+it
+all
+'
+'well
+'
+i
+said
+'we
+must
+take
+you
+away
+one
+at
+a
+time
+because
+the
+range
+is
+steep
+just
+here
+and
+then
+we
+will
+let
+you
+go
+'
+they
+said
+'all
+right
+'
+most
+cheerfully
+we
+tied
+their
+feet
+and
+took
+dudley
+with
+us
+we
+went
+about
+sixty
+yards
+with
+him
+this
+was
+through
+a
+scrub
+it
+was
+arranged
+the
+night
+previously
+that
+it
+would
+be
+best
+to
+choke
+them
+in
+case
+the
+report
+of
+the
+arms
+might
+be
+heard
+from
+the
+road
+and
+if
+they
+were
+missed
+they
+never
+would
+be
+found
+so
+we
+tied
+a
+handkerchief
+over
+his
+eyes
+when
+sullivan
+took
+the
+sash
+off
+his
+waist
+put
+it
+round
+his
+neck
+and
+so
+strangled
+him
+sullivan
+after
+i
+had
+killed
+the
+old
+laboring
+man
+found
+fault
+with
+the
+way
+he
+was
+choked
+he
+said
+'the
+next
+we
+do
+i'll
+show
+you
+my
+way
+'
+i
+said
+'i
+have
+never
+done
+such
+a
+thing
+before
+i
+have
+shot
+a
+man
+but
+never
+choked
+one
+'
+we
+returned
+to
+the
+others
+when
+kempthorne
+said
+'what
+noise
+was
+that
+'
+i
+said
+it
+was
+caused
+by
+breaking
+through
+the
+scrub
+this
+was
+taking
+too
+much
+time
+so
+it
+was
+agreed
+to
+shoot
+them
+with
+that
+i
+said
+'we'll
+take
+you
+no
+further
+but
+separate
+you
+and
+then
+loose
+one
+of
+you
+and
+he
+can
+relieve
+the
+others
+'
+so
+with
+that
+sullivan
+took
+de
+pontius
+to
+the
+left
+of
+where
+kempthorne
+was
+sitting
+i
+took
+mathieu
+to
+the
+right
+i
+tied
+a
+strap
+round
+his
+legs
+and
+shot
+him
+with
+a
+revolver
+he
+yelled
+i
+ran
+from
+him
+with
+my
+gun
+in
+my
+hand
+i
+sighted
+kempthorne
+who
+had
+risen
+to
+his
+feet
+i
+presented
+the
+gun
+and
+shot
+him
+behind
+the
+right
+ear
+his
+life's
+blood
+welled
+from
+him
+and
+he
+died
+instantaneously
+sullivan
+had
+shot
+de
+pontius
+in
+the
+meantime
+and
+then
+came
+to
+me
+i
+said
+'look
+to
+mathieu
+'
+indicating
+the
+spot
+where
+he
+lay
+he
+shortly
+returned
+and
+said
+'i
+had
+to
+chiv
+that
+fellow
+he
+was
+not
+dead
+'
+a
+cant
+word
+meaning
+that
+he
+had
+to
+stab
+him
+returning
+to
+the
+road
+we
+passed
+where
+de
+pontius
+lay
+and
+was
+dead
+sullivan
+said
+'this
+is
+the
+digger
+the
+others
+were
+all
+storekeepers
+this
+is
+the
+digger
+let's
+cover
+him
+up
+for
+should
+the
+others
+be
+found
+they'll
+think
+he
+done
+it
+and
+sloped
+'
+meaning
+he
+had
+gone
+so
+with
+that
+we
+threw
+all
+the
+stones
+on
+him
+and
+then
+left
+him
+this
+bloody
+work
+took
+nearly
+an
+hour
+and
+a
+half
+from
+the
+time
+we
+stopped
+the
+men
+anyone
+who
+reads
+that
+confession
+will
+think
+that
+the
+man
+who
+wrote
+it
+was
+destitute
+of
+emotions
+destitute
+of
+feeling
+that
+is
+partly
+true
+as
+regarded
+others
+he
+was
+plainly
+without
+feeling
+utterly
+cold
+and
+pitiless
+but
+as
+regarded
+himself
+the
+case
+was
+different
+while
+he
+cared
+nothing
+for
+the
+future
+of
+the
+murdered
+men
+he
+cared
+a
+great
+deal
+for
+his
+own
+it
+makes
+one's
+flesh
+creep
+to
+read
+the
+introduction
+to
+his
+confession
+the
+judge
+on
+the
+bench
+characterized
+it
+as
+scandalously
+blasphemous
+and
+it
+certainly
+reads
+so
+but
+burgess
+meant
+no
+blasphemy
+he
+was
+merely
+a
+brute
+and
+whatever
+he
+said
+or
+wrote
+was
+sure
+to
+expose
+the
+fact
+his
+redemption
+was
+a
+very
+real
+thing
+to
+him
+and
+he
+was
+as
+jubilantly
+happy
+on
+the
+gallows
+as
+ever
+was
+christian
+martyr
+at
+the
+stake
+we
+dwellers
+in
+this
+world
+are
+strangely
+made
+and
+mysteriously
+circumstanced
+we
+have
+to
+suppose
+that
+the
+murdered
+men
+are
+lost
+and
+that
+burgess
+is
+saved
+but
+we
+cannot
+suppress
+our
+natural
+regrets
+written
+in
+my
+dungeon
+drear
+this
+7th
+of
+august
+in
+the
+year
+of
+grace
+1866
+to
+god
+be
+ascribed
+all
+power
+and
+glory
+in
+subduing
+the
+rebellious
+spirit
+of
+a
+most
+guilty
+wretch
+who
+has
+been
+brought
+through
+the
+instrumentality
+of
+a
+faithful
+follower
+of
+christ
+to
+see
+his
+wretched
+and
+guilty
+state
+inasmuch
+as
+hitherto
+he
+has
+led
+an
+awful
+and
+wretched
+life
+and
+through
+the
+assurance
+of
+this
+faithful
+soldier
+of
+christ
+he
+has
+been
+led
+and
+also
+believes
+that
+christ
+will
+yet
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+it
+turned
+out
+that
+the
+pictures
+did
+not
+represent
+the
+killing
+of
+lulu
+at
+all
+nor
+anything
+connected
+with
+lulu
+she
+had
+to
+get
+the
+error
+from
+my
+head
+it
+existed
+nowhere
+else
+chapter
+xxxv
+the
+autocrat
+of
+russia
+possesses
+more
+power
+than
+any
+other
+man
+in
+the
+earth
+but
+he
+cannot
+stop
+a
+sneeze
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+wauganiui
+december
+3
+a
+pleasant
+trip
+yesterday
+per
+ballarat
+fly
+four
+hours
+i
+do
+not
+know
+the
+distance
+but
+it
+must
+have
+been
+well
+along
+toward
+fifty
+miles
+the
+fly
+could
+have
+spun
+it
+out
+to
+eight
+hours
+and
+not
+discommoded
+me
+for
+where
+there
+is
+comfort
+and
+no
+need
+for
+hurry
+speed
+is
+of
+no
+value
+at
+least
+to
+me
+and
+nothing
+that
+goes
+on
+wheels
+can
+be
+more
+comfortable
+more
+satisfactory
+than
+the
+new
+zealand
+trains
+outside
+of
+america
+there
+are
+no
+cars
+that
+are
+so
+rationally
+devised
+when
+you
+add
+the
+constant
+presence
+of
+charming
+scenery
+and
+the
+nearly
+constant
+absence
+of
+dust
+well
+if
+one
+is
+not
+content
+then
+he
+ought
+to
+get
+out
+and
+walk
+that
+would
+change
+his
+spirit
+perhaps
+i
+think
+so
+at
+the
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+an
+hour
+you
+would
+find
+him
+waiting
+humbly
+beside
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+and
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+taken
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+much
+horseback
+riding
+in
+and
+around
+this
+town
+many
+comely
+girls
+in
+cool
+and
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+gowns
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+salvation
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+lots
+of
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+the
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+and
+bodies
+of
+some
+of
+the
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+over
+the
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+carpeted
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+end
+to
+end
+with
+matting
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+elaborate
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+the
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+i
+was
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+a
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+do
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+savage
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+strong
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+had
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+devices
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+and
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+modify
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+subduing
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+left
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+and
+then
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+and
+protected
+them
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+landsharks
+a
+protection
+which
+the
+new
+zealand
+government
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+them
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+native
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+the
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+conquerors
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+this
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+the
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+them
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+the
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+old
+new
+zealand
+and
+dr
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+of
+auckland
+was
+another
+dr
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+was
+a
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+has
+many
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+things
+to
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+one
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+supplicating
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+supplicating
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+good
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+no
+sense
+in
+that
+a
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+is
+not
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+to
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+any
+harm
+the
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+the
+tabu
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+india
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+judea
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+maori
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+the
+hindoo
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+could
+cook
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+higher
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+grade
+maori
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+hindoo
+drank
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+a
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+yesterday
+a
+lunatic
+burst
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+warned
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+that
+the
+jesuits
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+going
+to
+cook
+poison
+me
+in
+my
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+or
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+me
+on
+the
+stage
+at
+night
+he
+said
+a
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+was
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+my
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+and
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+he
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+he
+saved
+rev
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+life
+by
+warning
+him
+that
+there
+were
+three
+men
+on
+his
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+kill
+him
+if
+he
+took
+his
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+them
+for
+a
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+lecture
+the
+same
+men
+were
+in
+my
+audience
+last
+night
+but
+they
+saw
+that
+he
+was
+there
+will
+they
+be
+there
+again
+to
+night
+he
+hesitated
+then
+said
+no
+he
+thought
+they
+would
+rather
+take
+a
+rest
+and
+chance
+the
+poison
+this
+lunatic
+has
+no
+delicacy
+but
+he
+was
+not
+uninteresting
+he
+told
+me
+a
+lot
+of
+things
+he
+said
+he
+had
+saved
+so
+many
+lecturers
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+twenty
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+that
+they
+put
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+in
+the
+asylum
+i
+think
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+has
+less
+refinement
+than
+any
+lunatic
+i
+have
+met
+december
+8
+a
+couple
+of
+curious
+war
+monuments
+here
+at
+wanganui
+one
+is
+in
+honor
+of
+white
+men
+who
+fell
+in
+defence
+of
+law
+and
+order
+against
+fanaticism
+and
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+fanaticism
+we
+americans
+are
+english
+in
+blood
+english
+in
+speech
+english
+in
+religion
+english
+in
+the
+essentials
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+our
+governmental
+system
+english
+in
+the
+essentials
+of
+our
+civilization
+and
+so
+let
+us
+hope
+for
+the
+honor
+of
+the
+blend
+for
+the
+honor
+of
+the
+blood
+for
+the
+honor
+of
+the
+race
+that
+that
+word
+got
+there
+through
+lack
+of
+heedfulness
+and
+will
+not
+be
+suffered
+to
+remain
+if
+you
+carve
+it
+at
+thermopylae
+or
+where
+winkelried
+died
+or
+upon
+bunker
+hill
+monument
+and
+read
+it
+again
+who
+fell
+in
+defence
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+law
+and
+order
+against
+fanaticism
+you
+will
+perceive
+what
+the
+word
+means
+and
+how
+mischosen
+it
+is
+patriotism
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+fanaticism
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+it
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+degrade
+it
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+a
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+mistake
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+a
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+times
+a
+political
+mistake
+that
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+affect
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+it
+is
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+honorable
+always
+noble
+and
+privileged
+to
+hold
+its
+head
+up
+and
+look
+the
+nations
+in
+the
+face
+it
+is
+right
+to
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+these
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+men
+who
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+in
+the
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+deserve
+it
+but
+the
+presence
+of
+that
+word
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+the
+dignity
+of
+their
+cause
+and
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+and
+makes
+them
+appear
+to
+have
+spilt
+their
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+in
+a
+conflict
+with
+ignoble
+men
+men
+not
+worthy
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+that
+costly
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+but
+the
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+were
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+it
+was
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+their
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+they
+fought
+for
+their
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+bravely
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+and
+bravely
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+and
+it
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+nothing
+from
+the
+honor
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+the
+brave
+englishmen
+who
+lie
+under
+the
+monument
+but
+add
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+it
+to
+say
+that
+they
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+defense
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+english
+laws
+and
+english
+homes
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+men
+worthy
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+the
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+maori
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+the
+other
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+except
+with
+dynamite
+it
+is
+a
+mistake
+all
+through
+and
+a
+strangely
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+one
+it
+is
+a
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+by
+white
+men
+to
+maoris
+who
+fell
+fighting
+with
+the
+whites
+and
+against
+their
+own
+people
+in
+the
+maori
+war
+sacred
+to
+the
+memory
+of
+the
+brave
+men
+who
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+on
+the
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+of
+may
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+on
+one
+side
+are
+the
+names
+of
+about
+twenty
+maoris
+it
+is
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+a
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+mine
+the
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+i
+saw
+it
+it
+is
+an
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+to
+the
+rising
+generation
+it
+invites
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+treachery
+disloyalty
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+its
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+frank
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+your
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+your
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+burn
+their
+homes
+shame
+your
+nationality
+we
+honor
+such
+december
+9
+wellington
+ten
+hours
+from
+wanganui
+by
+the
+fly
+december
+12
+it
+is
+a
+fine
+city
+and
+nobly
+situated
+a
+busy
+place
+and
+full
+of
+life
+and
+movement
+have
+spent
+the
+three
+days
+partly
+in
+walking
+about
+partly
+in
+enjoying
+social
+privileges
+and
+largely
+in
+idling
+around
+the
+magnificent
+garden
+at
+hutt
+a
+little
+distance
+away
+around
+the
+shore
+i
+suppose
+we
+shall
+not
+see
+such
+another
+one
+soon
+we
+are
+packing
+to
+night
+for
+the
+return
+voyage
+to
+australia
+our
+stay
+in
+new
+zealand
+has
+been
+too
+brief
+still
+we
+are
+not
+unthankful
+for
+the
+glimpse
+which
+we
+have
+had
+of
+it
+the
+sturdy
+maoris
+made
+the
+settlement
+of
+the
+country
+by
+the
+whites
+rather
+difficult
+not
+at
+first
+but
+later
+at
+first
+they
+welcomed
+the
+whites
+and
+were
+eager
+to
+trade
+with
+them
+particularly
+for
+muskets
+for
+their
+pastime
+was
+internecine
+war
+and
+they
+greatly
+preferred
+the
+white
+man's
+weapons
+to
+their
+own
+war
+was
+their
+pastime
+i
+use
+the
+word
+advisedly
+they
+often
+met
+and
+slaughtered
+each
+other
+just
+for
+a
+lark
+and
+when
+there
+was
+no
+quarrel
+the
+author
+of
+old
+new
+zealand
+mentions
+a
+case
+where
+a
+victorious
+army
+could
+have
+followed
+up
+its
+advantage
+and
+exterminated
+the
+opposing
+army
+but
+declined
+to
+do
+it
+explaining
+naively
+that
+if
+we
+did
+that
+there
+couldn't
+be
+any
+more
+fighting
+in
+another
+battle
+one
+army
+sent
+word
+that
+it
+was
+out
+of
+ammunition
+and
+would
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+stop
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+the
+opposing
+army
+would
+send
+some
+it
+was
+sent
+and
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+went
+on
+in
+the
+early
+days
+things
+went
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+enough
+the
+natives
+sold
+land
+without
+clearly
+understanding
+the
+terms
+of
+exchange
+and
+the
+whites
+bought
+it
+without
+being
+much
+disturbed
+about
+the
+native's
+confusion
+of
+mind
+but
+by
+and
+by
+the
+maori
+began
+to
+comprehend
+that
+he
+was
+being
+wronged
+then
+there
+was
+trouble
+for
+he
+was
+not
+the
+man
+to
+swallow
+a
+wrong
+and
+go
+aside
+and
+cry
+about
+it
+he
+had
+the
+tasmanian's
+spirit
+and
+endurance
+and
+a
+notable
+share
+of
+military
+science
+besides
+and
+so
+he
+rose
+against
+the
+oppressor
+did
+this
+gallant
+fanatic
+and
+started
+a
+war
+that
+was
+not
+brought
+to
+a
+definite
+end
+until
+more
+than
+a
+generation
+had
+sped
+chapter
+xxxvi
+there
+are
+several
+good
+protections
+against
+temptations
+but
+the
+surest
+is
+cowardice
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+names
+are
+not
+always
+what
+they
+seem
+the
+common
+welsh
+name
+bzjxxllwep
+is
+pronounced
+jackson
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+friday
+december
+13
+sailed
+at
+3
+p
+m
+in
+the
+'mararoa'
+summer
+seas
+and
+a
+good
+ship
+life
+has
+nothing
+better
+monday
+three
+days
+of
+paradise
+warm
+and
+sunny
+and
+smooth
+the
+sea
+a
+luminous
+mediterranean
+blue
+one
+lolls
+in
+a
+long
+chair
+all
+day
+under
+deck
+awnings
+and
+reads
+and
+smokes
+in
+measureless
+content
+one
+does
+not
+read
+prose
+at
+such
+a
+time
+but
+poetry
+i
+have
+been
+reading
+the
+poems
+of
+mrs
+julia
+a
+moore
+again
+and
+i
+find
+in
+them
+the
+same
+grace
+and
+melody
+that
+attracted
+me
+when
+they
+were
+first
+published
+twenty
+years
+ago
+and
+have
+held
+me
+in
+happy
+bonds
+ever
+since
+the
+sentimental
+song
+book
+has
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+short
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+little
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+school
+dowdies
+were
+masquerading
+chapter
+xxxviii
+prosperity
+is
+the
+best
+protector
+of
+principle
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+evening
+11th
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+the
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+a
+poor
+old
+ship
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+be
+insured
+and
+sunk
+as
+in
+the
+'oceana'
+just
+so
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+everybody
+dresses
+for
+dinner
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+a
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+pious
+duty
+these
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+and
+formal
+costumes
+are
+a
+rather
+conspicuous
+contrast
+to
+the
+poverty
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+shabbiness
+of
+the
+surroundings
+if
+you
+want
+a
+slice
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+a
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+at
+four
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+tea
+you
+must
+sign
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+order
+on
+the
+bar
+limes
+cost
+14
+cents
+a
+barrel
+january
+18th
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+closing
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+bombay
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+january
+20th
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+company
+pays
+it
+would
+sadden
+the
+land
+to
+take
+their
+cheerful
+voice
+out
+of
+it
+chapter
+xxxix
+by
+trying
+we
+can
+easily
+learn
+to
+endure
+adversity
+another
+man's
+i
+mean
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+you
+soon
+find
+your
+long
+ago
+dreams
+of
+india
+rising
+in
+a
+sort
+of
+vague
+and
+luscious
+moonlight
+above
+the
+horizon
+rim
+of
+your
+opaque
+consciousness
+and
+softly
+lighting
+up
+a
+thousand
+forgotten
+details
+which
+were
+parts
+of
+a
+vision
+that
+had
+once
+been
+vivid
+to
+you
+when
+you
+were
+a
+boy
+and
+steeped
+your
+spirit
+in
+tales
+of
+the
+east
+the
+barbaric
+gorgeousnesses
+for
+instance
+and
+the
+princely
+titles
+the
+sumptuous
+titles
+the
+sounding
+titles
+how
+good
+they
+taste
+in
+the
+mouth!
+the
+nizam
+of
+hyderabad
+the
+maharajah
+of
+travancore
+the
+nabob
+of
+jubbelpore
+the
+begum
+of
+bhopal
+the
+nawab
+of
+mysore
+the
+rance
+of
+gulnare
+the
+ahkoond
+of
+swat's
+the
+rao
+of
+rohilkund
+the
+gaikwar
+of
+baroda
+indeed
+it
+is
+a
+country
+that
+runs
+richly
+to
+name
+the
+great
+god
+vishnu
+has
+108
+108
+special
+ones
+108
+peculiarly
+holy
+ones
+names
+just
+for
+sunday
+use
+only
+i
+learned
+the
+whole
+of
+vishnu's
+108
+by
+heart
+once
+but
+they
+wouldn't
+stay
+i
+don't
+remember
+any
+of
+them
+now
+but
+john
+w
+and
+the
+romances
+connected
+with
+those
+princely
+native
+houses
+to
+this
+day
+they
+are
+always
+turning
+up
+just
+as
+in
+the
+old
+old
+times
+they
+were
+sweating
+out
+a
+romance
+in
+an
+english
+court
+in
+bombay
+a
+while
+before
+we
+were
+there
+in
+this
+case
+a
+native
+prince
+16
+1/2
+years
+old
+who
+has
+been
+enjoying
+his
+titles
+and
+dignities
+and
+estates
+unmolested
+for
+fourteen
+years
+is
+suddenly
+haled
+into
+court
+on
+the
+charge
+that
+he
+is
+rightfully
+no
+prince
+at
+all
+but
+a
+pauper
+peasant
+that
+the
+real
+prince
+died
+when
+two
+and
+one
+half
+years
+old
+that
+the
+death
+was
+concealed
+and
+a
+peasant
+child
+smuggled
+into
+the
+royal
+cradle
+and
+that
+this
+present
+incumbent
+was
+that
+smuggled
+substitute
+this
+is
+the
+very
+material
+that
+so
+many
+oriental
+tales
+have
+been
+made
+of
+the
+case
+of
+that
+great
+prince
+the
+gaikwar
+of
+baroda
+is
+a
+reversal
+of
+the
+theme
+when
+that
+throne
+fell
+vacant
+no
+heir
+could
+be
+found
+for
+some
+time
+but
+at
+last
+one
+was
+found
+in
+the
+person
+of
+a
+peasant
+child
+who
+was
+making
+mud
+pies
+in
+a
+village
+street
+and
+having
+an
+innocent
+good
+time
+but
+his
+pedigree
+was
+straight
+he
+was
+the
+true
+prince
+and
+he
+has
+reigned
+ever
+since
+with
+none
+to
+dispute
+his
+right
+lately
+there
+was
+another
+hunt
+for
+an
+heir
+to
+another
+princely
+house
+and
+one
+was
+found
+who
+was
+circumstanced
+about
+as
+the
+gaikwar
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+been
+his
+fathers
+were
+traced
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+in
+humble
+life
+along
+a
+branch
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+the
+ancestral
+tree
+to
+the
+point
+where
+it
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+the
+stem
+fourteen
+generations
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+and
+his
+heirship
+was
+thereby
+squarely
+established
+the
+tracing
+was
+done
+by
+means
+of
+the
+records
+of
+one
+of
+the
+great
+hindoo
+shrines
+where
+princes
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+pilgrimage
+record
+their
+names
+and
+the
+date
+of
+their
+visit
+this
+is
+to
+keep
+the
+prince's
+religious
+account
+straight
+and
+his
+spiritual
+person
+safe
+but
+the
+record
+has
+the
+added
+value
+of
+keeping
+the
+pedigree
+authentic
+too
+when
+i
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+of
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+now
+at
+this
+distance
+of
+time
+i
+seem
+to
+have
+a
+kaleidoscope
+at
+my
+eye
+and
+i
+hear
+the
+clash
+of
+the
+glass
+bits
+as
+the
+splendid
+figures
+change
+and
+fall
+apart
+and
+flash
+into
+new
+forms
+figure
+after
+figure
+and
+with
+the
+birth
+of
+each
+new
+form
+i
+feel
+my
+skin
+crinkle
+and
+my
+nerve
+web
+tingle
+with
+a
+new
+thrill
+of
+wonder
+and
+delight
+these
+remembered
+pictures
+float
+past
+me
+in
+a
+sequence
+of
+contracts
+following
+the
+same
+order
+always
+and
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+whirling
+by
+and
+disappearing
+with
+the
+swiftness
+of
+a
+dream
+leaving
+me
+with
+the
+sense
+that
+the
+actuality
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+the
+experience
+of
+an
+hour
+at
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+whereas
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+really
+covered
+days
+i
+think
+the
+series
+begins
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+the
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+of
+a
+bearer
+native
+man
+servant
+a
+person
+who
+should
+be
+selected
+with
+some
+care
+because
+as
+long
+as
+he
+is
+in
+your
+employ
+he
+will
+be
+about
+as
+near
+to
+you
+as
+your
+clothes
+in
+india
+your
+day
+may
+be
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+to
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+with
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+door
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+a
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+words
+a
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+to
+mean
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+you
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+where
+he
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+his
+english
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+his
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+secret
+there
+is
+nothing
+like
+it
+elsewhere
+in
+the
+earth
+or
+even
+in
+paradise
+perhaps
+but
+the
+other
+place
+is
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+full
+of
+it
+you
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+as
+soon
+as
+you
+touch
+indian
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+for
+no
+matter
+what
+your
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+know
+where
+nor
+when
+you
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+that
+he
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+when
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+in
+a
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+a
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+some
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+care
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+it
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+then
+he
+could
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+his
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+the
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+think
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+and
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+speaking
+the
+unkind
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+about
+a
+poor
+fellow
+whose
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+depends
+upon
+our
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+we
+speak
+of
+his
+good
+points
+only
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+a
+lie
+a
+silent
+lie
+for
+in
+not
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+his
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+ones
+we
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+say
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+any
+the
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+only
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+the
+silent
+lie
+as
+to
+a
+servant's
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+but
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+sin
+in
+another
+way
+we
+overpraise
+his
+merits
+for
+when
+it
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+to
+writing
+recommendations
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+we
+are
+a
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+of
+gushers
+and
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+frenchman's
+excuse
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+france
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+the
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+of
+the
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+a
+sharp
+dressing
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+and
+rob
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+his
+bread
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+authority
+i
+got
+it
+from
+a
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+a
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+paris
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+the
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+and
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+of
+the
+blest
+on
+them
+i
+mean
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+as
+unfamiliar
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+our
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+and
+our
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+as
+i
+suppose
+he
+is
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+and
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+detail
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+we
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+to
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+some
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+so
+the
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+went
+down
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+and
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+then
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+to
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+and
+departed
+on
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+something
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+something
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+to
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+eyes
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+eyes
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+and
+barefooted
+and
+was
+never
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+while
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+with
+us
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+his
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+was
+european
+cheap
+flimsy
+and
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+much
+wear
+he
+stood
+before
+me
+and
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+his
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+and
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+in
+the
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+indian
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+touching
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+with
+the
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+salute
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+his
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+understood
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+let
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+up
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+an
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+i
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+those
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+all
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+day
+give
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+for
+me
+make
+me
+better
+man
+good
+for
+me
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+for
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+then
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+another
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+into
+fervent
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+and
+i
+had
+to
+stop
+him
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+thought
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+talked
+enough
+so
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+told
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+to
+go
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+up
+and
+remove
+the
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+this
+to
+get
+rid
+of
+him
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+seeming
+to
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+and
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+some
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+and
+began
+to
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+and
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+then
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+and
+put
+a
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+the
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+explained
+that
+he
+would
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+if
+he
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+it
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+by
+the
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+and
+it
+would
+cost
+him
+a
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+of
+fuss
+and
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+to
+purify
+himself
+and
+accomplish
+his
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+he
+said
+that
+that
+kind
+of
+work
+was
+strictly
+forbidden
+to
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+of
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+and
+as
+strictly
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+to
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+very
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+layer
+of
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+the
+despised
+'sudra'
+the
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+the
+laborer
+he
+was
+right
+and
+apparently
+the
+poor
+sudra
+has
+been
+content
+with
+his
+strange
+lot
+his
+insulting
+distinction
+for
+ages
+and
+ages
+clear
+back
+to
+the
+beginning
+of
+things
+so
+to
+speak
+buckle
+says
+that
+his
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+laborer
+is
+a
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+of
+contempt
+that
+it
+is
+ordained
+by
+the
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+of
+menu
+900
+b
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+if
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+sudra
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+on
+a
+level
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+his
+superior
+he
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+branded
+[without
+going
+into
+particulars
+i
+will
+remark
+that
+as
+a
+rule
+they
+wear
+no
+clothing
+that
+would
+conceal
+the
+brand
+m
+t
+]
+if
+he
+speak
+contemptuously
+of
+his
+superior
+or
+insult
+him
+he
+shall
+suffer
+death
+if
+he
+listen
+to
+the
+reading
+of
+the
+sacred
+books
+he
+shall
+have
+burning
+oil
+poured
+in
+his
+ears
+if
+he
+memorize
+passages
+from
+them
+he
+shall
+be
+killed
+if
+he
+marry
+his
+daughter
+to
+a
+brahmin
+the
+husband
+shall
+go
+to
+hell
+for
+defiling
+himself
+by
+contact
+with
+a
+woman
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+his
+inferior
+and
+that
+it
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+forbidden
+to
+a
+sudra
+to
+acquire
+wealth
+the
+bulk
+of
+the
+population
+of
+india
+says
+bucklet
+[population
+to
+day
+300
+000
+000
+]
+is
+the
+sudras
+the
+workers
+the
+farmers
+the
+creators
+of
+wealth
+manuel
+was
+a
+failure
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+fellow
+his
+age
+was
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+him
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+was
+desperately
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+he
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+an
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+would
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+two
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+and
+then
+forget
+what
+it
+was
+he
+went
+for
+when
+he
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+a
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+it
+took
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+and
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+when
+he
+got
+done
+he
+couldn't
+wait
+satisfactorily
+at
+table
+a
+prime
+defect
+for
+if
+you
+haven't
+your
+own
+servant
+in
+an
+indian
+hotel
+you
+are
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+to
+have
+a
+slow
+time
+of
+it
+and
+go
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+hungry
+we
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+understand
+his
+english
+he
+couldn't
+understand
+ours
+and
+when
+we
+found
+that
+he
+couldn't
+understand
+his
+own
+it
+seemed
+time
+for
+us
+to
+part
+i
+had
+to
+discharge
+him
+there
+was
+no
+help
+for
+it
+but
+i
+did
+it
+as
+kindly
+as
+i
+could
+and
+as
+gently
+we
+must
+part
+said
+i
+but
+i
+hoped
+we
+should
+meet
+again
+in
+a
+better
+world
+it
+was
+not
+true
+but
+it
+was
+only
+a
+little
+thing
+to
+say
+and
+saved
+his
+feelings
+and
+cost
+me
+nothing
+but
+now
+that
+he
+was
+gone
+and
+was
+off
+my
+mind
+and
+heart
+my
+spirits
+began
+to
+rise
+at
+once
+and
+i
+was
+soon
+feeling
+brisk
+and
+ready
+to
+go
+out
+and
+have
+adventures
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+successor
+flitted
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+touched
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+and
+began
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+here
+there
+and
+everywhere
+on
+his
+velvet
+feet
+and
+in
+five
+minutes
+he
+had
+everything
+in
+the
+room
+ship
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+and
+bristol
+fashion
+as
+the
+sailors
+say
+and
+was
+standing
+at
+the
+salute
+waiting
+for
+orders
+dear
+me
+what
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+rustler
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+was
+after
+the
+slumbrous
+way
+of
+manuel
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+old
+slug!
+all
+my
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+all
+my
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+my
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+and
+promptness
+and
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+and
+confidence
+this
+smart
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+shiney
+eyed
+little
+devil
+feruled
+on
+his
+upper
+end
+by
+a
+gleaming
+fire
+coal
+of
+a
+fez
+with
+a
+red
+hot
+tassel
+dangling
+from
+it
+i
+said
+with
+deep
+satisfaction
+you'll
+suit
+what
+is
+your
+name
+he
+reeled
+it
+mellowly
+off
+let
+me
+see
+if
+i
+can
+make
+a
+selection
+out
+of
+it
+for
+business
+uses
+i
+mean
+we
+will
+keep
+the
+rest
+for
+sundays
+give
+it
+to
+me
+in
+installments
+he
+did
+it
+but
+there
+did
+not
+seem
+to
+be
+any
+short
+ones
+except
+mousawhich
+suggested
+mouse
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+was
+out
+of
+character
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+was
+too
+soft
+too
+quiet
+too
+conservative
+it
+didn't
+fit
+his
+splendid
+style
+i
+considered
+and
+said
+mousa
+is
+short
+enough
+but
+i
+don't
+quite
+like
+it
+it
+seems
+colorless
+inharmonious
+inadequate
+and
+i
+am
+sensitive
+to
+such
+things
+how
+do
+you
+think
+satan
+would
+do
+yes
+master
+satan
+do
+wair
+good
+it
+was
+his
+way
+of
+saying
+very
+good
+there
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+a
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+the
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+satan
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+a
+single
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+there
+was
+a
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+or
+two
+of
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+then
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+three
+minutes
+later
+he
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+before
+me
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+militarily
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+and
+waiting
+for
+me
+to
+speak
+first
+what
+is
+it
+satan
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+to
+see
+you
+who
+god
+i
+show
+him
+up
+master
+why
+this
+is
+so
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+that
+that
+well
+you
+see
+indeed
+i
+am
+so
+unprepared
+i
+don't
+quite
+know
+what
+i
+do
+mean
+dear
+me
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+explain
+don't
+you
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+that
+this
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+a
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+ex
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+his
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+master
+wasn't
+it
+curious
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+tremendous
+and
+all
+that
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+calling
+on
+such
+as
+i
+and
+sending
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+his
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+sending
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+by
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+was
+a
+bewildering
+collision
+of
+the
+impossibles
+but
+this
+was
+the
+land
+of
+the
+arabian
+nights
+this
+was
+india!
+and
+what
+is
+it
+that
+cannot
+happen
+in
+india
+we
+had
+the
+interview
+satan
+was
+right
+the
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+was
+indeed
+a
+god
+in
+the
+conviction
+of
+his
+multitudinous
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+and
+was
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+by
+them
+in
+sincerity
+and
+humble
+adoration
+they
+are
+troubled
+by
+no
+doubts
+as
+to
+his
+divine
+origin
+and
+office
+they
+believe
+in
+him
+they
+pray
+to
+him
+they
+make
+offerings
+to
+him
+they
+beg
+of
+him
+remission
+of
+sins
+to
+them
+his
+person
+together
+with
+everything
+connected
+with
+it
+is
+sacred
+from
+his
+barber
+they
+buy
+the
+parings
+of
+his
+nails
+and
+set
+them
+in
+gold
+and
+wear
+them
+as
+precious
+amulets
+i
+tried
+to
+seem
+tranquilly
+conversational
+and
+at
+rest
+but
+i
+was
+not
+would
+you
+have
+been
+i
+was
+in
+a
+suppressed
+frenzy
+of
+excitement
+and
+curiosity
+and
+glad
+wonder
+i
+could
+not
+keep
+my
+eyes
+off
+him
+i
+was
+looking
+upon
+a
+god
+an
+actual
+god
+a
+recognized
+and
+accepted
+god
+and
+every
+detail
+of
+his
+person
+and
+his
+dress
+had
+a
+consuming
+interest
+for
+me
+and
+the
+thought
+went
+floating
+through
+my
+head
+he
+is
+worshiped
+think
+of
+it
+he
+is
+not
+a
+recipient
+of
+the
+pale
+homage
+called
+compliment
+wherewith
+the
+highest
+human
+clay
+must
+make
+shift
+to
+be
+satisfied
+but
+of
+an
+infinitely
+richer
+spiritual
+food
+adoration
+worship!
+men
+and
+women
+lay
+their
+cares
+and
+their
+griefs
+and
+their
+broken
+hearts
+at
+his
+feet
+and
+he
+gives
+them
+his
+peace
+and
+they
+go
+away
+healed
+and
+just
+then
+the
+awful
+visitor
+said
+in
+the
+simplest
+way
+there
+is
+a
+feature
+of
+the
+philosophy
+of
+huck
+finn
+which
+and
+went
+luminously
+on
+with
+the
+construction
+of
+a
+compact
+and
+nicely
+discriminated
+literary
+verdict
+it
+is
+a
+land
+of
+surprises
+india!
+i
+had
+had
+my
+ambitions
+i
+had
+hoped
+and
+almost
+expected
+to
+be
+read
+by
+kings
+and
+presidents
+and
+emperors
+but
+i
+had
+never
+looked
+so
+high
+as
+that
+it
+would
+be
+false
+modesty
+to
+pretend
+that
+i
+was
+not
+inordinately
+pleased
+i
+was
+i
+was
+much
+more
+pleased
+than
+i
+should
+have
+been
+with
+a
+compliment
+from
+a
+man
+he
+remained
+half
+an
+hour
+and
+i
+found
+him
+a
+most
+courteous
+and
+charming
+gentleman
+the
+godship
+has
+been
+in
+his
+family
+a
+good
+while
+but
+i
+do
+not
+know
+how
+long
+he
+is
+a
+mohammedan
+deity
+by
+earthly
+rank
+he
+is
+a
+prince
+not
+an
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+but
+a
+persian
+prince
+he
+is
+a
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+descendant
+of
+the
+prophet's
+line
+he
+is
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+also
+young
+for
+a
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+not
+forty
+perhaps
+not
+above
+thirty
+five
+years
+old
+he
+wears
+his
+immense
+honors
+with
+tranquil
+brace
+and
+with
+a
+dignity
+proper
+to
+his
+awful
+calling
+he
+speaks
+english
+with
+the
+ease
+and
+purity
+of
+a
+person
+born
+to
+it
+i
+think
+i
+am
+not
+overstating
+this
+he
+was
+the
+only
+god
+i
+had
+ever
+seen
+and
+i
+was
+very
+favorably
+impressed
+when
+he
+rose
+to
+say
+good
+bye
+the
+door
+swung
+open
+and
+i
+caught
+the
+flash
+of
+a
+red
+fez
+and
+heard
+these
+words
+reverently
+said
+satan
+see
+god
+out
+yes
+and
+these
+mis
+mated
+beings
+passed
+from
+view
+satan
+in
+the
+lead
+and
+the
+other
+following
+after
+chapter
+xl
+few
+of
+us
+can
+stand
+prosperity
+another
+man's
+i
+mean
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+in
+front
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+masterly
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+not
+know
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+and
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+to
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+bungalow
+in
+lovelane
+byculla
+where
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+she
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+that
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+of
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+a
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+oh!
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+the
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+other
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+there
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+were
+one!
+so
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+for
+a
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+and
+things
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+more
+the
+poor
+fellow
+is
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+at
+his
+home
+in
+fair
+provence
+and
+sees
+the
+sundial
+that
+stood
+in
+his
+childhood's
+garden
+sees
+his
+mother
+and
+the
+long
+since
+forgotten
+face
+of
+that
+little
+dear
+sister
+he
+sees
+her
+he
+says
+on
+a
+sunday
+morning
+for
+all
+the
+church
+bells
+are
+ringing
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+looks
+up
+and
+down
+through
+the
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+and
+owns
+it
+well
+piled
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+bales
+upon
+bales
+of
+cotton
+and
+cotton
+eternal
+so
+much
+so
+that
+he
+feels
+he
+knows
+he
+swears
+he
+could
+make
+that
+winning
+hazard
+if
+the
+billiard
+table
+would
+not
+slant
+upwards
+and
+if
+the
+cue
+were
+a
+cue
+worth
+playing
+with
+but
+it
+is
+not
+it's
+a
+cue
+that
+won't
+move
+his
+own
+arm
+won't
+move
+in
+short
+there's
+the
+devil
+to
+pay
+in
+the
+brain
+of
+the
+poor
+levantine
+and
+perhaps
+the
+next
+night
+but
+one
+he
+becomes
+the
+'life
+and
+the
+soul'
+of
+some
+squalling
+jackal
+family
+who
+fish
+him
+out
+by
+the
+foot
+from
+his
+shallow
+and
+sandy
+grave
+chapter
+xliii
+hunger
+is
+the
+handmaid
+of
+genius
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+one
+day
+during
+our
+stay
+in
+bombay
+there
+was
+a
+criminal
+trial
+of
+a
+most
+interesting
+sort
+a
+terribly
+realistic
+chapter
+out
+of
+the
+arabian
+nights
+a
+strange
+mixture
+of
+simplicities
+and
+pieties
+and
+murderous
+practicalities
+which
+brought
+back
+the
+forgotten
+days
+of
+thuggee
+and
+made
+them
+live
+again
+in
+fact
+even
+made
+them
+believable
+it
+was
+a
+case
+where
+a
+young
+girl
+had
+been
+assassinated
+for
+the
+sake
+of
+her
+trifling
+ornaments
+things
+not
+worth
+a
+laborer's
+day's
+wages
+in
+america
+this
+thing
+could
+have
+been
+done
+in
+many
+other
+countries
+but
+hardly
+with
+the
+cold
+business
+like
+depravity
+absence
+of
+fear
+absence
+of
+caution
+destitution
+of
+the
+sense
+of
+horror
+repentance
+remorse
+exhibited
+in
+this
+case
+elsewhere
+the
+murderer
+would
+have
+done
+his
+crime
+secretly
+by
+night
+and
+without
+witnesses
+his
+fears
+would
+have
+allowed
+him
+no
+peace
+while
+the
+dead
+body
+was
+in
+his
+neighborhood
+he
+would
+not
+have
+rested
+until
+he
+had
+gotten
+it
+safe
+out
+of
+the
+way
+and
+hidden
+as
+effectually
+as
+he
+could
+hide
+it
+but
+this
+indian
+murderer
+does
+his
+deed
+in
+the
+full
+light
+of
+day
+cares
+nothing
+for
+the
+society
+of
+witnesses
+is
+in
+no
+way
+incommoded
+by
+the
+presence
+of
+the
+corpse
+takes
+his
+own
+time
+about
+disposing
+of
+it
+and
+the
+whole
+party
+are
+so
+indifferent
+so
+phlegmatic
+that
+they
+take
+their
+regular
+sleep
+as
+if
+nothing
+was
+happening
+and
+no
+halters
+hanging
+over
+them
+and
+these
+five
+bland
+people
+close
+the
+episode
+with
+a
+religious
+service
+the
+thing
+reads
+like
+a
+meadows
+taylor
+thug
+tale
+of
+half
+a
+century
+ago
+as
+may
+be
+seen
+by
+the
+official
+report
+of
+the
+trial
+at
+the
+mazagon
+police
+court
+yesterday
+superintendent
+nolan
+again
+charged
+tookaram
+suntoo
+savat
+baya
+woman
+her
+daughter
+krishni
+and
+gopal
+yithoo
+bhanayker
+before
+mr
+phiroze
+hoshang
+dastur
+fourth
+presidency
+magistrate
+under
+sections
+302
+and
+109
+of
+the
+code
+with
+having
+on
+the
+night
+of
+the
+30th
+of
+december
+last
+murdered
+a
+hindoo
+girl
+named
+cassi
+aged
+12
+by
+strangulation
+in
+the
+room
+of
+a
+chawl
+at
+jakaria
+bunder
+on
+the
+sewriroad
+and
+also
+with
+aiding
+and
+abetting
+each
+other
+in
+the
+commission
+of
+the
+offense
+mr
+f
+a
+little
+public
+prosecutor
+conducted
+the
+case
+on
+behalf
+of
+the
+crown
+the
+accused
+being
+undefended
+mr
+little
+applied
+under
+the
+provisions
+of
+the
+criminal
+procedure
+code
+to
+tender
+pardon
+to
+one
+of
+the
+accused
+krishni
+woman
+aged
+22
+on
+her
+undertaking
+to
+make
+a
+true
+and
+full
+statement
+of
+facts
+under
+which
+the
+deceased
+girl
+cassi
+was
+murdered
+the
+magistrate
+having
+granted
+the
+public
+prosecutor's
+application
+the
+accused
+krishni
+went
+into
+the
+witness
+box
+and
+on
+being
+examined
+by
+mr
+little
+made
+the
+following
+confession
+i
+am
+a
+mill
+hand
+employed
+at
+the
+jubilee
+mill
+i
+recollect
+the
+day
+tuesday
+on
+which
+the
+body
+of
+the
+deceased
+cassi
+was
+found
+previous
+to
+that
+i
+attended
+the
+mill
+for
+half
+a
+day
+and
+then
+returned
+home
+at
+3
+in
+the
+afternoon
+when
+i
+saw
+five
+persons
+in
+the
+house
+viz
+the
+first
+accused
+tookaram
+who
+is
+my
+paramour
+my
+mother
+the
+second
+accused
+baya
+the
+accused
+gopal
+and
+two
+guests
+named
+ramji
+daji
+and
+annaji
+gungaram
+tookaram
+rented
+the
+room
+of
+the
+chawl
+situated
+at
+jakaria
+bunder
+road
+from
+its
+owner
+girdharilal
+radhakishan
+and
+in
+that
+room
+i
+my
+paramour
+tookaram
+and
+his
+younger
+brother
+yesso
+mahadhoo
+live
+since
+his
+arrival
+in
+bombay
+from
+his
+native
+country
+yesso
+came
+and
+lived
+with
+us
+when
+i
+returned
+from
+the
+mill
+on
+the
+afternoon
+of
+that
+day
+i
+saw
+the
+two
+guests
+seated
+on
+a
+cot
+in
+the
+veranda
+and
+a
+few
+minutes
+after
+the
+accused
+gopal
+came
+and
+took
+his
+seat
+by
+their
+side
+while
+i
+and
+my
+mother
+were
+seated
+inside
+the
+room
+tookaram
+who
+had
+gone
+out
+to
+fetch
+some
+'pan'
+and
+betelnuts
+on
+his
+return
+home
+had
+brought
+the
+two
+guests
+with
+him
+after
+returning
+home
+he
+gave
+them
+'pan
+supari'
+while
+they
+were
+eating
+it
+my
+mother
+came
+out
+of
+the
+room
+and
+inquired
+of
+one
+of
+the
+guests
+ramji
+what
+had
+happened
+to
+his
+foot
+when
+he
+replied
+that
+he
+had
+tried
+many
+remedies
+but
+they
+had
+done
+him
+no
+good
+my
+mother
+then
+took
+some
+rice
+in
+her
+hand
+and
+prophesied
+that
+the
+disease
+which
+ramji
+was
+suffering
+from
+would
+not
+be
+cured
+until
+he
+returned
+to
+his
+native
+country
+in
+the
+meantime
+the
+deceased
+casi
+came
+from
+the
+direction
+of
+an
+out
+house
+and
+stood
+in
+front
+on
+the
+threshold
+of
+our
+room
+with
+a
+'lota'
+in
+her
+hand
+tookaram
+then
+told
+his
+two
+guests
+to
+leave
+the
+room
+and
+they
+then
+went
+up
+the
+steps
+towards
+the
+quarry
+after
+the
+guests
+had
+gone
+away
+tookaram
+seized
+the
+deceased
+who
+had
+come
+into
+the
+room
+and
+he
+afterwards
+put
+a
+waistband
+around
+her
+and
+tied
+her
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+no
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+if
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+a
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+we
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+questioned
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+it
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+i
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+a
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+two
+hours
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+i
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+taken
+to
+the
+room
+and
+i
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+this
+waistband
+the
+'dhotur'
+the
+mattress
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+the
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+my
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+tookaram
+tookaram
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+the
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+cassi
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+her
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+the
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+one
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+two
+other
+particularly
+outrageous
+features
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+it
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+by
+the
+english
+but
+there
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+enough
+of
+it
+left
+to
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+it
+darkly
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+one
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+evidence
+of
+these
+survivals
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+the
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+passage
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+this
+matter
+in
+his
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+sketch
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+describing
+some
+effects
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+the
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+government
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+their
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+india
+a
+cloud
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+pecking
+a
+sick
+vulture
+to
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+no
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+what
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+that
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+deserts
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+in
+an
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+all
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+to
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+for
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+to
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+for
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+to
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+him
+to
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+for
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+the
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+the
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+bearing
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+instances
+illustrative
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+the
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+palace
+is
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+and
+charming
+and
+in
+consonance
+with
+the
+country
+the
+old
+palace
+would
+still
+be
+great
+if
+there
+were
+nothing
+of
+it
+but
+the
+spacious
+and
+lofty
+hall
+where
+the
+durbars
+are
+held
+it
+is
+not
+a
+good
+place
+to
+lecture
+in
+on
+account
+of
+the
+echoes
+but
+it
+is
+a
+good
+place
+to
+hold
+durbars
+in
+and
+regulate
+the
+affairs
+of
+a
+kingdom
+and
+that
+is
+what
+it
+is
+for
+if
+i
+had
+it
+i
+would
+have
+a
+durbar
+every
+day
+instead
+of
+once
+or
+twice
+a
+year
+the
+prince
+is
+an
+educated
+gentleman
+his
+culture
+is
+european
+he
+has
+been
+in
+europe
+five
+times
+people
+say
+that
+this
+is
+costly
+amusement
+for
+him
+since
+in
+crossing
+the
+sea
+he
+must
+sometimes
+be
+obliged
+to
+drink
+water
+from
+vessels
+that
+are
+more
+or
+less
+public
+and
+thus
+damage
+his
+caste
+to
+get
+it
+purified
+again
+he
+must
+make
+pilgrimage
+to
+some
+renowned
+hindoo
+temples
+and
+contribute
+a
+fortune
+or
+two
+to
+them
+his
+people
+are
+like
+the
+other
+hindoos
+profoundly
+religious
+and
+they
+could
+not
+be
+content
+with
+a
+master
+who
+was
+impure
+we
+failed
+to
+see
+the
+jewels
+but
+we
+saw
+the
+gold
+cannon
+and
+the
+silver
+one
+they
+seemed
+to
+be
+six
+pounders
+they
+were
+not
+designed
+for
+business
+but
+for
+salutes
+upon
+rare
+and
+particularly
+important
+state
+occasions
+an
+ancestor
+of
+the
+present
+gaikwar
+had
+the
+silver
+one
+made
+and
+a
+subsequent
+ancestor
+had
+the
+gold
+one
+made
+in
+order
+to
+outdo
+him
+this
+sort
+of
+artillery
+is
+in
+keeping
+with
+the
+traditions
+of
+baroda
+which
+was
+of
+old
+famous
+for
+style
+and
+show
+it
+used
+to
+entertain
+visiting
+rajahs
+and
+viceroys
+with
+tiger
+fights
+elephant
+fights
+illuminations
+and
+elephant
+processions
+of
+the
+most
+glittering
+and
+gorgeous
+character
+it
+makes
+the
+circus
+a
+pale
+poor
+thing
+in
+the
+train
+during
+a
+part
+of
+the
+return
+journey
+from
+baroda
+we
+had
+the
+company
+of
+a
+gentleman
+who
+had
+with
+him
+a
+remarkable
+looking
+dog
+i
+had
+not
+seen
+one
+of
+its
+kind
+before
+as
+far
+as
+i
+could
+remember
+though
+of
+course
+i
+might
+have
+seen
+one
+and
+not
+noticed
+it
+for
+i
+am
+not
+acquainted
+with
+dogs
+but
+only
+with
+cats
+this
+dog's
+coat
+was
+smooth
+and
+shiny
+and
+black
+and
+i
+think
+it
+had
+tan
+trimmings
+around
+the
+edges
+of
+the
+dog
+and
+perhaps
+underneath
+it
+was
+a
+long
+low
+dog
+with
+very
+short
+strange
+legs
+legs
+that
+curved
+inboard
+something
+like
+parentheses
+wrong
+way
+indeed
+it
+was
+made
+on
+the
+plan
+of
+a
+bench
+for
+length
+and
+lowness
+it
+seemed
+to
+be
+satisfied
+but
+i
+thought
+the
+plan
+poor
+and
+structurally
+weak
+on
+account
+of
+the
+distance
+between
+the
+forward
+supports
+and
+those
+abaft
+with
+age
+the
+dog's
+back
+was
+likely
+to
+sag
+and
+it
+seemed
+to
+me
+that
+it
+would
+have
+been
+a
+stronger
+and
+more
+practicable
+dog
+if
+it
+had
+had
+some
+more
+legs
+it
+had
+not
+begun
+to
+sag
+yet
+but
+the
+shape
+of
+the
+legs
+showed
+that
+the
+undue
+weight
+imposed
+upon
+them
+was
+beginning
+to
+tell
+it
+had
+a
+long
+nose
+and
+floppy
+ears
+that
+hung
+down
+and
+a
+resigned
+expression
+of
+countenance
+i
+did
+not
+like
+to
+ask
+what
+kind
+of
+a
+dog
+it
+was
+or
+how
+it
+came
+to
+be
+deformed
+for
+it
+was
+plain
+that
+the
+gentleman
+was
+very
+fond
+of
+it
+and
+naturally
+he
+could
+be
+sensitive
+about
+it
+from
+delicacy
+i
+thought
+it
+best
+not
+to
+seem
+to
+notice
+it
+too
+much
+no
+doubt
+a
+man
+with
+a
+dog
+like
+that
+feels
+just
+as
+a
+person
+does
+who
+has
+a
+child
+that
+is
+out
+of
+true
+the
+gentleman
+was
+not
+merely
+fond
+of
+the
+dog
+he
+was
+also
+proud
+of
+it
+just
+the
+same
+again
+as
+a
+mother
+feels
+about
+her
+child
+when
+it
+is
+an
+idiot
+i
+could
+see
+that
+he
+was
+proud
+of
+it
+not
+withstanding
+it
+was
+such
+a
+long
+dog
+and
+looked
+so
+resigned
+and
+pious
+it
+had
+been
+all
+over
+the
+world
+with
+him
+and
+had
+been
+pilgriming
+like
+that
+for
+years
+and
+years
+it
+had
+traveled
+50
+000
+miles
+by
+sea
+and
+rail
+and
+had
+ridden
+in
+front
+of
+him
+on
+his
+horse
+8
+000
+it
+had
+a
+silver
+medal
+from
+the
+geographical
+society
+of
+great
+britain
+for
+its
+travels
+and
+i
+saw
+it
+it
+had
+won
+prizes
+in
+dog
+shows
+both
+in
+india
+and
+in
+england
+i
+saw
+them
+he
+said
+its
+pedigree
+was
+on
+record
+in
+the
+kennel
+club
+and
+that
+it
+was
+a
+well
+known
+dog
+he
+said
+a
+great
+many
+people
+in
+london
+could
+recognize
+it
+the
+moment
+they
+saw
+it
+i
+did
+not
+say
+anything
+but
+i
+did
+not
+think
+it
+anything
+strange
+i
+should
+know
+that
+dog
+again
+myself
+yet
+i
+am
+not
+careful
+about
+noticing
+dogs
+he
+said
+that
+when
+he
+walked
+along
+in
+london
+people
+often
+stopped
+and
+looked
+at
+the
+dog
+of
+course
+i
+did
+not
+say
+anything
+for
+i
+did
+not
+want
+to
+hurt
+his
+feelings
+but
+i
+could
+have
+explained
+to
+him
+that
+if
+you
+take
+a
+great
+long
+low
+dog
+like
+that
+and
+waddle
+it
+along
+the
+street
+anywhere
+in
+the
+world
+and
+not
+charge
+anything
+people
+will
+stop
+and
+look
+he
+was
+gratified
+because
+the
+dog
+took
+prizes
+but
+that
+was
+nothing
+if
+i
+were
+built
+like
+that
+i
+could
+take
+prizes
+myself
+i
+wished
+i
+knew
+what
+kind
+of
+a
+dog
+it
+was
+and
+what
+it
+was
+for
+but
+i
+could
+not
+very
+well
+ask
+for
+that
+would
+show
+that
+i
+did
+not
+know
+not
+that
+i
+want
+a
+dog
+like
+that
+but
+only
+to
+know
+the
+secret
+of
+its
+birth
+i
+think
+he
+was
+going
+to
+hunt
+elephants
+with
+it
+because
+i
+know
+from
+remarks
+dropped
+by
+him
+that
+he
+has
+hunted
+large
+game
+in
+india
+and
+africa
+and
+likes
+it
+but
+i
+think
+that
+if
+he
+tries
+to
+hunt
+elephants
+with
+it
+he
+is
+going
+to
+be
+disappointed
+i
+do
+not
+believe
+that
+it
+is
+suited
+for
+elephants
+it
+lacks
+energy
+it
+lacks
+force
+of
+character
+it
+lacks
+bitterness
+these
+things
+all
+show
+in
+the
+meekness
+and
+resignation
+of
+its
+expression
+it
+would
+not
+attack
+an
+elephant
+i
+am
+sure
+of
+it
+it
+might
+not
+run
+if
+it
+saw
+one
+coming
+but
+it
+looked
+to
+me
+like
+a
+dog
+that
+would
+sit
+down
+and
+pray
+i
+wish
+he
+had
+told
+me
+what
+breed
+it
+was
+if
+there
+are
+others
+but
+i
+shall
+know
+the
+dog
+next
+time
+and
+then
+if
+i
+can
+bring
+myself
+to
+it
+i
+will
+put
+delicacy
+aside
+and
+ask
+if
+i
+seem
+strangely
+interested
+in
+dogs
+i
+have
+a
+reason
+for
+it
+for
+a
+dog
+saved
+me
+from
+an
+embarrassing
+position
+once
+and
+that
+has
+made
+me
+grateful
+to
+these
+animals
+and
+if
+by
+study
+i
+could
+learn
+to
+tell
+some
+of
+the
+kinds
+from
+the
+others
+i
+should
+be
+greatly
+pleased
+i
+only
+know
+one
+kind
+apart
+yet
+and
+that
+is
+the
+kind
+that
+saved
+me
+that
+time
+i
+always
+know
+that
+kind
+when
+i
+meet
+it
+and
+if
+it
+is
+hungry
+or
+lost
+i
+take
+care
+of
+it
+the
+matter
+happened
+in
+this
+way
+it
+was
+years
+and
+years
+ago
+i
+had
+received
+a
+note
+from
+mr
+augustin
+daly
+of
+the
+fifth
+avenue
+theatre
+asking
+me
+to
+call
+the
+next
+time
+i
+should
+be
+in
+new
+york
+i
+was
+writing
+plays
+in
+those
+days
+and
+he
+was
+admiring
+them
+and
+trying
+to
+get
+me
+a
+chance
+to
+get
+them
+played
+in
+siberia
+i
+took
+the
+first
+train
+the
+early
+one
+the
+one
+that
+leaves
+hartford
+at
+8
+29
+in
+the
+morning
+at
+new
+haven
+i
+bought
+a
+paper
+and
+found
+it
+filled
+with
+glaring
+display
+lines
+about
+a
+bench
+show
+there
+i
+had
+often
+heard
+of
+bench
+shows
+but
+had
+never
+felt
+any
+interest
+in
+them
+because
+i
+supposed
+they
+were
+lectures
+that
+were
+not
+well
+attended
+it
+turned
+out
+now
+that
+it
+was
+not
+that
+but
+a
+dog
+show
+there
+was
+a
+double
+leaded
+column
+about
+the
+king
+feature
+of
+this
+one
+which
+was
+called
+a
+saint
+bernard
+and
+was
+worth
+$10
+000
+and
+was
+known
+to
+be
+the
+largest
+and
+finest
+of
+his
+species
+in
+the
+world
+i
+read
+all
+this
+with
+interest
+because
+out
+of
+my
+school
+boy
+readings
+i
+dimly
+remembered
+how
+the
+priests
+and
+pilgrims
+of
+st
+bernard
+used
+to
+go
+out
+in
+the
+storms
+and
+dig
+these
+dogs
+out
+of
+the
+snowdrifts
+when
+lost
+and
+exhausted
+and
+give
+them
+brandy
+and
+save
+their
+lives
+and
+drag
+them
+to
+the
+monastery
+and
+restore
+them
+with
+gruel
+also
+there
+was
+a
+picture
+of
+this
+prize
+dog
+in
+the
+paper
+a
+noble
+great
+creature
+with
+a
+benignant
+countenance
+standing
+by
+a
+table
+he
+was
+placed
+in
+that
+way
+so
+that
+one
+could
+get
+a
+right
+idea
+of
+his
+great
+dimensions
+you
+could
+see
+that
+he
+was
+just
+a
+shade
+higher
+than
+the
+table
+indeed
+a
+huge
+fellow
+for
+a
+dog
+then
+there
+was
+a
+description
+which
+event
+into
+the
+details
+it
+gave
+his
+enormous
+weight
+150
+1/2
+pounds
+and
+his
+length
+4
+feet
+2
+inches
+from
+stem
+to
+stern
+post
+and
+his
+height
+3
+feet
+1
+inch
+to
+the
+top
+of
+his
+back
+the
+pictures
+and
+the
+figures
+so
+impressed
+me
+that
+i
+could
+see
+the
+beautiful
+colossus
+before
+me
+and
+i
+kept
+on
+thinking
+about
+him
+for
+the
+next
+two
+hours
+then
+i
+reached
+new
+york
+and
+he
+dropped
+out
+of
+my
+mind
+in
+the
+swirl
+and
+tumult
+of
+the
+hotel
+lobby
+i
+ran
+across
+mr
+daly's
+comedian
+the
+late
+james
+lewis
+of
+beloved
+memory
+and
+i
+casually
+mentioned
+that
+i
+was
+going
+to
+call
+upon
+mr
+daly
+in
+the
+evening
+at
+8
+he
+looked
+surprised
+and
+said
+he
+reckoned
+not
+for
+answer
+i
+handed
+him
+mr
+daly's
+note
+its
+substance
+was
+come
+to
+my
+private
+den
+over
+the
+theater
+where
+we
+cannot
+be
+interrupted
+and
+come
+by
+the
+back
+way
+not
+the
+front
+no
+642
+sixth
+avenue
+is
+a
+cigar
+shop
+pass
+through
+it
+and
+you
+are
+in
+a
+paved
+court
+with
+high
+buildings
+all
+around
+enter
+the
+second
+door
+on
+the
+left
+and
+come
+up
+stairs
+is
+this
+all
+yes
+i
+said
+well
+you'll
+never
+get
+in
+why
+because
+you
+won't
+or
+if
+you
+do
+you
+can
+draw
+on
+me
+for
+a
+hundred
+dollars
+for
+you
+will
+be
+the
+first
+man
+that
+has
+accomplished
+it
+in
+twenty
+five
+years
+i
+can't
+think
+what
+mr
+daly
+can
+have
+been
+absorbed
+in
+he
+has
+forgotten
+a
+most
+important
+detail
+and
+he
+will
+feel
+humiliated
+in
+the
+morning
+when
+he
+finds
+that
+you
+tried
+to
+get
+in
+and
+couldn't
+why
+what
+is
+the
+trouble
+i'll
+tell
+you
+you
+see
+at
+that
+point
+we
+were
+swept
+apart
+by
+the
+crowd
+somebody
+detained
+me
+with
+a
+moment's
+talk
+and
+we
+did
+not
+get
+together
+again
+but
+it
+did
+not
+matter
+i
+believed
+he
+was
+joking
+anyway
+at
+eight
+in
+the
+evening
+i
+passed
+through
+the
+cigar
+shop
+and
+into
+the
+court
+and
+knocked
+at
+the
+second
+door
+come
+in!
+i
+entered
+it
+was
+a
+small
+room
+carpetless
+dusty
+with
+a
+naked
+deal
+table
+and
+two
+cheap
+wooden
+chairs
+for
+furniture
+a
+giant
+irishman
+was
+standing
+there
+with
+shirt
+collar
+and
+vest
+unbuttoned
+and
+no
+coat
+on
+i
+put
+my
+hat
+on
+the
+table
+and
+was
+about
+to
+say
+something
+when
+the
+irishman
+took
+the
+innings
+himself
+and
+not
+with
+marked
+courtesy
+of
+tone
+well
+sor
+what
+will
+you
+have
+i
+was
+a
+little
+disconcerted
+and
+my
+easy
+confidence
+suffered
+a
+shrinkage
+the
+man
+stood
+as
+motionless
+as
+gibraltar
+and
+kept
+his
+unblinking
+eye
+upon
+me
+it
+was
+very
+embarrassing
+very
+humiliating
+i
+stammered
+at
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+his
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+the
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+in
+that
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+the
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+twin
+of
+that
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+a
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+new
+haven
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+and
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+show
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+oh
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+a
+grand
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+it's
+a
+wonderful
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+sir
+and
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+honor
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+and
+ye'll
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+all
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+it
+ye
+have
+some
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+honor!
+bedad
+i
+believe
+you!
+there's
+not
+a
+jintleman
+in
+the
+worrld
+that
+can
+lay
+over
+ye
+in
+the
+judgmint
+of
+a
+dog
+sir
+now
+i'll
+vinture
+that
+your
+honor'll
+know
+that
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+there
+better
+than
+he
+knows
+them
+his
+own
+self
+and
+just
+by
+the
+casting
+of
+your
+educated
+eye
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+him
+would
+you
+mind
+giving
+a
+guess
+if
+ye'll
+be
+so
+good
+i
+knew
+that
+upon
+my
+answer
+would
+depend
+my
+fate
+if
+i
+made
+this
+dog
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+than
+the
+prize
+dog
+it
+would
+be
+bad
+diplomacy
+and
+suspicious
+if
+i
+fell
+too
+far
+short
+of
+the
+prizedog
+that
+would
+be
+equally
+damaging
+the
+dog
+was
+standing
+by
+the
+table
+and
+i
+believed
+i
+knew
+the
+difference
+between
+him
+and
+the
+one
+whose
+picture
+i
+had
+seen
+in
+the
+newspaper
+to
+a
+shade
+i
+spoke
+promptly
+up
+and
+said
+it's
+no
+trouble
+to
+guess
+this
+noble
+creature's
+figures
+height
+three
+feet
+length
+four
+feet
+and
+three
+quarters
+of
+an
+inch
+weight
+a
+hundred
+and
+forty
+eight
+and
+a
+quarter
+the
+man
+snatched
+his
+hat
+from
+its
+peg
+and
+danced
+on
+it
+with
+joy
+shouting
+ye've
+hardly
+missed
+it
+the
+hair's
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+hardly
+the
+shade
+of
+a
+shade
+your
+honor!
+oh
+it's
+the
+miraculous
+eye
+ye've
+got
+for
+the
+judgmint
+of
+a
+dog!
+and
+still
+pouring
+out
+his
+admiration
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+my
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+he
+snatched
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+his
+vest
+and
+scoured
+off
+one
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+the
+wooden
+chairs
+with
+it
+and
+scrubbed
+it
+and
+polished
+it
+and
+said
+there
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+your
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+i'm
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+meself
+that
+i
+forgot
+ye
+were
+standing
+all
+this
+time
+and
+do
+put
+on
+your
+hat
+ye
+mustn't
+take
+cold
+it's
+a
+drafty
+place
+and
+here
+is
+your
+cigar
+sir
+a
+getting
+cold
+i'll
+give
+ye
+a
+light
+there
+the
+place
+is
+all
+yours
+sir
+and
+if
+ye'll
+just
+put
+your
+feet
+on
+the
+table
+and
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+i'll
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+and
+get
+a
+candle
+and
+light
+ye
+up
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+stairs
+and
+see
+that
+ye
+don't
+come
+to
+anny
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+for
+be
+this
+time
+mr
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+that
+impatient
+to
+see
+your
+honor
+that
+he'll
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+taking
+the
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+tenderly
+up
+the
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+lighting
+the
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+and
+protecting
+me
+with
+friendly
+warnings
+then
+pushed
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+door
+open
+and
+bowed
+me
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+and
+went
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+way
+mumbling
+hearty
+things
+about
+my
+wonderful
+eye
+for
+points
+of
+a
+dog
+mr
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+and
+had
+his
+back
+to
+me
+he
+glanced
+over
+his
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+presently
+then
+jumped
+up
+and
+said
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+me
+i
+forgot
+all
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+giving
+instructions
+i
+was
+just
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+you
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+but
+how
+is
+it
+you
+are
+here
+how
+did
+you
+get
+by
+that
+irishman
+you
+are
+the
+first
+man
+that's
+done
+it
+in
+five
+and
+twenty
+years
+you
+didn't
+bribe
+him
+i
+know
+that
+there's
+not
+money
+enough
+in
+new
+york
+to
+do
+it
+and
+you
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+persuade
+him
+he
+is
+all
+ice
+and
+iron
+there
+isn't
+a
+soft
+place
+nor
+a
+warm
+one
+in
+him
+anywhere
+that
+is
+your
+secret
+look
+here
+you
+owe
+me
+a
+hundred
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+for
+unintentionally
+giving
+you
+a
+chance
+to
+perform
+a
+miracle
+for
+it
+is
+a
+miracle
+that
+you've
+done
+that
+is
+all
+right
+i
+said
+collect
+it
+of
+jimmy
+lewis
+that
+good
+dog
+not
+only
+did
+me
+that
+good
+turn
+in
+the
+time
+of
+my
+need
+but
+he
+won
+for
+me
+the
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+all
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+theatrical
+people
+from
+the
+atlantic
+to
+the
+pacific
+of
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+the
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+history
+who
+had
+ever
+run
+the
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+of
+augustin
+daly's
+back
+door
+chapter
+xlvi
+if
+the
+desire
+to
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+and
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+came
+always
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+who
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+hanging
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+on
+the
+train
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+years
+ago
+when
+i
+was
+a
+boy
+in
+the
+then
+remote
+and
+sparsely
+peopled
+mississippi
+valley
+vague
+tales
+and
+rumors
+of
+a
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+body
+of
+professional
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+came
+wandering
+in
+from
+a
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+as
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+from
+us
+as
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+blinking
+in
+space
+india
+vague
+tales
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+rumors
+of
+a
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+who
+waylaid
+travelers
+in
+lonely
+places
+and
+killed
+them
+for
+the
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+of
+a
+god
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+worshiped
+tales
+which
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+liked
+to
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+to
+and
+nobody
+believed
+except
+with
+reservations
+it
+was
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+that
+the
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+had
+gathered
+bulk
+on
+their
+travels
+the
+matter
+died
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+and
+a
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+followed
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+eugene
+sue's
+wandering
+jew
+appeared
+and
+made
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+for
+a
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+it
+was
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+a
+mysterious
+and
+terrible
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+who
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+as
+slippery
+and
+sly
+as
+a
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+and
+as
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+and
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+the
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+presently
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+this
+time
+to
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+that
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+but
+really
+it
+was
+not
+strange
+on
+the
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+it
+was
+natural
+i
+mean
+on
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+of
+the
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+for
+the
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+thug
+tales
+mainly
+came
+was
+a
+government
+report
+and
+without
+doubt
+was
+not
+republished
+in
+america
+it
+was
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+never
+even
+seen
+there
+government
+reports
+have
+no
+general
+circulation
+they
+are
+distributed
+to
+the
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+and
+are
+not
+always
+read
+by
+those
+few
+i
+heard
+of
+this
+report
+for
+the
+first
+time
+a
+day
+or
+two
+ago
+and
+borrowed
+it
+it
+is
+full
+of
+fascinations
+and
+it
+turns
+those
+dim
+dark
+fairy
+tales
+of
+my
+boyhood
+days
+into
+realities
+the
+report
+was
+made
+in
+1889
+by
+major
+sleeman
+of
+the
+indian
+service
+and
+was
+printed
+in
+calcutta
+in
+1840
+it
+is
+a
+clumsy
+great
+fat
+poor
+sample
+of
+the
+printer's
+art
+but
+good
+enough
+for
+a
+government
+printing
+office
+in
+that
+old
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+and
+in
+that
+remote
+region
+perhaps
+to
+major
+sleeman
+was
+given
+the
+general
+superintendence
+of
+the
+giant
+task
+of
+ridding
+india
+of
+thuggee
+and
+he
+and
+his
+seventeen
+assistants
+accomplished
+it
+it
+was
+the
+augean
+stables
+over
+again
+captain
+vallancey
+writing
+in
+a
+madras
+journal
+in
+those
+old
+times
+makes
+this
+remark
+the
+day
+that
+sees
+this
+far
+spread
+evil
+eradicated
+from
+india
+and
+known
+only
+in
+name
+will
+greatly
+tend
+to
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+british
+rule
+in
+the
+east
+he
+did
+not
+overestimate
+the
+magnitude
+and
+difficulty
+of
+the
+work
+nor
+the
+immensity
+of
+the
+credit
+which
+would
+justly
+be
+due
+to
+british
+rule
+in
+case
+it
+was
+accomplished
+thuggee
+became
+known
+to
+the
+british
+authorities
+in
+india
+about
+1810
+but
+its
+wide
+prevalence
+was
+not
+suspected
+it
+was
+not
+regarded
+as
+a
+serious
+matter
+and
+no
+systematic
+measures
+were
+taken
+for
+its
+suppression
+until
+about
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+about
+that
+time
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+sleeman
+captured
+eugene
+sue's
+thug
+chief
+feringhea
+and
+got
+him
+to
+turn
+king's
+evidence
+the
+revelations
+were
+so
+stupefying
+that
+sleeman
+was
+not
+able
+to
+believe
+them
+sleeman
+thought
+he
+knew
+every
+criminal
+within
+his
+jurisdiction
+and
+that
+the
+worst
+of
+them
+were
+merely
+thieves
+but
+feringhea
+told
+him
+that
+he
+was
+in
+reality
+living
+in
+the
+midst
+of
+a
+swarm
+of
+professional
+murderers
+that
+they
+had
+been
+all
+about
+him
+for
+many
+years
+and
+that
+they
+buried
+their
+dead
+close
+by
+these
+seemed
+insane
+tales
+but
+feringhea
+said
+come
+and
+see
+and
+he
+took
+him
+to
+a
+grave
+and
+dug
+up
+a
+hundred
+bodies
+and
+told
+him
+all
+the
+circumstances
+of
+the
+killings
+and
+named
+the
+thugs
+who
+had
+done
+the
+work
+it
+was
+a
+staggering
+business
+sleeman
+captured
+some
+of
+these
+thugs
+and
+proceeded
+to
+examine
+them
+separately
+and
+with
+proper
+precautions
+against
+collusion
+for
+he
+would
+not
+believe
+any
+indian's
+unsupported
+word
+the
+evidence
+gathered
+proved
+the
+truth
+of
+what
+feringhea
+had
+said
+and
+also
+revealed
+the
+fact
+that
+gangs
+of
+thugs
+were
+plying
+their
+trade
+all
+over
+india
+the
+astonished
+government
+now
+took
+hold
+of
+thuggee
+and
+for
+ten
+years
+made
+systematic
+and
+relentless
+war
+upon
+it
+and
+finally
+destroyed
+it
+gang
+after
+gang
+was
+captured
+tried
+and
+punished
+the
+thugs
+were
+harried
+and
+hunted
+from
+one
+end
+of
+india
+to
+the
+other
+the
+government
+got
+all
+their
+secrets
+out
+of
+them
+and
+also
+got
+the
+names
+of
+the
+members
+of
+the
+bands
+and
+recorded
+them
+in
+a
+book
+together
+with
+their
+birthplaces
+and
+places
+of
+residence
+the
+thugs
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+up
+then
+down
+then
+up
+again
+following
+the
+chances
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+is
+running
+now
+you
+hope
+now
+you
+despair
+now
+you
+hope
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+everything
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+out
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+feel
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+you
+and
+without
+thinking
+you
+put
+out
+your
+hand
+to
+pat
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+the
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+puff!
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+thing
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+there
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+the
+crowd
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+dust
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+forgotten
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+then
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+a
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+injury
+you
+don't
+know
+whether
+mithoo
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+the
+swag
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+the
+sin
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+had
+to
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+the
+swag
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+keep
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+the
+sin
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+there
+is
+no
+literary
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+about
+a
+government
+report
+it
+stops
+a
+story
+right
+in
+the
+most
+interesting
+place
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+reports
+of
+thug
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+interminably
+in
+one
+monotonous
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+a
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+him
+met
+5
+pundits
+killed
+them
+met
+4
+rajpoots
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+a
+woman
+killed
+them
+and
+so
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+the
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+a
+man
+hiding
+in
+a
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+a
+thief
+he
+had
+stolen
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+dhunroj
+seith
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+parowtee
+they
+strangled
+him
+and
+took
+the
+money
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+had
+no
+patience
+with
+thieves
+they
+killed
+two
+treasure
+bearers
+and
+got
+4
+000
+rupees
+they
+came
+across
+two
+bullocks
+laden
+with
+copper
+pice
+and
+killed
+the
+four
+drivers
+and
+took
+the
+money
+there
+must
+have
+been
+half
+a
+ton
+of
+it
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+a
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+pice
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+make
+an
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+and
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+to
+make
+a
+rupee
+and
+even
+in
+those
+days
+the
+rupee
+was
+worth
+only
+half
+a
+dollar
+coming
+back
+over
+their
+tracks
+from
+baroda
+they
+had
+another
+picturesque
+stroke
+of
+luck
+'the
+lohars
+of
+oodeypore'
+put
+a
+traveler
+in
+their
+charge
+for
+safety
+dear
+dear
+across
+this
+abyssmal
+gulf
+of
+time
+we
+still
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+feringhea's
+lips
+uncover
+his
+teeth
+and
+through
+the
+dim
+haze
+we
+catch
+the
+incandescent
+glimmer
+of
+his
+smile
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+accepted
+that
+trust
+good
+man
+and
+so
+we
+know
+what
+went
+with
+the
+traveler
+even
+rajahs
+had
+no
+terrors
+for
+feringhea
+he
+came
+across
+an
+elephant
+driver
+belonging
+to
+the
+rajah
+of
+oodeypore
+and
+promptly
+strangled
+him
+a
+total
+of
+100
+men
+and
+5
+women
+murdered
+on
+this
+expedition
+among
+the
+reports
+of
+expeditions
+we
+find
+mention
+of
+victims
+of
+almost
+every
+quality
+and
+estate
+also
+a
+prince's
+cook
+and
+even
+the
+water
+carrier
+of
+that
+sublime
+lord
+of
+lords
+and
+king
+of
+kings
+the
+governor
+general
+of
+india!
+how
+broad
+they
+were
+in
+their
+tastes!
+they
+also
+murdered
+actors
+poor
+wandering
+barnstormers
+there
+are
+two
+instances
+recorded
+the
+first
+one
+by
+a
+gang
+of
+thugs
+under
+a
+chief
+who
+soils
+a
+great
+name
+borne
+by
+a
+better
+man
+kipling's
+deathless
+gungadin
+after
+murdering
+4
+sepoys
+going
+on
+toward
+indore
+met
+4
+strolling
+players
+and
+persuaded
+them
+to
+come
+with
+us
+on
+the
+pretense
+that
+we
+would
+see
+their
+performance
+at
+the
+next
+stage
+murdered
+them
+at
+a
+temple
+near
+bhopal
+second
+instance
+at
+deohuttee
+joined
+by
+comedians
+murdered
+them
+eastward
+of
+that
+place
+but
+this
+gang
+was
+a
+particularly
+bad
+crew
+on
+that
+expedition
+they
+murdered
+a
+fakeer
+and
+twelve
+beggars
+and
+yet
+bhowanee
+protected
+them
+for
+once
+when
+they
+were
+strangling
+a
+man
+in
+a
+wood
+when
+a
+crowd
+was
+going
+by
+close
+at
+hand
+and
+the
+noose
+slipped
+and
+the
+man
+screamed
+bhowanee
+made
+a
+camel
+burst
+out
+at
+the
+same
+moment
+with
+a
+roar
+that
+drowned
+the
+scream
+and
+before
+the
+man
+could
+repeat
+it
+the
+breath
+was
+choked
+out
+of
+his
+body
+the
+cow
+is
+so
+sacred
+in
+india
+that
+to
+kill
+her
+keeper
+is
+an
+awful
+sacrilege
+and
+even
+the
+thugs
+recognized
+this
+yet
+now
+and
+then
+the
+lust
+for
+blood
+was
+too
+strong
+and
+so
+they
+did
+kill
+a
+few
+cow
+keepers
+in
+one
+of
+these
+instances
+the
+witness
+who
+killed
+the
+cowherd
+said
+in
+thuggee
+this
+is
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+forbidden
+and
+is
+an
+act
+from
+which
+no
+good
+can
+come
+i
+was
+ill
+of
+a
+fever
+for
+ten
+days
+afterward
+i
+do
+believe
+that
+evil
+will
+follow
+the
+murder
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+a
+man
+with
+a
+cow
+if
+there
+be
+no
+cow
+it
+does
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+another
+thug
+said
+he
+held
+the
+cowherd's
+feet
+while
+this
+witness
+did
+the
+strangling
+he
+felt
+no
+concern
+because
+the
+bad
+fortune
+of
+such
+a
+deed
+is
+upon
+the
+strangler
+and
+not
+upon
+the
+assistants
+even
+if
+there
+should
+be
+a
+hundred
+of
+them
+there
+were
+thousands
+of
+thugs
+roving
+over
+india
+constantly
+during
+many
+generations
+they
+made
+thug
+gee
+a
+hereditary
+vocation
+and
+taught
+it
+to
+their
+sons
+and
+to
+their
+son's
+sons
+boys
+were
+in
+full
+membership
+as
+early
+as
+16
+years
+of
+age
+veterans
+were
+still
+at
+work
+at
+70
+what
+was
+the
+fascination
+what
+was
+the
+impulse
+apparently
+it
+was
+partly
+piety
+largely
+gain
+and
+there
+is
+reason
+to
+suspect
+that
+the
+sport
+afforded
+was
+the
+chiefest
+fascination
+of
+all
+meadows
+taylor
+makes
+a
+thug
+in
+one
+of
+his
+books
+claim
+that
+the
+pleasure
+of
+killing
+men
+was
+the
+white
+man's
+beast
+hunting
+instinct
+enlarged
+refined
+ennobled
+i
+will
+quote
+the
+passage
+chapter
+xlvii
+simple
+rules
+for
+saving
+money
+to
+save
+half
+when
+you
+are
+fired
+by
+an
+eager
+impulse
+to
+contribute
+to
+a
+charity
+wait
+and
+count
+forty
+to
+save
+three
+quarters
+count
+sixty
+to
+save
+it
+all
+count
+sixty
+five
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+the
+thug
+said
+how
+many
+of
+you
+english
+are
+passionately
+devoted
+to
+sporting!
+your
+days
+and
+months
+are
+passed
+in
+its
+excitement
+a
+tiger
+a
+panther
+a
+buffalo
+or
+a
+hog
+rouses
+your
+utmost
+energies
+for
+its
+destruction
+you
+even
+risk
+your
+lives
+in
+its
+pursuit
+how
+much
+higher
+game
+is
+a
+thug's!
+that
+must
+really
+be
+the
+secret
+of
+the
+rise
+and
+development
+of
+thuggee
+the
+joy
+of
+killing!
+the
+joy
+of
+seeing
+killing
+done
+these
+are
+traits
+of
+the
+human
+race
+at
+large
+we
+white
+people
+are
+merely
+modified
+thugs
+thugs
+fretting
+under
+the
+restraints
+of
+a
+not
+very
+thick
+skin
+of
+civilization
+thugs
+who
+long
+ago
+enjoyed
+the
+slaughter
+of
+the
+roman
+arena
+and
+later
+the
+burning
+of
+doubtful
+christians
+by
+authentic
+christians
+in
+the
+public
+squares
+and
+who
+now
+with
+the
+thugs
+of
+spain
+and
+nimes
+flock
+to
+enjoy
+the
+blood
+and
+misery
+of
+the
+bullring
+we
+have
+no
+tourists
+of
+either
+sex
+or
+any
+religion
+who
+are
+able
+to
+resist
+the
+delights
+of
+the
+bull
+ring
+when
+opportunity
+offers
+and
+we
+are
+gentle
+thugs
+in
+the
+hunting
+season
+and
+love
+to
+chase
+a
+tame
+rabbit
+and
+kill
+it
+still
+we
+have
+made
+some
+progress
+microscopic
+and
+in
+truth
+scarcely
+worth
+mentioning
+and
+certainly
+nothing
+to
+be
+proud
+of
+still
+it
+is
+progress
+we
+no
+longer
+take
+pleasure
+in
+slaughtering
+or
+burning
+helpless
+men
+we
+have
+reached
+a
+little
+altitude
+where
+we
+may
+look
+down
+upon
+the
+indian
+thugs
+with
+a
+complacent
+shudder
+and
+we
+may
+even
+hope
+for
+a
+day
+many
+centuries
+hence
+when
+our
+posterity
+will
+look
+down
+upon
+us
+in
+the
+same
+way
+there
+are
+many
+indications
+that
+the
+thug
+often
+hunted
+men
+for
+the
+mere
+sport
+of
+it
+that
+the
+fright
+and
+pain
+of
+the
+quarry
+were
+no
+more
+to
+him
+than
+are
+the
+fright
+and
+pain
+of
+the
+rabbit
+or
+the
+stag
+to
+us
+and
+that
+he
+was
+no
+more
+ashamed
+of
+beguiling
+his
+game
+with
+deceits
+and
+abusing
+its
+trust
+than
+are
+we
+when
+we
+have
+imitated
+a
+wild
+animal's
+call
+and
+shot
+it
+when
+it
+honored
+us
+with
+its
+confidence
+and
+came
+to
+see
+what
+we
+wanted
+madara
+son
+of
+nihal
+and
+i
+ramzam
+set
+out
+from
+kotdee
+in
+the
+cold
+weather
+and
+followed
+the
+high
+road
+for
+about
+twenty
+days
+in
+search
+of
+travelers
+until
+we
+came
+to
+selempore
+where
+we
+met
+a
+very
+old
+man
+going
+to
+the
+east
+we
+won
+his
+confidence
+in
+this
+manner
+he
+carried
+a
+load
+which
+was
+too
+heavy
+for
+his
+old
+age
+i
+said
+to
+him
+'you
+are
+an
+old
+man
+i
+will
+aid
+you
+in
+carrying
+your
+load
+as
+you
+are
+from
+my
+part
+of
+the
+country
+'
+he
+said
+'very
+well
+take
+me
+with
+you
+'
+so
+we
+took
+him
+with
+us
+to
+selempore
+where
+we
+slept
+that
+night
+we
+woke
+him
+next
+morning
+before
+dawn
+and
+set
+out
+and
+at
+the
+distance
+of
+three
+miles
+we
+seated
+him
+to
+rest
+while
+it
+was
+still
+very
+dark
+madara
+was
+ready
+behind
+him
+and
+strangled
+him
+he
+never
+spoke
+a
+word
+he
+was
+about
+60
+or
+70
+years
+of
+age
+another
+gang
+fell
+in
+with
+a
+couple
+of
+barbers
+and
+persuaded
+them
+to
+come
+along
+in
+their
+company
+by
+promising
+them
+the
+job
+of
+shaving
+the
+whole
+crew
+30
+thugs
+at
+the
+place
+appointed
+for
+the
+murder
+15
+got
+shaved
+and
+actually
+paid
+the
+barbers
+for
+their
+work
+then
+killed
+them
+and
+took
+back
+the
+money
+a
+gang
+of
+forty
+two
+thugs
+came
+across
+two
+brahmins
+and
+a
+shopkeeper
+on
+the
+road
+beguiled
+them
+into
+a
+grove
+and
+got
+up
+a
+concert
+for
+their
+entertainment
+while
+these
+poor
+fellows
+were
+listening
+to
+the
+music
+the
+stranglers
+were
+standing
+behind
+them
+and
+at
+the
+proper
+moment
+for
+dramatic
+effect
+they
+applied
+the
+noose
+the
+most
+devoted
+fisherman
+must
+have
+a
+bite
+at
+least
+as
+often
+as
+once
+a
+week
+or
+his
+passion
+will
+cool
+and
+he
+will
+put
+up
+his
+tackle
+the
+tiger
+sportsman
+must
+find
+a
+tiger
+at
+least
+once
+a
+fortnight
+or
+he
+will
+get
+tired
+and
+quit
+the
+elephant
+hunter's
+enthusiasm
+will
+waste
+away
+little
+by
+little
+and
+his
+zeal
+will
+perish
+at
+last
+if
+he
+plod
+around
+a
+month
+without
+finding
+a
+member
+of
+that
+noble
+family
+to
+assassinate
+but
+when
+the
+lust
+in
+the
+hunter's
+heart
+is
+for
+the
+noblest
+of
+all
+quarries
+man
+how
+different
+is
+the
+case!
+and
+how
+watery
+and
+poor
+is
+the
+zeal
+and
+how
+childish
+the
+endurance
+of
+those
+other
+hunters
+by
+comparison
+then
+neither
+hunger
+nor
+thirst
+nor
+fatigue
+nor
+deferred
+hope
+nor
+monotonous
+disappointment
+nor
+leaden
+footed
+lapse
+of
+time
+can
+conquer
+the
+hunter's
+patience
+or
+weaken
+the
+joy
+of
+his
+quest
+or
+cool
+the
+splendid
+rage
+of
+his
+desire
+of
+all
+the
+hunting
+passions
+that
+burn
+in
+the
+breast
+of
+man
+there
+is
+none
+that
+can
+lift
+him
+superior
+to
+discouragements
+like
+these
+but
+the
+one
+the
+royal
+sport
+the
+supreme
+sport
+whose
+quarry
+is
+his
+brother
+by
+comparison
+tiger
+hunting
+is
+a
+colorless
+poor
+thing
+for
+all
+it
+has
+been
+so
+bragged
+about
+why
+the
+thug
+was
+content
+to
+tramp
+patiently
+along
+afoot
+in
+the
+wasting
+heat
+of
+india
+week
+after
+week
+at
+an
+average
+of
+nine
+or
+ten
+miles
+a
+day
+if
+he
+might
+but
+hope
+to
+find
+game
+some
+time
+or
+other
+and
+refresh
+his
+longing
+soul
+with
+blood
+here
+is
+an
+instance
+i
+ramzam
+and
+hyder
+set
+out
+for
+the
+purpose
+of
+strangling
+travelers
+from
+guddapore
+and
+proceeded
+via
+the
+fort
+of
+julalabad
+newulgunge
+bangermow
+on
+the
+banks
+of
+the
+ganges
+upwards
+of
+100
+miles
+from
+whence
+we
+returned
+by
+another
+route
+still
+no
+travelers!
+till
+we
+reached
+bowaneegunge
+where
+we
+fell
+in
+with
+a
+traveler
+a
+boatman
+we
+inveigled
+him
+and
+about
+two
+miles
+east
+of
+there
+hyder
+strangled
+him
+as
+he
+stood
+for
+he
+was
+troubled
+and
+afraid
+and
+would
+not
+sit
+we
+then
+made
+a
+long
+journey
+about
+130
+miles
+and
+reached
+hussunpore
+bundwa
+where
+at
+the
+tank
+we
+fell
+in
+with
+a
+traveler
+he
+slept
+there
+that
+night
+next
+morning
+we
+followed
+him
+and
+tried
+to
+win
+his
+confidence
+at
+the
+distance
+of
+two
+miles
+we
+endeavored
+to
+induce
+him
+to
+sit
+down
+but
+he
+would
+not
+having
+become
+aware
+of
+us
+i
+attempted
+to
+strangle
+him
+as
+he
+walked
+along
+but
+did
+not
+succeed
+both
+of
+us
+then
+fell
+upon
+him
+he
+made
+a
+great
+outcry
+'they
+are
+murdering
+me!'
+at
+length
+we
+strangled
+him
+and
+flung
+his
+body
+into
+a
+well
+after
+this
+we
+returned
+to
+our
+homes
+having
+been
+out
+a
+month
+and
+traveled
+about
+260
+miles
+a
+total
+of
+two
+men
+murdered
+on
+the
+expedition
+and
+here
+is
+another
+case
+related
+by
+the
+terrible
+futty
+khan
+a
+man
+with
+a
+tremendous
+record
+to
+be
+re
+mentioned
+by
+and
+by
+i
+with
+three
+others
+traveled
+for
+about
+45
+days
+a
+distance
+of
+about
+200
+miles
+in
+search
+of
+victims
+along
+the
+highway
+to
+bundwa
+and
+returned
+by
+davodpore
+another
+200
+miles
+during
+which
+journey
+we
+had
+only
+one
+murder
+which
+happened
+in
+this
+manner
+four
+miles
+to
+the
+east
+of
+noubustaghat
+we
+fell
+in
+with
+a
+traveler
+an
+old
+man
+i
+with
+koshal
+and
+hyder
+inveigled
+him
+and
+accompanied
+him
+that
+day
+within
+3
+miles
+of
+rampoor
+where
+after
+dark
+in
+a
+lonely
+place
+we
+got
+him
+to
+sit
+down
+and
+rest
+and
+while
+i
+kept
+him
+in
+talk
+seated
+before
+him
+hyder
+behind
+strangled
+him
+he
+made
+no
+resistance
+koshal
+stabbed
+him
+under
+the
+arms
+and
+in
+the
+throat
+and
+we
+flung
+the
+body
+into
+a
+running
+stream
+we
+got
+about
+4
+or
+5
+rupees
+each
+$2
+or
+$2
+50
+we
+then
+proceeded
+homewards
+a
+total
+of
+one
+man
+murdered
+on
+this
+expedition
+there
+they
+tramped
+400
+miles
+were
+gone
+about
+three
+months
+and
+harvested
+two
+dollars
+and
+a
+half
+apiece
+but
+the
+mere
+pleasure
+of
+the
+hunt
+was
+sufficient
+that
+was
+pay
+enough
+they
+did
+no
+grumbling
+every
+now
+and
+then
+in
+this
+big
+book
+one
+comes
+across
+that
+pathetic
+remark
+we
+tried
+to
+get
+him
+to
+sit
+down
+but
+he
+would
+not
+it
+tells
+the
+whole
+story
+some
+accident
+had
+awakened
+the
+suspicion
+in
+him
+that
+these
+smooth
+friends
+who
+had
+been
+petting
+and
+coddling
+him
+and
+making
+him
+feel
+so
+safe
+and
+so
+fortunate
+after
+his
+forlorn
+and
+lonely
+wanderings
+were
+the
+dreaded
+thugs
+and
+now
+their
+ghastly
+invitation
+to
+sit
+and
+rest
+had
+confirmed
+its
+truth
+he
+knew
+there
+was
+no
+help
+for
+him
+and
+that
+he
+was
+looking
+his
+last
+upon
+earthly
+things
+but
+he
+would
+not
+sit
+no
+not
+that
+it
+was
+too
+awful
+to
+think
+of!
+there
+are
+a
+number
+of
+instances
+which
+indicate
+that
+when
+a
+man
+had
+once
+tasted
+the
+regal
+joys
+of
+man
+hunting
+he
+could
+not
+be
+content
+with
+the
+dull
+monotony
+of
+a
+crimeless
+life
+after
+ward
+example
+from
+a
+thug's
+testimony
+we
+passed
+through
+to
+kurnaul
+where
+we
+found
+a
+former
+thug
+named
+junooa
+an
+old
+comrade
+of
+ours
+who
+had
+turned
+religious
+mendicant
+and
+become
+a
+disciple
+and
+holy
+he
+came
+to
+us
+in
+the
+serai
+and
+weeping
+with
+joy
+returned
+to
+his
+old
+trade
+neither
+wealth
+nor
+honors
+nor
+dignities
+could
+satisfy
+a
+reformed
+thug
+for
+long
+he
+would
+throw
+them
+all
+away
+someday
+and
+go
+back
+to
+the
+lurid
+pleasures
+of
+hunting
+men
+and
+being
+hunted
+himself
+by
+the
+british
+ramzam
+was
+taken
+into
+a
+great
+native
+grandee's
+service
+and
+given
+authority
+over
+five
+villages
+my
+authority
+extended
+over
+these
+people
+to
+summons
+them
+to
+my
+presence
+to
+make
+them
+stand
+or
+sit
+i
+dressed
+well
+rode
+my
+pony
+and
+had
+two
+sepoys
+a
+scribe
+and
+a
+village
+guard
+to
+attend
+me
+during
+three
+years
+i
+used
+to
+pay
+each
+village
+a
+monthly
+visit
+and
+no
+one
+suspected
+that
+i
+was
+a
+thug!
+the
+chief
+man
+used
+to
+wait
+on
+me
+to
+transact
+business
+and
+as
+i
+passed
+along
+old
+and
+young
+made
+their
+salaam
+to
+me
+and
+yet
+during
+that
+very
+three
+years
+he
+got
+leave
+of
+absence
+to
+attend
+a
+wedding
+and
+instead
+went
+off
+on
+a
+thugging
+lark
+with
+six
+other
+thugs
+and
+hunted
+the
+highway
+for
+fifteen
+days!
+with
+satisfactory
+results
+afterwards
+he
+held
+a
+great
+office
+under
+a
+rajah
+there
+he
+had
+ten
+miles
+of
+country
+under
+his
+command
+and
+a
+military
+guard
+of
+fifteen
+men
+with
+authority
+to
+call
+out
+2
+000
+more
+upon
+occasion
+but
+the
+british
+got
+on
+his
+track
+and
+they
+crowded
+him
+so
+that
+he
+had
+to
+give
+himself
+up
+see
+what
+a
+figure
+he
+was
+when
+he
+was
+gotten
+up
+for
+style
+and
+had
+all
+his
+things
+on
+i
+was
+fully
+armed
+a
+sword
+shield
+pistols
+a
+matchlock
+musket
+and
+a
+flint
+gun
+for
+i
+was
+fond
+of
+being
+thus
+arrayed
+and
+when
+so
+armed
+feared
+not
+though
+forty
+men
+stood
+before
+me
+he
+gave
+himself
+up
+and
+proudly
+proclaimed
+himself
+a
+thug
+then
+by
+request
+he
+agreed
+to
+betray
+his
+friend
+and
+pal
+buhram
+a
+thug
+with
+the
+most
+tremendous
+record
+in
+india
+i
+went
+to
+the
+house
+where
+buhram
+slept
+often
+has
+he
+led
+our
+gangs!
+i
+woke
+him
+he
+knew
+me
+well
+and
+came
+outside
+to
+me
+it
+was
+a
+cold
+night
+so
+under
+pretence
+of
+warming
+myself
+but
+in
+reality
+to
+have
+light
+for
+his
+seizure
+by
+the
+guards
+i
+lighted
+some
+straw
+and
+made
+a
+blaze
+we
+were
+warming
+our
+hands
+the
+guards
+drew
+around
+us
+i
+said
+to
+them
+'this
+is
+buhram
+'
+and
+he
+was
+seized
+just
+as
+a
+cat
+seizes
+a
+mouse
+then
+buhram
+said
+'i
+am
+a
+thug!
+my
+father
+was
+a
+thug
+my
+grandfather
+was
+a
+thug
+and
+i
+have
+thugged
+with
+many!'
+so
+spoke
+the
+mighty
+hunter
+the
+mightiest
+of
+the
+mighty
+the
+gordon
+cumming
+of
+his
+day
+not
+much
+regret
+noticeable
+in
+it
+[
+having
+planted
+a
+bullet
+in
+the
+shoulder
+bone
+of
+an
+elephant
+and
+caused
+the
+agonized
+creature
+to
+lean
+for
+support
+against
+a
+tree
+i
+proceeded
+to
+brew
+some
+coffee
+having
+refreshed
+myself
+taking
+observations
+of
+the
+elephant's
+spasms
+and
+writhings
+between
+the
+sips
+i
+resolved
+to
+make
+experiments
+on
+vulnerable
+points
+and
+approaching
+very
+near
+i
+fired
+several
+bullets
+at
+different
+parts
+of
+his
+enormous
+skull
+he
+only
+acknowledged
+the
+shots
+by
+a
+salaam
+like
+movement
+of
+his
+trunk
+with
+the
+point
+of
+which
+he
+gently
+touched
+the
+wounds
+with
+a
+striking
+and
+peculiar
+action
+surprised
+and
+shocked
+to
+find
+that
+i
+was
+only
+prolonging
+the
+suffering
+of
+the
+noble
+beast
+which
+bore
+its
+trials
+with
+such
+dignified
+composure
+i
+resolved
+to
+finish
+the
+proceeding
+with
+all
+possible
+despatch
+and
+accordingly
+opened
+fire
+upon
+him
+from
+the
+left
+side
+aiming
+at
+the
+shoulder
+i
+fired
+six
+shots
+with
+the
+two
+grooved
+rifle
+which
+must
+have
+eventually
+proved
+mortal
+after
+which
+i
+fired
+six
+shots
+at
+the
+same
+part
+with
+the
+dutch
+six
+founder
+large
+tears
+now
+trickled
+down
+from
+his
+eyes
+which
+he
+slowly
+shut
+and
+opened
+his
+colossal
+frame
+shivered
+convulsively
+and
+falling
+on
+his
+side
+he
+expired
+gordon
+cumming
+]
+so
+many
+many
+times
+this
+official
+report
+leaves
+one's
+curiosity
+unsatisfied
+for
+instance
+here
+is
+a
+little
+paragraph
+out
+of
+the
+record
+of
+a
+certain
+band
+of
+193
+thugs
+which
+has
+that
+defect
+fell
+in
+with
+lall
+sing
+subahdar
+and
+his
+family
+consisting
+of
+nine
+persons
+traveled
+with
+them
+two
+days
+and
+the
+third
+put
+them
+all
+to
+death
+except
+the
+two
+children
+little
+boys
+of
+one
+and
+a
+half
+years
+old
+there
+it
+stops
+what
+did
+they
+do
+with
+those
+poor
+little
+fellows
+what
+was
+their
+subsequent
+history
+did
+they
+purpose
+training
+them
+up
+as
+thugs
+how
+could
+they
+take
+care
+of
+such
+little
+creatures
+on
+a
+march
+which
+stretched
+over
+several
+months
+no
+one
+seems
+to
+have
+cared
+to
+ask
+any
+questions
+about
+the
+babies
+but
+i
+do
+wish
+i
+knew
+one
+would
+be
+apt
+to
+imagine
+that
+the
+thugs
+were
+utterly
+callous
+utterly
+destitute
+of
+human
+feelings
+heartless
+toward
+their
+own
+families
+as
+well
+as
+toward
+other
+people's
+but
+this
+was
+not
+so
+like
+all
+other
+indians
+they
+had
+a
+passionate
+love
+for
+their
+kin
+a
+shrewd
+british
+officer
+who
+knew
+the
+indian
+character
+took
+that
+characteristic
+into
+account
+in
+laying
+his
+plans
+for
+the
+capture
+of
+eugene
+sue's
+famous
+feringhea
+he
+found
+out
+feringhea's
+hiding
+place
+and
+sent
+a
+guard
+by
+night
+to
+seize
+him
+but
+the
+squad
+was
+awkward
+and
+he
+got
+away
+however
+they
+got
+the
+rest
+of
+the
+family
+the
+mother
+wife
+child
+and
+brother
+and
+brought
+them
+to
+the
+officer
+at
+jubbulpore
+the
+officer
+did
+not
+fret
+but
+bided
+his
+time
+i
+knew
+feringhea
+would
+not
+go
+far
+while
+links
+so
+dear
+to
+him
+were
+in
+my
+hands
+he
+was
+right
+feringhea
+knew
+all
+the
+danger
+he
+was
+running
+by
+staying
+in
+the
+neighborhood
+still
+he
+could
+not
+tear
+himself
+away
+the
+officer
+found
+that
+he
+divided
+his
+time
+between
+five
+villages
+where
+be
+had
+relatives
+and
+friends
+who
+could
+get
+news
+for
+him
+from
+his
+family
+in
+jubbulpore
+jail
+and
+that
+he
+never
+slept
+two
+consecutive
+nights
+in
+the
+same
+village
+the
+officer
+traced
+out
+his
+several
+haunts
+then
+pounced
+upon
+all
+the
+five
+villages
+on
+the
+one
+night
+and
+at
+the
+same
+hour
+and
+got
+his
+man
+another
+example
+of
+family
+affection
+a
+little
+while
+previously
+to
+the
+capture
+of
+feringhea's
+family
+the
+british
+officer
+had
+captured
+feringhea's
+foster
+brother
+leader
+of
+a
+gang
+of
+ten
+and
+had
+tried
+the
+eleven
+and
+condemned
+them
+to
+be
+hanged
+feringhea's
+captured
+family
+arrived
+at
+the
+jail
+the
+day
+before
+the
+execution
+was
+to
+take
+place
+the
+foster
+brother
+jhurhoo
+entreated
+to
+be
+allowed
+to
+see
+the
+aged
+mother
+and
+the
+others
+the
+prayer
+was
+granted
+and
+this
+is
+what
+took
+place
+it
+is
+the
+british
+officer
+who
+speaks
+in
+the
+morning
+just
+before
+going
+to
+the
+scaffold
+the
+interview
+took
+place
+before
+me
+he
+fell
+at
+the
+old
+woman's
+feet
+and
+begged
+that
+she
+would
+relieve
+him
+from
+the
+obligations
+of
+the
+milk
+with
+which
+she
+had
+nourished
+him
+from
+infancy
+as
+he
+was
+about
+to
+die
+before
+he
+could
+fulfill
+any
+of
+them
+she
+placed
+her
+hands
+on
+his
+head
+and
+he
+knelt
+and
+she
+said
+she
+forgave
+him
+all
+and
+bid
+him
+die
+like
+a
+man
+if
+a
+capable
+artist
+should
+make
+a
+picture
+of
+it
+it
+would
+be
+full
+of
+dignity
+and
+solemnity
+and
+pathos
+and
+it
+could
+touch
+you
+you
+would
+imagine
+it
+to
+be
+anything
+but
+what
+it
+was
+there
+is
+reverence
+there
+and
+tenderness
+and
+gratefulness
+and
+compassion
+and
+resignation
+and
+fortitude
+and
+self
+respect
+and
+no
+sense
+of
+disgrace
+no
+thought
+of
+dishonor
+everything
+is
+there
+that
+goes
+to
+make
+a
+noble
+parting
+and
+give
+it
+a
+moving
+grace
+and
+beauty
+and
+dignity
+and
+yet
+one
+of
+these
+people
+is
+a
+thug
+and
+the
+other
+a
+mother
+of
+thugs!
+the
+incongruities
+of
+our
+human
+nature
+seem
+to
+reach
+their
+limit
+here
+i
+wish
+to
+make
+note
+of
+one
+curious
+thing
+while
+i
+think
+of
+it
+one
+of
+the
+very
+commonest
+remarks
+to
+be
+found
+in
+this
+bewildering
+array
+of
+thug
+confessions
+is
+this
+strangled
+him
+and
+threw
+him
+an
+a
+well!
+in
+one
+case
+they
+threw
+sixteen
+into
+a
+well
+and
+they
+had
+thrown
+others
+in
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+call
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+surmised
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+no
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+nobody
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+their
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+all
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+but
+once
+and
+this
+is
+what
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+thug
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+his
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+morning
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+a
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+sought
+his
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+took
+the
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+baroda
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+do
+not
+know
+who
+he
+was
+he
+flits
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+the
+page
+of
+this
+rusty
+old
+book
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+the
+obscurity
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+an
+impressive
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+that
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+unafraid
+clothed
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+the
+might
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+the
+english
+name
+we
+have
+now
+followed
+the
+big
+official
+book
+through
+and
+we
+understand
+what
+thuggee
+was
+what
+a
+bloody
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+it
+was
+what
+a
+desolating
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+was
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+imbedded
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+the
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+of
+the
+empire
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+its
+devastating
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+in
+secrecy
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+assisted
+protected
+sheltered
+and
+hidden
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+big
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+little
+native
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+customs
+officers
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+officials
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+all
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+it
+and
+the
+mass
+of
+the
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+through
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+persistently
+pretending
+to
+know
+nothing
+about
+its
+doings
+and
+this
+condition
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+things
+had
+existed
+for
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+and
+was
+formidable
+with
+the
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+old
+custom
+if
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+there
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+an
+unpromising
+task
+if
+ever
+there
+was
+a
+hopeless
+task
+in
+the
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+surely
+it
+was
+offered
+here
+the
+task
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+conquering
+thuggee
+but
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+little
+handful
+of
+english
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+india
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+sturdy
+and
+confident
+grip
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+it
+and
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+words
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+now
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+we
+read
+them
+again
+knowing
+what
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+know
+the
+day
+that
+sees
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+known
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+name
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+in
+the
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+would
+be
+hard
+to
+word
+a
+claim
+more
+modestly
+than
+that
+for
+this
+most
+noble
+work
+chapter
+xlviii
+grief
+can
+take
+care
+of
+itself
+but
+to
+get
+the
+full
+value
+of
+a
+joy
+you
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+somebody
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+with
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+we
+left
+bombay
+for
+allahabad
+by
+a
+night
+train
+it
+is
+the
+custom
+of
+the
+country
+to
+avoid
+day
+travel
+when
+it
+can
+conveniently
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+done
+but
+there
+is
+one
+trouble
+while
+you
+can
+seemingly
+secure
+the
+two
+lower
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+by
+making
+early
+application
+there
+is
+no
+ticket
+as
+witness
+of
+it
+and
+no
+other
+producible
+evidence
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+shall
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+the
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+on
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+but
+it
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+state
+who
+the
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+is
+engaged
+for
+if
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+servants
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+spread
+the
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+on
+the
+two
+sofas
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+then
+stand
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+till
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+an
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+the
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+there
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+and
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+you
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+place
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+however
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+explanation
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+the
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+one
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+mr
+smythe's
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+his
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+slammed
+all
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+and
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+we
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+we
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+dawn
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+stepped
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+said
+to
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+after
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+no
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+a
+place
+for
+me
+that
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+been
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+a
+whole
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+car
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+to
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+quite
+palatial!
+i
+never
+had
+such
+luck
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+my
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+you
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+it
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+and
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+man
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+know
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+his
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+smythe's
+servant
+without
+smythe's
+knowledge
+he
+was
+assisted
+in
+gathering
+this
+impression
+the
+indian
+trains
+are
+manned
+by
+natives
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+the
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+stations
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+very
+large
+and
+important
+ones
+are
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+by
+natives
+and
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+posts
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+the
+rank
+and
+file
+of
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+are
+natives
+all
+these
+people
+are
+pleasant
+and
+accommodating
+one
+day
+i
+left
+an
+express
+train
+to
+lounge
+about
+in
+that
+perennially
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+show
+the
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+and
+flow
+and
+whirl
+of
+gaudy
+natives
+that
+is
+always
+surging
+up
+and
+down
+the
+spacious
+platform
+of
+a
+great
+indian
+station
+and
+i
+lost
+myself
+in
+the
+ecstasy
+of
+it
+and
+when
+i
+turned
+the
+train
+was
+moving
+swiftly
+away
+i
+was
+going
+to
+sit
+down
+and
+wait
+for
+another
+train
+as
+i
+would
+have
+done
+at
+home
+i
+had
+no
+thought
+of
+any
+other
+course
+but
+a
+native
+official
+who
+had
+a
+green
+flag
+in
+his
+hand
+saw
+me
+and
+said
+politely
+don't
+you
+belong
+in
+the
+train
+sir
+yes
+i
+said
+he
+waved
+his
+flag
+and
+the
+train
+came
+back!
+and
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+put
+me
+aboard
+with
+as
+much
+ceremony
+as
+if
+i
+had
+been
+the
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+the
+face
+and
+the
+bearing
+that
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+a
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+a
+bad
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+to
+me
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+be
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+i
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+if
+thuggee
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+a
+dream
+and
+not
+a
+reality
+the
+bad
+hearts
+are
+there
+but
+i
+believe
+that
+they
+are
+in
+a
+small
+poor
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+one
+thing
+is
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+they
+are
+much
+the
+most
+interesting
+people
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+the
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+and
+the
+nearest
+to
+being
+incomprehensible
+at
+any
+rate
+the
+hardest
+to
+account
+for
+their
+character
+and
+their
+history
+their
+customs
+and
+their
+religion
+confront
+you
+with
+riddles
+at
+every
+turn
+riddles
+which
+are
+a
+trifle
+more
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+after
+they
+are
+explained
+than
+they
+were
+before
+you
+can
+get
+the
+facts
+of
+a
+custom
+like
+caste
+and
+suttee
+and
+thuggee
+and
+so
+on
+and
+with
+the
+facts
+a
+theory
+which
+tries
+to
+explain
+but
+never
+quite
+does
+it
+to
+your
+satisfaction
+you
+can
+never
+quite
+understand
+how
+so
+strange
+a
+thing
+could
+have
+been
+born
+nor
+why
+for
+instance
+the
+suttee
+this
+is
+the
+explanation
+of
+it
+a
+woman
+who
+throws
+away
+her
+life
+when
+her
+husband
+dies
+is
+instantly
+joined
+to
+him
+again
+and
+is
+forever
+afterward
+happy
+with
+him
+in
+heaven
+her
+family
+will
+build
+a
+little
+monument
+to
+her
+or
+a
+temple
+and
+will
+hold
+her
+in
+honor
+and
+indeed
+worship
+her
+memory
+always
+they
+will
+themselves
+be
+held
+in
+honor
+by
+the
+public
+the
+woman's
+self
+sacrifice
+has
+conferred
+a
+noble
+and
+lasting
+distinction
+upon
+her
+posterity
+and
+besides
+see
+what
+she
+has
+escaped
+if
+she
+had
+elected
+to
+live
+she
+would
+be
+a
+disgraced
+person
+she
+could
+not
+remarry
+her
+family
+would
+despise
+her
+and
+disown
+her
+she
+would
+be
+a
+friendless
+outcast
+and
+miserable
+all
+her
+days
+very
+well
+you
+say
+but
+the
+explanation
+is
+not
+complete
+yet
+how
+did
+people
+come
+to
+drift
+into
+such
+a
+strange
+custom
+what
+was
+the
+origin
+of
+the
+idea
+well
+nobody
+knows
+it
+was
+probably
+a
+revelation
+sent
+down
+by
+the
+gods
+one
+more
+thing
+why
+was
+such
+a
+cruel
+death
+chosen
+why
+wouldn't
+a
+gentle
+one
+have
+answered
+nobody
+knows
+maybe
+that
+was
+a
+revelation
+too
+no
+you
+can
+never
+understand
+it
+it
+all
+seems
+impossible
+you
+resolve
+to
+believe
+that
+a
+widow
+never
+burnt
+herself
+willingly
+but
+went
+to
+her
+death
+because
+she
+was
+afraid
+to
+defy
+public
+opinion
+but
+you
+are
+not
+able
+to
+keep
+that
+position
+history
+drives
+you
+from
+it
+major
+sleeman
+has
+a
+convincing
+case
+in
+one
+of
+his
+books
+in
+his
+government
+on
+the
+nerbudda
+he
+made
+a
+brave
+attempt
+on
+the
+28th
+of
+march
+1828
+to
+put
+down
+suttee
+on
+his
+own
+hook
+and
+without
+warrant
+from
+the
+supreme
+government
+of
+india
+he
+could
+not
+foresee
+that
+the
+government
+would
+put
+it
+down
+itself
+eight
+months
+later
+the
+only
+backing
+he
+had
+was
+a
+bold
+nature
+and
+a
+compassionate
+heart
+he
+issued
+his
+proclamation
+abolishing
+the
+suttee
+in
+his
+district
+on
+the
+morning
+of
+tuesday
+note
+the
+day
+of
+the
+week
+the
+24th
+of
+the
+following
+november
+ummed
+singh
+upadhya
+head
+of
+the
+most
+respectable
+and
+most
+extensive
+brahmin
+family
+in
+the
+district
+died
+and
+presently
+came
+a
+deputation
+of
+his
+sons
+and
+grandsons
+to
+beg
+that
+his
+old
+widow
+might
+be
+allowed
+to
+burn
+herself
+upon
+his
+pyre
+sleeman
+threatened
+to
+enforce
+his
+order
+and
+punish
+severely
+any
+man
+who
+assisted
+and
+he
+placed
+a
+police
+guard
+to
+see
+that
+no
+one
+did
+so
+from
+the
+early
+morning
+the
+old
+widow
+of
+sixty
+five
+had
+been
+sitting
+on
+the
+bank
+of
+the
+sacred
+river
+by
+her
+dead
+waiting
+through
+the
+long
+hours
+for
+the
+permission
+and
+at
+last
+the
+refusal
+came
+instead
+in
+one
+little
+sentence
+sleeman
+gives
+you
+a
+pathetic
+picture
+of
+this
+lonely
+old
+gray
+figure
+all
+day
+and
+all
+night
+she
+remained
+sitting
+by
+the
+edge
+of
+the
+water
+without
+eating
+or
+drinking
+the
+next
+morning
+the
+body
+of
+the
+husband
+was
+burned
+to
+ashes
+in
+a
+pit
+eight
+feet
+square
+and
+three
+or
+four
+feet
+deep
+in
+the
+view
+of
+several
+thousand
+spectators
+then
+the
+widow
+waded
+out
+to
+a
+bare
+rock
+in
+the
+river
+and
+everybody
+went
+away
+but
+her
+sons
+and
+other
+relations
+all
+day
+she
+sat
+there
+on
+her
+rock
+in
+the
+blazing
+sun
+without
+food
+or
+drink
+and
+with
+no
+clothing
+but
+a
+sheet
+over
+her
+shoulders
+the
+relatives
+remained
+with
+her
+and
+all
+tried
+to
+persuade
+her
+to
+desist
+from
+her
+purpose
+for
+they
+deeply
+loved
+her
+she
+steadily
+refused
+then
+a
+part
+of
+the
+family
+went
+to
+sleeman's
+house
+ten
+miles
+away
+and
+tried
+again
+to
+get
+him
+to
+let
+her
+burn
+herself
+he
+refused
+hoping
+to
+save
+her
+yet
+all
+that
+day
+she
+scorched
+in
+her
+sheet
+on
+the
+rock
+and
+all
+that
+night
+she
+kept
+her
+vigil
+there
+in
+the
+bitter
+cold
+thursday
+morning
+in
+the
+sight
+of
+her
+relatives
+she
+went
+through
+a
+ceremonial
+which
+said
+more
+to
+them
+than
+any
+words
+could
+have
+done
+she
+put
+on
+the
+dhaja
+a
+coarse
+red
+turban
+and
+broke
+her
+bracelets
+in
+pieces
+by
+these
+acts
+she
+became
+a
+dead
+person
+in
+the
+eye
+of
+the
+law
+and
+excluded
+from
+her
+caste
+forever
+by
+the
+iron
+rule
+of
+ancient
+custom
+if
+she
+should
+now
+choose
+to
+live
+she
+could
+never
+return
+to
+her
+family
+sleeman
+was
+in
+deep
+trouble
+if
+she
+starved
+herself
+to
+death
+her
+family
+would
+be
+disgraced
+and
+moreover
+starving
+would
+be
+a
+more
+lingering
+misery
+than
+the
+death
+by
+fire
+he
+went
+back
+in
+the
+evening
+thoroughly
+worried
+the
+old
+woman
+remained
+on
+her
+rock
+and
+there
+in
+the
+morning
+he
+found
+her
+with
+her
+dhaja
+still
+on
+her
+head
+she
+talked
+very
+collectedly
+telling
+me
+that
+she
+had
+determined
+to
+mix
+her
+ashes
+with
+those
+of
+her
+departed
+husband
+and
+should
+patiently
+wait
+my
+permission
+to
+do
+so
+assured
+that
+god
+would
+enable
+her
+to
+sustain
+life
+till
+that
+was
+given
+though
+she
+dared
+not
+eat
+or
+drink
+looking
+at
+the
+sun
+then
+rising
+before
+her
+over
+a
+long
+and
+beautiful
+reach
+of
+the
+river
+she
+said
+calmly
+'my
+soul
+has
+been
+for
+five
+days
+with
+my
+husband's
+near
+that
+sun
+nothing
+but
+my
+earthly
+frame
+is
+left
+and
+this
+i
+know
+you
+will
+in
+time
+suffer
+to
+be
+mixed
+with
+his
+ashes
+in
+yonder
+pit
+because
+it
+is
+not
+in
+your
+nature
+or
+usage
+wantonly
+to
+prolong
+the
+miseries
+of
+a
+poor
+old
+woman
+'
+he
+assured
+her
+that
+it
+was
+his
+desire
+and
+duty
+to
+save
+her
+and
+to
+urge
+her
+to
+live
+and
+to
+keep
+her
+family
+from
+the
+disgrace
+of
+being
+thought
+her
+murderers
+but
+she
+said
+she
+was
+not
+afraid
+of
+their
+being
+thought
+so
+that
+they
+had
+all
+like
+good
+children
+done
+everything
+in
+their
+power
+to
+induce
+her
+to
+live
+and
+to
+abide
+with
+them
+and
+if
+i
+should
+consent
+i
+know
+they
+would
+love
+and
+honor
+me
+but
+my
+duties
+to
+them
+have
+now
+ended
+i
+commit
+them
+all
+to
+your
+care
+and
+i
+go
+to
+attend
+my
+husband
+ummed
+singh
+upadhya
+with
+whose
+ashes
+on
+the
+funeral
+pile
+mine
+have
+been
+already
+three
+times
+mixed
+she
+believed
+that
+she
+and
+he
+had
+been
+upon
+the
+earth
+three
+several
+times
+as
+wife
+and
+husband
+and
+that
+she
+had
+burned
+herself
+to
+death
+three
+times
+upon
+his
+pyre
+that
+is
+why
+she
+said
+that
+strange
+thing
+since
+she
+had
+broken
+her
+bracelets
+and
+put
+on
+the
+red
+turban
+she
+regarded
+herself
+as
+a
+corpse
+otherwise
+she
+would
+not
+have
+allowed
+herself
+to
+do
+her
+husband
+the
+irreverence
+of
+pronouncing
+his
+name
+this
+was
+the
+first
+time
+in
+her
+long
+life
+that
+she
+had
+ever
+uttered
+her
+husband's
+name
+for
+in
+india
+no
+woman
+high
+or
+low
+ever
+pronounces
+the
+name
+of
+her
+husband
+major
+sleeman
+still
+tried
+to
+shake
+her
+purpose
+he
+promised
+to
+build
+her
+a
+fine
+house
+among
+the
+temples
+of
+her
+ancestors
+upon
+the
+bank
+of
+the
+river
+and
+make
+handsome
+provision
+for
+her
+out
+of
+rent
+free
+lands
+if
+she
+would
+consent
+to
+live
+and
+if
+she
+wouldn't
+he
+would
+allow
+no
+stone
+or
+brick
+to
+ever
+mark
+the
+place
+where
+she
+died
+but
+she
+only
+smiled
+and
+said
+my
+pulse
+has
+long
+ceased
+to
+beat
+my
+spirit
+has
+departed
+i
+shall
+suffer
+nothing
+in
+the
+burning
+and
+if
+you
+wish
+proof
+order
+some
+fire
+and
+you
+shall
+see
+this
+arm
+consumed
+without
+giving
+me
+any
+pain
+sleeman
+was
+now
+satisfied
+that
+he
+could
+not
+alter
+her
+purpose
+he
+sent
+for
+all
+the
+chief
+members
+of
+the
+family
+and
+said
+he
+would
+suffer
+her
+to
+burn
+herself
+if
+they
+would
+enter
+into
+a
+written
+engagement
+to
+abandon
+the
+suttee
+in
+their
+family
+thenceforth
+they
+agreed
+the
+papers
+were
+drawn
+out
+and
+signed
+and
+at
+noon
+saturday
+word
+was
+sent
+to
+the
+poor
+old
+woman
+she
+seemed
+greatly
+pleased
+the
+ceremonies
+of
+bathing
+were
+gone
+through
+with
+and
+by
+three
+o'clock
+she
+was
+ready
+and
+the
+fire
+was
+briskly
+burning
+in
+the
+pit
+she
+had
+now
+gone
+without
+food
+or
+drink
+during
+more
+than
+four
+days
+and
+a
+half
+she
+came
+ashore
+from
+her
+rock
+first
+wetting
+her
+sheet
+in
+the
+waters
+of
+the
+sacred
+river
+for
+without
+that
+safeguard
+any
+shadow
+which
+might
+fall
+upon
+her
+would
+convey
+impurity
+to
+her
+then
+she
+walked
+to
+the
+pit
+leaning
+upon
+one
+of
+her
+sons
+and
+a
+nephew
+the
+distance
+was
+a
+hundred
+and
+fifty
+yards
+i
+had
+sentries
+placed
+all
+around
+and
+no
+other
+person
+was
+allowed
+to
+approach
+within
+five
+paces
+she
+came
+on
+with
+a
+calm
+and
+cheerful
+countenance
+stopped
+once
+and
+casting
+her
+eyes
+upwards
+said
+'why
+have
+they
+kept
+me
+five
+days
+from
+thee
+my
+husband
+'
+on
+coming
+to
+the
+sentries
+her
+supporters
+stopped
+and
+remained
+standing
+she
+moved
+on
+and
+walked
+once
+around
+the
+pit
+paused
+a
+moment
+and
+while
+muttering
+a
+prayer
+threw
+some
+flowers
+into
+the
+fire
+she
+then
+walked
+up
+deliberately
+and
+steadily
+to
+the
+brink
+stepped
+into
+the
+centre
+of
+the
+flame
+sat
+down
+and
+leaning
+back
+in
+the
+midst
+as
+if
+reposing
+upon
+a
+couch
+was
+consumed
+without
+uttering
+a
+shriek
+or
+betraying
+one
+sign
+of
+agony
+it
+is
+fine
+and
+beautiful
+it
+compels
+one's
+reverence
+and
+respect
+no
+has
+it
+freely
+and
+without
+compulsion
+we
+see
+how
+the
+custom
+once
+started
+could
+continue
+for
+the
+soul
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+as
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+a
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+attention
+which
+made
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+him
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+his
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+his
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+that
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+words
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+from
+right
+to
+left
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+so
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+it
+it
+was
+a
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+to
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+in
+that
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+it
+contains
+his
+voluminous
+comments
+on
+the
+hindoo
+holy
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+and
+if
+i
+could
+make
+them
+out
+i
+would
+try
+for
+perfection
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+i
+gave
+him
+a
+copy
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+huckleberry
+finn
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+thought
+it
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+him
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+a
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+and
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+young
+women
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+with
+the
+air
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+people
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+i
+was
+told
+that
+a
+woman
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+a
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+on
+her
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+all
+the
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+up
+the
+mountain
+and
+that
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+than
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+europeans
+at
+the
+railway
+station
+at
+darjeeling
+you
+find
+plenty
+of
+cab
+substitutes
+open
+coffins
+in
+which
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+sit
+and
+are
+then
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+on
+men's
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+up
+the
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+roads
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+the
+town
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+there
+we
+found
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+hotel
+the
+property
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+incoherent
+landlord
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+looks
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+nothing
+but
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+everything
+to
+his
+army
+of
+indian
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+he
+does
+look
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+the
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+better
+than
+follow
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+example
+i
+was
+told
+by
+a
+resident
+that
+the
+summit
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+hidden
+in
+the
+clouds
+and
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+sometimes
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+has
+waited
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+to
+go
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+without
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+of
+it
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+when
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+his
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+he
+recognized
+that
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+seeing
+the
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+the
+himalayas
+but
+this
+is
+probably
+a
+lie
+after
+lecturing
+i
+went
+to
+the
+club
+that
+night
+and
+that
+was
+a
+comfortable
+place
+it
+is
+loftily
+situated
+and
+looks
+out
+over
+a
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+spread
+of
+scenery
+from
+it
+you
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+see
+where
+the
+boundaries
+of
+three
+countries
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+some
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+away
+thibet
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+one
+of
+them
+nepaul
+another
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+i
+think
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+the
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+apparently
+in
+every
+town
+and
+city
+in
+india
+the
+gentlemen
+of
+the
+british
+civil
+and
+military
+service
+have
+a
+club
+sometimes
+it
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+a
+palatial
+one
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+it
+is
+pleasant
+and
+homelike
+the
+hotels
+are
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+always
+as
+good
+as
+they
+might
+be
+and
+the
+stranger
+who
+has
+access
+to
+the
+club
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+grateful
+for
+his
+privilege
+and
+knows
+how
+to
+value
+it
+next
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+was
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+friends
+came
+in
+the
+gray
+dawn
+with
+horses
+and
+my
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+to
+a
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+point
+where
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+everest
+show
+up
+best
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+i
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+at
+home
+for
+a
+private
+view
+for
+it
+was
+very
+old
+and
+i
+was
+not
+acquainted
+with
+the
+horses
+any
+way
+i
+got
+a
+pipe
+and
+a
+few
+blankets
+and
+sat
+for
+two
+hours
+at
+the
+window
+and
+saw
+the
+sun
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+away
+the
+veiling
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+and
+touch
+up
+the
+snow
+peaks
+one
+after
+another
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+pale
+pink
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+washes
+of
+gold
+and
+finally
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+with
+a
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+but
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+the
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+up
+there
+in
+the
+blue
+dome
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+than
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+above
+sea
+level
+the
+loftiest
+land
+i
+had
+ever
+seen
+by
+12
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+feet
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+was
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+mount
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+feet
+higher
+but
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+was
+not
+a
+part
+of
+that
+sea
+of
+mountains
+piled
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+there
+before
+me
+so
+i
+did
+not
+see
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+but
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+did
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+care
+because
+i
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+that
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+the
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+of
+the
+house
+and
+spent
+the
+rest
+of
+the
+morning
+there
+watching
+the
+swarthy
+strange
+tribes
+flock
+by
+from
+their
+far
+homes
+in
+the
+himalayas
+all
+ages
+and
+both
+sexes
+were
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+and
+the
+breeds
+were
+quite
+new
+to
+me
+though
+the
+costumes
+of
+the
+thibetans
+made
+them
+look
+a
+good
+deal
+like
+chinamen
+the
+prayer
+wheel
+was
+a
+frequent
+feature
+it
+brought
+me
+near
+to
+these
+people
+and
+made
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+mine
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+our
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+do
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+of
+our
+praying
+by
+proxy
+we
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+not
+whirl
+him
+around
+a
+stick
+as
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+do
+but
+that
+is
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+a
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+after
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+a
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+and
+striking
+pageant
+it
+was
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+and
+it
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+a
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+should
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+streaming
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+the
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+of
+europe
+or
+america
+to
+refresh
+eyes
+weary
+of
+the
+pale
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+the
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+people
+were
+bound
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+the
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+things
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+we
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+later
+and
+saw
+that
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+and
+plowed
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+there
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+and
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+even
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+no
+kinchinjunga
+and
+everest
+chapter
+lvi
+there
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+two
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+man's
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+when
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+speculate
+when
+he
+can't
+afford
+it
+and
+when
+he
+can
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+on
+monday
+and
+tuesday
+at
+sunrise
+we
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+had
+fair
+to
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+views
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+the
+stupendous
+mountains
+then
+being
+well
+cooled
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+we
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+the
+lower
+world
+once
+more
+we
+traveled
+up
+hill
+by
+the
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+miles
+to
+the
+summit
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+hand
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+the
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+was
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+sleigh
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+seats
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+was
+so
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+seemed
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+the
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+no
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+me
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+the
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+in
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+and
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+and
+crags
+with
+the
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+near
+it
+released
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+spun
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+we
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+the
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+the
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+his
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+an
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+its
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+his
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+am
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+no
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+pack
+the
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+satan
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+very
+good
+then
+there
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+a
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+and
+slashing
+and
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+buzzing
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+and
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+and
+boots
+and
+things
+through
+the
+air
+and
+then
+with
+bow
+and
+touch
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+master
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+one
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+a
+good
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+and
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+had
+no
+particular
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+about
+the
+work
+at
+first
+except
+to
+put
+each
+article
+into
+the
+trunk
+it
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+in
+but
+he
+soon
+reformed
+in
+this
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+not
+entirely
+for
+to
+the
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+into
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+any
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+and
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+couldn't
+find
+a
+handy
+place
+for
+elsewhere
+when
+threatened
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+death
+for
+this
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+did
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+saluted
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+soldierly
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+wair
+good
+and
+did
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+again
+next
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+the
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+tidied
+up
+the
+boots
+polished
+the
+clothes
+brushed
+the
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+basin
+full
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+clean
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+my
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+clothes
+laid
+out
+and
+ready
+for
+the
+lecture
+hall
+an
+hour
+ahead
+of
+time
+and
+he
+dressed
+me
+from
+head
+to
+heel
+in
+spite
+of
+my
+determination
+to
+do
+it
+myself
+according
+to
+my
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+was
+a
+born
+boss
+and
+loved
+to
+command
+and
+to
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+and
+dispute
+with
+inferiors
+and
+harry
+them
+and
+bullyrag
+them
+he
+was
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+at
+the
+railway
+station
+yes
+he
+was
+at
+his
+finest
+there
+he
+would
+shoulder
+and
+plunge
+and
+paw
+his
+violent
+way
+through
+the
+packed
+multitude
+of
+natives
+with
+nineteen
+coolies
+at
+his
+tail
+each
+bearing
+a
+trifle
+of
+luggage
+one
+a
+trunk
+another
+a
+parasol
+another
+a
+shawl
+another
+a
+fan
+and
+so
+on
+one
+article
+to
+each
+and
+the
+longer
+the
+procession
+the
+better
+he
+was
+suited
+and
+he
+was
+sure
+to
+make
+for
+some
+engaged
+sleeper
+and
+begin
+to
+hurl
+the
+owner's
+things
+out
+of
+it
+swearing
+that
+it
+was
+ours
+and
+that
+there
+had
+been
+a
+mistake
+arrived
+at
+our
+own
+sleeper
+he
+would
+undo
+the
+bedding
+bundles
+and
+make
+the
+beds
+and
+put
+everything
+to
+rights
+and
+shipshape
+in
+two
+minutes
+then
+put
+his
+head
+out
+at
+a
+window
+and
+have
+a
+restful
+good
+time
+abusing
+his
+gang
+of
+coolies
+and
+disputing
+their
+bill
+until
+we
+arrived
+and
+made
+him
+pay
+them
+and
+stop
+his
+noise
+speaking
+of
+noise
+he
+certainly
+was
+the
+noisest
+little
+devil
+in
+india
+and
+that
+is
+saying
+much
+very
+much
+indeed
+i
+loved
+him
+for
+his
+noise
+but
+the
+family
+detested
+him
+for
+it
+they
+could
+not
+abide
+it
+they
+could
+not
+get
+reconciled
+to
+it
+it
+humiliated
+them
+as
+a
+rule
+when
+we
+got
+within
+six
+hundred
+yards
+of
+one
+of
+those
+big
+railway
+stations
+a
+mighty
+racket
+of
+screaming
+and
+shrieking
+and
+shouting
+and
+storming
+would
+break
+upon
+us
+and
+i
+would
+be
+happy
+to
+myself
+and
+the
+family
+would
+say
+with
+shame
+there
+that's
+satan
+why
+do
+you
+keep
+him
+and
+sure
+enough
+there
+in
+the
+whirling
+midst
+of
+fifteen
+hundred
+wondering
+people
+we
+would
+find
+that
+little
+scrap
+of
+a
+creature
+gesticulating
+like
+a
+spider
+with
+the
+colic
+his
+black
+eyes
+snapping
+his
+fez
+tassel
+dancing
+his
+jaws
+pouring
+out
+floods
+of
+billingsgate
+upon
+his
+gang
+of
+beseeching
+and
+astonished
+coolies
+i
+loved
+him
+i
+couldn't
+help
+it
+but
+the
+family
+why
+they
+could
+hardly
+speak
+of
+him
+with
+patience
+to
+this
+day
+i
+regret
+his
+loss
+and
+wish
+i
+had
+him
+back
+but
+they
+it
+is
+different
+with
+them
+he
+was
+a
+native
+and
+came
+from
+surat
+twenty
+degrees
+of
+latitude
+lay
+between
+his
+birthplace
+and
+manuel's
+and
+fifteen
+hundred
+between
+their
+ways
+and
+characters
+and
+dispositions
+i
+only
+liked
+manuel
+but
+i
+loved
+satan
+this
+latter's
+real
+name
+was
+intensely
+indian
+i
+could
+not
+quite
+get
+the
+hang
+of
+it
+but
+it
+sounded
+like
+bunder
+rao
+ram
+chunder
+clam
+chowder
+it
+was
+too
+long
+for
+handy
+use
+anyway
+so
+i
+reduced
+it
+when
+he
+had
+been
+with
+us
+two
+or
+three
+weeks
+he
+began
+to
+make
+mistakes
+which
+i
+had
+difficulty
+in
+patching
+up
+for
+him
+approaching
+benares
+one
+day
+he
+got
+out
+of
+the
+train
+to
+see
+if
+he
+could
+get
+up
+a
+misunderstanding
+with
+somebody
+for
+it
+had
+been
+a
+weary
+long
+journey
+and
+he
+wanted
+to
+freshen
+up
+he
+found
+what
+he
+was
+after
+but
+kept
+up
+his
+pow
+wow
+a
+shade
+too
+long
+and
+got
+left
+so
+there
+we
+were
+in
+a
+strange
+city
+and
+no
+chambermaid
+it
+was
+awkward
+for
+us
+and
+we
+told
+him
+he
+must
+not
+do
+so
+any
+more
+he
+saluted
+and
+said
+in
+his
+dear
+pleasant
+way
+wair
+good
+then
+at
+lucknow
+he
+got
+drunk
+i
+said
+it
+was
+a
+fever
+and
+got
+the
+family's
+compassion
+and
+solicitude
+aroused
+so
+they
+gave
+him
+a
+teaspoonful
+of
+liquid
+quinine
+and
+it
+set
+his
+vitals
+on
+fire
+he
+made
+several
+grimaces
+which
+gave
+me
+a
+better
+idea
+of
+the
+lisbon
+earthquake
+than
+any
+i
+have
+ever
+got
+of
+it
+from
+paintings
+and
+descriptions
+his
+drunk
+was
+still
+portentously
+solid
+next
+morning
+but
+i
+could
+have
+pulled
+him
+through
+with
+the
+family
+if
+he
+would
+only
+have
+taken
+another
+spoonful
+of
+that
+remedy
+but
+no
+although
+he
+was
+stupefied
+his
+memory
+still
+had
+flickerings
+of
+life
+so
+he
+smiled
+a
+divinely
+dull
+smile
+and
+said
+fumblingly
+saluting
+scoose
+me
+mem
+saheb
+scoose
+me
+missy
+saheb
+satan
+not
+prefer
+it
+please
+then
+some
+instinct
+revealed
+to
+them
+that
+he
+was
+drunk
+they
+gave
+him
+prompt
+notice
+that
+next
+time
+this
+happened
+he
+must
+go
+he
+got
+out
+a
+maudlin
+and
+most
+gentle
+wair
+good
+and
+saluted
+indefinitely
+only
+one
+short
+week
+later
+he
+fell
+again
+and
+oh
+sorrow!
+not
+in
+a
+hotel
+this
+time
+but
+in
+an
+english
+gentleman's
+private
+house
+and
+in
+agra
+of
+all
+places
+so
+he
+had
+to
+go
+when
+i
+told
+him
+he
+said
+patiently
+wair
+good
+and
+made
+his
+parting
+salute
+and
+went
+out
+from
+us
+to
+return
+no
+more
+forever
+dear
+me!
+i
+would
+rather
+have
+lost
+a
+hundred
+angels
+than
+that
+one
+poor
+lovely
+devil
+what
+style
+he
+used
+to
+put
+on
+in
+a
+swell
+hotel
+or
+in
+a
+private
+house
+snow
+white
+muslin
+from
+his
+chin
+to
+his
+bare
+feet
+a
+crimson
+sash
+embroidered
+with
+gold
+thread
+around
+his
+waist
+and
+on
+his
+head
+a
+great
+sea
+green
+turban
+like
+to
+the
+turban
+of
+the
+grand
+turk
+he
+was
+not
+a
+liar
+but
+he
+will
+become
+one
+if
+he
+keeps
+on
+he
+told
+me
+once
+that
+he
+used
+to
+crack
+cocoanuts
+with
+his
+teeth
+when
+he
+was
+a
+boy
+and
+when
+i
+asked
+how
+he
+got
+them
+into
+his
+mouth
+he
+said
+he
+was
+upward
+of
+six
+feet
+high
+at
+that
+time
+and
+had
+an
+unusual
+mouth
+and
+when
+i
+followed
+him
+up
+and
+asked
+him
+what
+had
+become
+of
+that
+other
+foot
+he
+said
+a
+house
+fell
+on
+him
+and
+he
+was
+never
+able
+to
+get
+his
+stature
+back
+again
+swervings
+like
+these
+from
+the
+strict
+line
+of
+fact
+often
+beguile
+a
+truthful
+man
+on
+and
+on
+until
+he
+eventually
+becomes
+a
+liar
+his
+successor
+was
+a
+mohammedan
+sahadat
+mohammed
+khan
+very
+dark
+very
+tall
+very
+grave
+he
+went
+always
+in
+flowing
+masses
+of
+white
+from
+the
+top
+of
+his
+big
+turban
+down
+to
+his
+bare
+feet
+his
+voice
+was
+low
+he
+glided
+about
+in
+a
+noiseless
+way
+and
+looked
+like
+a
+ghost
+he
+was
+competent
+and
+satisfactory
+but
+where
+he
+was
+it
+seemed
+always
+sunday
+it
+was
+not
+so
+in
+satan's
+time
+jeypore
+is
+intensely
+indian
+but
+it
+has
+two
+or
+three
+features
+which
+indicate
+the
+presence
+of
+european
+science
+and
+european
+interest
+in
+the
+weal
+of
+the
+common
+public
+such
+as
+the
+liberal
+water
+supply
+furnished
+by
+great
+works
+built
+at
+the
+state's
+expense
+good
+sanitation
+resulting
+in
+a
+degree
+of
+healthfulness
+unusually
+high
+for
+india
+a
+noble
+pleasure
+garden
+with
+privileged
+days
+for
+women
+schools
+for
+the
+instruction
+of
+native
+youth
+in
+advanced
+art
+both
+ornamental
+and
+utilitarian
+and
+a
+new
+and
+beautiful
+palace
+stocked
+with
+a
+museum
+of
+extraordinary
+interest
+and
+value
+without
+the
+maharaja's
+sympathy
+and
+purse
+these
+beneficences
+could
+not
+have
+been
+created
+but
+he
+is
+a
+man
+of
+wide
+views
+and
+large
+generosities
+and
+all
+such
+matters
+find
+hospitality
+with
+him
+we
+drove
+often
+to
+the
+city
+from
+the
+hotel
+kaiser
+i
+hind
+a
+journey
+which
+was
+always
+full
+of
+interest
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+her
+way
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+snug
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+durban
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+africa
+chapter
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+upon
+johannesburg
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+instigation
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+rhodes
+to
+bull
+the
+stock
+market
+chapter
+lxvi
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+but
+that
+would
+have
+been
+a
+disadvantage
+to
+his
+scheme
+indeed
+it
+could
+spoil
+his
+whole
+two
+years'
+work
+jameson
+endured
+postponement
+three
+days
+then
+resolved
+to
+wait
+no
+longer
+without
+any
+orders
+excepting
+mr
+rhodes's
+significant
+silence
+he
+cut
+the
+telegraph
+wires
+on
+the
+29th
+and
+made
+his
+plunge
+that
+night
+to
+go
+to
+the
+rescue
+of
+the
+women
+and
+children
+by
+urgent
+request
+of
+a
+letter
+now
+nine
+days
+old
+as
+per
+date
+a
+couple
+of
+months
+old
+in
+fact
+he
+read
+the
+letter
+to
+his
+men
+and
+it
+affected
+them
+it
+did
+not
+affect
+all
+of
+them
+alike
+some
+saw
+in
+it
+a
+piece
+of
+piracy
+of
+doubtful
+wisdom
+and
+were
+sorry
+to
+find
+that
+they
+had
+been
+assembled
+to
+violate
+friendly
+territory
+instead
+of
+to
+raid
+native
+kraals
+as
+they
+had
+supposed
+jameson
+would
+have
+to
+ride
+150
+miles
+he
+knew
+that
+there
+were
+suspicions
+abroad
+in
+the
+transvaal
+concerning
+him
+but
+he
+expected
+to
+get
+through
+to
+johannesburg
+before
+they
+should
+become
+general
+and
+obstructive
+but
+a
+telegraph
+wire
+had
+been
+overlooked
+and
+not
+cut
+it
+spread
+the
+news
+of
+his
+invasion
+far
+and
+wide
+and
+a
+few
+hours
+after
+his
+start
+the
+boer
+farmers
+were
+riding
+hard
+from
+every
+direction
+to
+intercept
+him
+as
+soon
+as
+it
+was
+known
+in
+johannesburg
+that
+he
+was
+on
+his
+way
+to
+rescue
+the
+women
+and
+children
+the
+grateful
+people
+put
+the
+women
+and
+children
+in
+a
+train
+and
+rushed
+them
+for
+australia
+in
+fact
+the
+approach
+of
+johannesburg's
+saviour
+created
+panic
+and
+consternation
+there
+and
+a
+multitude
+of
+males
+of
+peaceable
+disposition
+swept
+to
+the
+trains
+like
+a
+sand
+storm
+the
+early
+ones
+fared
+best
+they
+secured
+seats
+by
+sitting
+in
+them
+eight
+hours
+before
+the
+first
+train
+was
+timed
+to
+leave
+mr
+rhodes
+lost
+no
+time
+he
+cabled
+the
+renowned
+johannesburg
+letter
+of
+invitation
+to
+the
+london
+press
+the
+gray
+headedest
+piece
+of
+ancient
+history
+that
+ever
+went
+over
+a
+cable
+the
+new
+poet
+laureate
+lost
+no
+time
+he
+came
+out
+with
+a
+rousing
+poem
+lauding
+jameson's
+prompt
+and
+splendid
+heroism
+in
+flying
+to
+the
+rescue
+of
+the
+women
+and
+children
+for
+the
+poet
+could
+not
+know
+that
+he
+did
+not
+fly
+until
+two
+months
+after
+the
+invitation
+he
+was
+deceived
+by
+the
+false
+date
+of
+the
+letter
+which
+was
+december
+20th
+jameson
+was
+intercepted
+by
+the
+boers
+on
+new
+year's
+day
+and
+on
+the
+next
+day
+he
+surrendered
+he
+had
+carried
+his
+copy
+of
+the
+letter
+along
+and
+if
+his
+instructions
+required
+him
+in
+case
+of
+emergency
+to
+see
+that
+it
+fell
+into
+the
+hands
+of
+the
+boers
+he
+loyally
+carried
+them
+out
+mrs
+hammond
+gives
+him
+a
+sharp
+rap
+for
+his
+supposed
+carelessness
+and
+emphasizes
+her
+feeling
+about
+it
+with
+burning
+italics
+it
+was
+picked
+up
+on
+the
+battle
+field
+in
+a
+leathern
+pouch
+supposed
+to
+be
+dr
+jameson's
+saddle
+bag
+why
+in
+the
+name
+of
+all
+that
+is
+discreet
+and
+honorable
+didn't
+he
+eat
+it!
+she
+requires
+too
+much
+he
+was
+not
+in
+the
+service
+of
+the
+reformers
+excepting
+ostensibly
+he
+was
+in
+the
+service
+of
+mr
+rhodes
+it
+was
+the
+only
+plain
+english
+document
+undarkened
+by
+ciphers
+and
+mysteries
+and
+responsibly
+signed
+and
+authenticated
+which
+squarely
+implicated
+the
+reformers
+in
+the
+raid
+and
+it
+was
+not
+to
+mr
+rhodes's
+interest
+that
+it
+should
+be
+eaten
+besides
+that
+letter
+was
+not
+the
+original
+it
+was
+only
+a
+copy
+mr
+rhodes
+had
+the
+original
+and
+didn't
+eat
+it
+he
+cabled
+it
+to
+the
+london
+press
+it
+had
+already
+been
+read
+in
+england
+and
+america
+and
+all
+over
+europe
+before
+jameson
+dropped
+it
+on
+the
+battlefield
+if
+the
+subordinate's
+knuckles
+deserved
+a
+rap
+the
+principal's
+deserved
+as
+many
+as
+a
+couple
+of
+them
+that
+letter
+is
+a
+juicily
+dramatic
+incident
+and
+is
+entitled
+to
+all
+its
+celebrity
+because
+of
+the
+odd
+and
+variegated
+effects
+which
+it
+produced
+all
+within
+the
+space
+of
+a
+single
+week
+it
+had
+made
+jameson
+an
+illustrious
+hero
+in
+england
+a
+pirate
+in
+pretoria
+and
+an
+ass
+without
+discretion
+or
+honor
+in
+johannesburg
+also
+it
+had
+produced
+a
+poet
+laureatic
+explosion
+of
+colored
+fireworks
+which
+filled
+the
+world's
+sky
+with
+giddy
+splendors
+and
+the
+knowledge
+that
+jameson
+was
+coming
+with
+it
+to
+rescue
+the
+women
+and
+children
+emptied
+johannesburg
+of
+that
+detail
+of
+the
+population
+for
+an
+old
+letter
+this
+was
+much
+for
+a
+letter
+two
+months
+old
+it
+did
+marvels
+if
+it
+had
+been
+a
+year
+old
+it
+would
+have
+done
+miracles
+chapter
+lxvii
+first
+catch
+your
+boer
+then
+kick
+him
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+those
+latter
+days
+were
+days
+of
+bitter
+worry
+and
+trouble
+for
+the
+harassed
+reformers
+from
+mrs
+hammond
+we
+learn
+that
+on
+the
+31st
+the
+day
+after
+johannesburg
+heard
+of
+the
+invasion
+the
+reform
+committee
+repudiates
+dr
+jameson's
+inroad
+it
+also
+publishes
+its
+intention
+to
+adhere
+to
+the
+manifesto
+it
+also
+earnestly
+desires
+that
+the
+inhabitants
+shall
+refrain
+from
+overt
+acts
+against
+the
+boer
+government
+it
+also
+distributes
+arms
+at
+the
+court
+house
+and
+furnishes
+horses
+to
+the
+newly
+enrolled
+volunteers
+it
+also
+brings
+a
+transvaal
+flag
+into
+the
+committee
+room
+and
+the
+entire
+body
+swear
+allegiance
+to
+it
+with
+uncovered
+heads
+and
+upraised
+arms
+also
+one
+thousand
+lee
+metford
+rifles
+have
+been
+given
+out
+to
+rebels
+also
+in
+a
+speech
+reformer
+lionel
+phillips
+informs
+the
+public
+that
+the
+reform
+committee
+delegation
+has
+been
+received
+with
+courtesy
+by
+the
+government
+commission
+and
+been
+assured
+that
+their
+proposals
+shall
+be
+earnestly
+considered
+that
+while
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+reform
+committee
+regretted
+jameson's
+precipitate
+action
+they
+would
+stand
+by
+him
+also
+the
+populace
+are
+in
+a
+state
+of
+wild
+enthusiasm
+and
+46
+can
+scarcely
+be
+restrained
+they
+want
+to
+go
+out
+to
+meet
+jameson
+and
+bring
+him
+in
+with
+triumphal
+outcry
+also
+the
+british
+high
+commissioner
+has
+issued
+a
+damnifying
+proclamation
+against
+jameson
+and
+all
+british
+abettors
+of
+his
+game
+it
+arrives
+january
+1st
+it
+is
+a
+difficult
+position
+for
+the
+reformers
+and
+full
+of
+hindrances
+and
+perplexities
+their
+duty
+is
+hard
+but
+plain
+1
+they
+have
+to
+repudiate
+the
+inroad
+and
+stand
+by
+the
+inroader
+2
+they
+have
+to
+swear
+allegiance
+to
+the
+boer
+government
+and
+distribute
+cavalry
+horses
+to
+the
+rebels
+3
+they
+have
+to
+forbid
+overt
+acts
+against
+the
+boer
+government
+and
+distribute
+arms
+to
+its
+enemies
+4
+they
+have
+to
+avoid
+collision
+with
+the
+british
+government
+but
+still
+stand
+by
+jameson
+and
+their
+new
+oath
+of
+allegiance
+to
+the
+boer
+government
+taken
+uncovered
+in
+presence
+of
+its
+flag
+they
+did
+such
+of
+these
+things
+as
+they
+could
+they
+tried
+to
+do
+them
+all
+in
+fact
+did
+do
+them
+all
+but
+only
+in
+turn
+not
+simultaneously
+in
+the
+nature
+of
+things
+they
+could
+not
+be
+made
+to
+simultane
+in
+preparing
+for
+armed
+revolution
+and
+in
+talking
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+were
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+bluffing
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+were
+they
+in
+earnest
+if
+they
+were
+in
+earnest
+they
+were
+taking
+great
+risks
+as
+has
+been
+already
+pointed
+out
+a
+gentleman
+of
+high
+position
+told
+me
+in
+johannesburg
+that
+he
+had
+in
+his
+possession
+a
+printed
+document
+proclaiming
+a
+new
+government
+and
+naming
+its
+president
+one
+of
+the
+reform
+leaders
+he
+said
+that
+this
+proclamation
+had
+been
+ready
+for
+issue
+but
+was
+suppressed
+when
+the
+raid
+collapsed
+perhaps
+i
+misunderstood
+him
+indeed
+i
+must
+have
+misunderstood
+him
+for
+i
+have
+not
+seen
+mention
+of
+this
+large
+incident
+in
+print
+anywhere
+besides
+i
+hope
+i
+am
+mistaken
+for
+if
+i
+am
+then
+there
+is
+argument
+that
+the
+reformers
+were
+privately
+not
+serious
+but
+were
+only
+trying
+to
+scare
+the
+boer
+government
+into
+granting
+the
+desired
+reforms
+the
+boer
+government
+was
+scared
+and
+it
+had
+a
+right
+to
+be
+for
+if
+mr
+rhodes's
+plan
+was
+to
+provoke
+a
+collision
+that
+would
+compel
+the
+interference
+of
+england
+that
+was
+a
+serious
+matter
+if
+it
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+be
+shown
+that
+that
+was
+also
+the
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+plan
+and
+purpose
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+that
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+had
+marked
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+a
+feasible
+project
+at
+any
+rate
+although
+it
+was
+one
+which
+could
+hardly
+fail
+to
+cost
+them
+ruinously
+before
+england
+should
+arrive
+but
+it
+seems
+clear
+that
+they
+had
+no
+such
+plan
+nor
+desire
+if
+when
+the
+worst
+should
+come
+to
+the
+worst
+they
+meant
+to
+overthrow
+the
+government
+they
+also
+meant
+to
+inherit
+the
+assets
+themselves
+no
+doubt
+this
+scheme
+could
+hardly
+have
+succeeded
+with
+an
+army
+of
+boers
+at
+their
+gates
+and
+50
+000
+riotous
+blacks
+in
+their
+midst
+the
+odds
+against
+success
+would
+have
+been
+too
+heavy
+even
+if
+the
+whole
+town
+had
+been
+armed
+with
+only
+2
+500
+rifles
+in
+the
+place
+they
+stood
+really
+no
+chance
+to
+me
+the
+military
+problems
+of
+the
+situation
+are
+of
+more
+interest
+than
+the
+political
+ones
+because
+by
+disposition
+i
+have
+always
+been
+especially
+fond
+of
+war
+no
+i
+mean
+fond
+of
+discussing
+war
+and
+fond
+of
+giving
+military
+advice
+if
+i
+had
+been
+with
+jameson
+the
+morning
+after
+he
+started
+i
+should
+have
+advised
+him
+to
+turn
+back
+that
+was
+monday
+it
+was
+then
+that
+he
+received
+his
+first
+warning
+from
+a
+boer
+source
+not
+to
+violate
+the
+friendly
+soil
+of
+the
+transvaal
+it
+showed
+that
+his
+invasion
+was
+known
+if
+i
+had
+been
+with
+him
+on
+tuesday
+morning
+and
+afternoon
+when
+he
+received
+further
+warnings
+i
+should
+have
+repeated
+my
+advice
+if
+i
+had
+been
+with
+him
+the
+next
+morning
+new
+year's
+when
+he
+received
+notice
+that
+a
+few
+hundred
+boers
+were
+waiting
+for
+him
+a
+few
+miles
+ahead
+i
+should
+not
+have
+advised
+but
+commanded
+him
+to
+go
+back
+and
+if
+i
+had
+been
+with
+him
+two
+or
+three
+hours
+later
+a
+thing
+not
+conceivable
+to
+me
+i
+should
+have
+retired
+him
+by
+force
+for
+at
+that
+time
+he
+learned
+that
+the
+few
+hundred
+had
+now
+grown
+to
+800
+and
+that
+meant
+that
+the
+growing
+would
+go
+on
+growing
+for
+by
+authority
+of
+mr
+garrett
+one
+knows
+that
+jameson's
+600
+were
+only
+530
+at
+most
+when
+you
+count
+out
+his
+native
+drivers
+etc
+and
+that
+the
+530
+consisted
+largely
+of
+green
+youths
+raw
+young
+fellows
+not
+trained
+and
+war
+worn
+british
+soldiers
+and
+i
+would
+have
+told
+jameson
+that
+those
+lads
+would
+not
+be
+able
+to
+shoot
+effectively
+from
+horseback
+in
+the
+scamper
+and
+racket
+of
+battle
+and
+that
+there
+would
+not
+be
+anything
+for
+them
+to
+shoot
+at
+anyway
+but
+rocks
+for
+the
+boers
+would
+be
+behind
+the
+rocks
+not
+out
+in
+the
+open
+i
+would
+have
+told
+him
+that
+300
+boer
+sharpshooters
+behind
+rocks
+would
+be
+an
+overmatch
+for
+his
+500
+raw
+young
+fellows
+on
+horseback
+if
+pluck
+were
+the
+only
+thing
+essential
+to
+battle
+winning
+the
+english
+would
+lose
+no
+battles
+but
+discretion
+as
+well
+as
+pluck
+is
+required
+when
+one
+fights
+boers
+and
+red
+indians
+in
+south
+africa
+the
+briton
+has
+always
+insisted
+upon
+standing
+bravely
+up
+unsheltered
+before
+the
+hidden
+boer
+and
+taking
+the
+results
+jameson's
+men
+would
+follow
+the
+custom
+jameson
+would
+not
+have
+listened
+to
+me
+he
+would
+have
+been
+intent
+upon
+repeating
+history
+according
+to
+precedent
+americans
+are
+not
+acquainted
+with
+the
+british
+boer
+war
+of
+1881
+but
+its
+history
+is
+interesting
+and
+could
+have
+been
+instructive
+to
+jameson
+if
+he
+had
+been
+receptive
+i
+will
+cull
+some
+details
+of
+it
+from
+trustworthy
+sources
+mainly
+from
+russell's
+natal
+mr
+russell
+is
+not
+a
+boer
+but
+a
+briton
+he
+is
+inspector
+of
+schools
+and
+his
+history
+is
+a
+text
+book
+whose
+purpose
+is
+the
+instruction
+of
+the
+natal
+english
+youth
+after
+the
+seizure
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+accident
+the
+other
+by
+jameson's
+army
+one
+of
+them
+intentionally
+the
+other
+by
+a
+pathetic
+mischance
+a
+young
+boer
+named
+jacobz
+was
+moving
+forward
+to
+give
+a
+drink
+to
+one
+of
+the
+wounded
+troopers
+jameson's
+after
+the
+first
+charge
+when
+another
+wounded
+man
+mistaking
+his
+intention
+shot
+him
+there
+were
+three
+or
+four
+wounded
+boers
+in
+the
+krugersdorp
+hospital
+and
+apparently
+no
+others
+have
+been
+reported
+mr
+garrett
+on
+a
+balance
+of
+probabilities
+fully
+accepts
+the
+official
+version
+and
+thanks
+heaven
+the
+killed
+was
+not
+larger
+as
+a
+military
+man
+i
+wish
+to
+point
+out
+what
+seems
+to
+me
+to
+be
+military
+errors
+in
+the
+conduct
+of
+the
+campaign
+which
+we
+have
+just
+been
+considering
+i
+have
+seen
+active
+service
+in
+the
+field
+and
+it
+was
+in
+the
+actualities
+of
+war
+that
+i
+acquired
+my
+training
+and
+my
+right
+to
+speak
+i
+served
+two
+weeks
+in
+the
+beginning
+of
+our
+civil
+war
+and
+during
+all
+that
+tune
+commanded
+a
+battery
+of
+infantry
+composed
+of
+twelve
+men
+general
+grant
+knew
+the
+history
+of
+my
+campaign
+for
+i
+told
+it
+him
+i
+also
+told
+him
+the
+principle
+upon
+which
+i
+had
+conducted
+it
+which
+was
+to
+tire
+the
+enemy
+i
+tired
+out
+and
+disqualified
+many
+battalions
+yet
+never
+had
+a
+casualty
+myself
+nor
+lost
+a
+man
+general
+grant
+was
+not
+given
+to
+paying
+compliments
+yet
+he
+said
+frankly
+that
+if
+i
+had
+conducted
+the
+whole
+war
+much
+bloodshed
+would
+have
+been
+spared
+and
+that
+what
+the
+army
+might
+have
+lost
+through
+the
+inspiriting
+results
+of
+collision
+in
+the
+field
+would
+have
+been
+amply
+made
+up
+by
+the
+liberalizing
+influences
+of
+travel
+further
+endorsement
+does
+not
+seem
+to
+me
+to
+be
+necessary
+let
+us
+now
+examine
+history
+and
+see
+what
+it
+teaches
+in
+the
+4
+battles
+fought
+in
+1881
+and
+the
+two
+fought
+by
+jameson
+the
+british
+loss
+in
+killed
+wounded
+and
+prisoners
+was
+substantially
+1
+300
+men
+the
+boer
+loss
+as
+far
+as
+is
+ascertainable
+eras
+about
+30
+men
+these
+figures
+show
+that
+there
+was
+a
+defect
+somewhere
+it
+was
+not
+in
+the
+absence
+of
+courage
+i
+think
+it
+lay
+in
+the
+absence
+of
+discretion
+the
+briton
+should
+have
+done
+one
+thing
+or
+the
+other
+discarded
+british
+methods
+and
+fought
+the
+boer
+with
+boer
+methods
+or
+augmented
+his
+own
+force
+until
+using
+british
+methods
+it
+should
+be
+large
+enough
+to
+equalize
+results
+with
+the
+boer
+to
+retain
+the
+british
+method
+requires
+certain
+things
+determinable
+by
+arithmetic
+if
+for
+argument's
+sake
+we
+allow
+that
+the
+aggregate
+of
+1
+716
+british
+soldiers
+engaged
+in
+the
+4
+early
+battles
+was
+opposed
+by
+the
+same
+aggregate
+of
+boers
+we
+have
+this
+result
+the
+british
+loss
+of
+700
+and
+the
+boer
+loss
+of
+23
+argues
+that
+in
+order
+to
+equalize
+results
+in
+future
+battles
+you
+must
+make
+the
+british
+force
+thirty
+times
+as
+strong
+as
+the
+boer
+force
+mr
+garrett
+shows
+that
+the
+boer
+force
+immediately
+opposed
+to
+jameson
+was
+2
+000
+and
+that
+there
+were
+6
+000
+more
+on
+hand
+by
+the
+evening
+of
+the
+second
+day
+arithmetic
+shows
+that
+in
+order
+to
+make
+himself
+the
+equal
+of
+the
+8
+000
+boers
+jameson
+should
+have
+had
+240
+000
+men
+whereas
+he
+merely
+had
+530
+boys
+from
+a
+military
+point
+of
+view
+backed
+by
+the
+facts
+of
+history
+i
+conceive
+that
+jameson's
+military
+judgment
+was
+at
+fault
+another
+thing
+jameson
+was
+encumbered
+by
+artillery
+ammunition
+and
+rifles
+the
+facts
+of
+the
+battle
+show
+that
+he
+should
+have
+had
+none
+of
+those
+things
+along
+they
+were
+heavy
+they
+were
+in
+his
+way
+they
+impeded
+his
+march
+there
+was
+nothing
+to
+shoot
+at
+but
+rocks
+he
+knew
+quite
+well
+that
+there
+would
+be
+nothing
+to
+shoot
+at
+but
+rocks
+and
+he
+knew
+that
+artillery
+and
+rifles
+have
+no
+effect
+upon
+rocks
+he
+was
+badly
+overloaded
+with
+unessentials
+he
+had
+8
+maxims
+a
+maxim
+is
+a
+kind
+of
+gatling
+i
+believe
+and
+shoots
+about
+500
+bullets
+per
+minute
+he
+had
+one
+12
+1/2
+pounder
+cannon
+and
+two
+7
+pounders
+also
+145
+000
+rounds
+of
+ammunition
+he
+worked
+the
+maxims
+so
+hard
+upon
+the
+rocks
+that
+five
+of
+them
+became
+disabled
+five
+of
+the
+maxims
+not
+the
+rocks
+it
+is
+believed
+that
+upwards
+of
+100
+000
+rounds
+of
+ammunition
+of
+the
+various
+kinds
+were
+fired
+during
+the
+21
+hours
+that
+the
+battles
+lasted
+one
+man
+killed
+he
+must
+have
+been
+much
+mutilated
+it
+was
+a
+pity
+to
+bring
+those
+futile
+maxims
+along
+jameson
+should
+have
+furnished
+himself
+with
+a
+battery
+of
+pudd'nhead
+wilson
+maxims
+instead
+they
+are
+much
+more
+deadly
+than
+those
+others
+and
+they
+are
+easily
+carried
+because
+they
+have
+no
+weight
+mr
+garrett
+not
+very
+carefully
+concealing
+a
+smile
+excuses
+the
+presence
+of
+the
+maxims
+by
+saying
+that
+they
+were
+of
+very
+substantial
+use
+because
+their
+sputtering
+disordered
+the
+aim
+of
+the
+boers
+and
+in
+that
+way
+saved
+lives
+three
+cannon
+eight
+maxims
+and
+five
+hundred
+rifles
+yielded
+a
+result
+which
+emphasized
+a
+fact
+which
+had
+already
+been
+established
+that
+the
+british
+system
+of
+standing
+out
+in
+the
+open
+to
+fight
+boers
+who
+are
+behind
+rocks
+is
+not
+wise
+not
+excusable
+and
+ought
+to
+be
+abandoned
+for
+something
+more
+efficacious
+for
+the
+purpose
+of
+war
+is
+to
+kill
+not
+merely
+to
+waste
+ammunition
+if
+i
+could
+get
+the
+management
+of
+one
+of
+those
+campaigns
+i
+would
+know
+what
+to
+do
+for
+i
+have
+studied
+the
+boer
+he
+values
+the
+bible
+above
+every
+other
+thing
+the
+most
+delicious
+edible
+in
+south
+africa
+is
+biltong
+you
+will
+have
+seen
+it
+mentioned
+in
+olive
+schreiner's
+books
+it
+is
+what
+our
+plainsmen
+call
+jerked
+beef
+it
+is
+the
+boer's
+main
+standby
+he
+has
+a
+passion
+for
+it
+and
+he
+is
+right
+if
+i
+had
+the
+command
+of
+the
+campaign
+i
+would
+go
+with
+rifles
+only
+no
+cumbersome
+maxims
+and
+cannon
+to
+spoil
+good
+rocks
+with
+i
+would
+move
+surreptitiously
+by
+night
+to
+a
+point
+about
+a
+quarter
+of
+a
+mile
+from
+the
+boer
+camp
+and
+there
+i
+would
+build
+up
+a
+pyramid
+of
+biltong
+and
+bibles
+fifty
+feet
+high
+and
+then
+conceal
+my
+men
+all
+about
+in
+the
+morning
+the
+boers
+would
+send
+out
+spies
+and
+then
+the
+rest
+would
+come
+with
+a
+rush
+i
+would
+surround
+them
+and
+they
+would
+have
+to
+fight
+my
+men
+on
+equal
+terms
+in
+the
+open
+there
+wouldn't
+be
+any
+amajuba
+results
+[just
+as
+i
+am
+finishing
+this
+book
+an
+unfortunate
+dispute
+has
+sprung
+up
+between
+dr
+jameson
+and
+his
+officers
+on
+the
+one
+hand
+and
+colonel
+rhodes
+on
+the
+other
+concerning
+the
+wording
+of
+a
+note
+which
+colonel
+rhodes
+sent
+from
+johannesburg
+by
+a
+cyclist
+to
+jameson
+just
+before
+hostilities
+began
+on
+the
+memorable
+new
+year's
+day
+some
+of
+the
+fragments
+of
+this
+note
+were
+found
+on
+the
+battlefield
+after
+the
+fight
+and
+these
+have
+been
+pieced
+together
+the
+dispute
+is
+as
+to
+what
+words
+the
+lacking
+fragments
+contained
+jameson
+says
+the
+note
+promised
+him
+a
+reinforcement
+of
+300
+men
+from
+johannesburg
+colonel
+rhodes
+denies
+this
+and
+says
+he
+merely
+promised
+to
+send
+out
+some
+men
+to
+meet
+you
+]
+[it
+seems
+a
+pity
+that
+these
+friends
+should
+fall
+out
+over
+so
+little
+a
+thing
+if
+the
+300
+had
+been
+sent
+what
+good
+would
+it
+have
+done
+in
+21
+hours
+of
+industrious
+fighting
+jameson's
+530
+men
+with
+8
+maxims
+3
+cannon
+and
+145
+000
+rounds
+of
+ammunition
+killed
+an
+aggregate
+of
+1
+boer
+these
+statistics
+show
+that
+a
+reinforcement
+of
+300
+johannesburgers
+armed
+merely
+with
+muskets
+would
+have
+killed
+at
+the
+outside
+only
+a
+little
+over
+a
+half
+of
+another
+boer
+this
+would
+not
+have
+saved
+the
+day
+it
+would
+not
+even
+have
+seriously
+affected
+the
+general
+result
+the
+figures
+show
+clearly
+and
+with
+mathematical
+violence
+that
+the
+only
+way
+to
+save
+jameson
+or
+even
+give
+him
+a
+fair
+and
+equal
+chance
+with
+the
+enemy
+was
+for
+johannesburg
+to
+send
+him
+240
+maxims
+90
+cannon
+600
+carloads
+of
+ammunition
+and
+240
+000
+men
+johannesburg
+was
+not
+in
+a
+position
+to
+do
+this
+johannesburg
+has
+been
+called
+very
+hard
+names
+for
+not
+reinforcing
+jameson
+but
+in
+every
+instance
+this
+has
+been
+done
+by
+two
+classes
+of
+persons
+people
+who
+do
+not
+read
+history
+and
+people
+like
+jameson
+who
+do
+not
+understand
+what
+it
+means
+after
+they
+have
+read
+it
+]
+chapter
+lxviii
+none
+of
+us
+can
+have
+as
+many
+virtues
+as
+the
+fountain
+pen
+or
+half
+its
+cussedness
+but
+we
+can
+try
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+the
+duke
+of
+fife
+has
+borne
+testimony
+that
+mr
+rhodes
+deceived
+him
+that
+is
+also
+what
+mr
+rhodes
+did
+with
+the
+reformers
+he
+got
+them
+into
+trouble
+and
+then
+stayed
+out
+himself
+a
+judicious
+man
+he
+has
+always
+been
+that
+as
+to
+this
+there
+was
+a
+moment
+of
+doubt
+once
+it
+was
+when
+he
+was
+out
+on
+his
+last
+pirating
+expedition
+in
+the
+matabele
+country
+the
+cable
+shouted
+out
+that
+he
+had
+gone
+unarmed
+to
+visit
+a
+party
+of
+hostile
+chiefs
+it
+was
+true
+too
+and
+this
+dare
+devil
+thing
+came
+near
+fetching
+another
+indiscretion
+out
+of
+the
+poet
+laureate
+it
+would
+have
+been
+too
+bad
+for
+when
+the
+facts
+were
+all
+in
+it
+turned
+out
+that
+there
+was
+a
+lady
+along
+too
+and
+she
+also
+was
+unarmed
+in
+the
+opinion
+of
+many
+people
+mr
+rhodes
+is
+south
+africa
+others
+think
+he
+is
+only
+a
+large
+part
+of
+it
+these
+latter
+consider
+that
+south
+africa
+consists
+of
+table
+mountain
+the
+diamond
+mines
+the
+johannesburg
+gold
+fields
+and
+cecil
+rhodes
+the
+gold
+fields
+are
+wonderful
+in
+every
+way
+in
+seven
+or
+eight
+years
+they
+built
+up
+in
+a
+desert
+a
+city
+of
+a
+hundred
+thousand
+inhabitants
+counting
+white
+and
+black
+together
+and
+not
+the
+ordinary
+mining
+city
+of
+wooden
+shanties
+but
+a
+city
+made
+out
+of
+lasting
+material
+nowhere
+in
+the
+world
+is
+there
+such
+a
+concentration
+of
+rich
+mines
+as
+at
+johannesburg
+mr
+bonamici
+my
+manager
+there
+gave
+me
+a
+small
+gold
+brick
+with
+some
+statistics
+engraved
+upon
+it
+which
+record
+the
+output
+of
+gold
+from
+the
+early
+days
+to
+july
+1895
+and
+exhibit
+the
+strides
+which
+have
+been
+made
+in
+the
+development
+of
+the
+industry
+in
+1888
+the
+output
+was
+$4
+162
+440
+the
+output
+of
+the
+next
+five
+and
+a
+half
+years
+was
+total
+$17
+585
+894
+for
+the
+single
+year
+ending
+with
+june
+1895
+it
+was
+$45
+553
+700
+the
+capital
+which
+has
+developed
+the
+mines
+came
+from
+england
+the
+mining
+engineers
+from
+america
+this
+is
+the
+case
+with
+the
+diamond
+mines
+also
+south
+africa
+seems
+to
+be
+the
+heaven
+of
+the
+american
+scientific
+mining
+engineer
+he
+gets
+the
+choicest
+places
+and
+keeps
+them
+his
+salary
+is
+not
+based
+upon
+what
+he
+would
+get
+in
+america
+but
+apparently
+upon
+what
+a
+whole
+family
+of
+him
+would
+get
+there
+the
+successful
+mines
+pay
+great
+dividends
+yet
+the
+rock
+is
+not
+rich
+from
+a
+californian
+point
+of
+view
+rock
+which
+yields
+ten
+or
+twelve
+dollars
+a
+ton
+is
+considered
+plenty
+rich
+enough
+it
+is
+troubled
+with
+base
+metals
+to
+such
+a
+degree
+that
+twenty
+years
+ago
+it
+would
+have
+been
+only
+about
+half
+as
+valuable
+as
+it
+is
+now
+for
+at
+that
+time
+there
+was
+no
+paying
+way
+of
+getting
+anything
+out
+of
+such
+rock
+but
+the
+coarser
+grained
+free
+gold
+but
+the
+new
+cyanide
+process
+has
+changed
+all
+that
+and
+the
+gold
+fields
+of
+the
+world
+now
+deliver
+up
+fifty
+million
+dollars'
+worth
+of
+gold
+per
+year
+which
+would
+have
+gone
+into
+the
+tailing
+pile
+under
+the
+former
+conditions
+the
+cyanide
+process
+was
+new
+to
+me
+and
+full
+of
+interest
+and
+among
+the
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+it
+so
+often
+at
+home
+and
+in
+their
+faces
+and
+their
+gait
+was
+that
+languishing
+aristocratic
+divine
+delight
+in
+their
+finery
+which
+was
+so
+familiar
+to
+me
+and
+had
+always
+been
+such
+a
+satisfaction
+to
+my
+eye
+and
+my
+heart
+i
+seemed
+among
+old
+old
+friends
+friends
+of
+fifty
+years
+and
+i
+stopped
+and
+cordially
+greeted
+them
+they
+broke
+into
+a
+good
+fellowship
+laugh
+flashing
+their
+white
+teeth
+upon
+me
+and
+all
+answered
+at
+once
+i
+did
+not
+understand
+a
+word
+they
+said
+i
+was
+astonished
+i
+was
+not
+dreaming
+that
+they
+would
+answer
+in
+anything
+but
+american
+the
+voices
+too
+of
+the
+african
+women
+were
+familiar
+to
+me
+sweet
+and
+musical
+just
+like
+those
+of
+the
+slave
+women
+of
+my
+early
+days
+i
+followed
+a
+couple
+of
+them
+all
+over
+the
+orange
+free
+state
+no
+over
+its
+capital
+bloemfontein
+to
+hear
+their
+liquid
+voices
+and
+the
+happy
+ripple
+of
+their
+laughter
+their
+language
+was
+a
+large
+improvement
+upon
+american
+also
+upon
+the
+zulu
+it
+had
+no
+zulu
+clicks
+in
+it
+and
+it
+seemed
+to
+have
+no
+angles
+or
+corners
+no
+roughness
+no
+vile
+s's
+or
+other
+hissing
+sounds
+but
+was
+very
+very
+mellow
+and
+rounded
+and
+flowing
+in
+moving
+about
+the
+country
+in
+the
+trains
+i
+had
+opportunity
+to
+see
+a
+good
+many
+boers
+of
+the
+veldt
+one
+day
+at
+a
+village
+station
+a
+hundred
+of
+them
+got
+out
+of
+the
+third
+class
+cars
+to
+feed
+their
+clothes
+were
+very
+interesting
+for
+ugliness
+of
+shapes
+and
+for
+miracles
+of
+ugly
+colors
+inharmoniously
+associated
+they
+were
+a
+record
+the
+effect
+was
+nearly
+as
+exciting
+and
+interesting
+as
+that
+produced
+by
+the
+brilliant
+and
+beautiful
+clothes
+and
+perfect
+taste
+always
+on
+view
+at
+the
+indian
+railway
+stations
+one
+man
+had
+corduroy
+trousers
+of
+a
+faded
+chewing
+gum
+tint
+and
+they
+were
+new
+showing
+that
+this
+tint
+did
+not
+come
+by
+calamity
+but
+was
+intentional
+the
+very
+ugliest
+color
+i
+have
+ever
+seen
+a
+gaunt
+shackly
+country
+lout
+six
+feet
+high
+in
+battered
+gray
+slouched
+hat
+with
+wide
+brim
+and
+old
+resin
+colored
+breeches
+had
+on
+a
+hideous
+brand
+new
+woolen
+coat
+which
+was
+imitation
+tiger
+skin
+wavy
+broad
+stripes
+of
+dazzling
+yellow
+and
+deep
+brown
+i
+thought
+he
+ought
+to
+be
+hanged
+and
+asked
+the
+station
+master
+if
+it
+could
+be
+arranged
+he
+said
+no
+and
+not
+only
+that
+but
+said
+it
+rudely
+said
+it
+with
+a
+quite
+unnecessary
+show
+of
+feeling
+then
+he
+muttered
+something
+about
+my
+being
+a
+jackass
+and
+walked
+away
+and
+pointed
+me
+out
+to
+people
+and
+did
+everything
+he
+could
+to
+turn
+public
+sentiment
+against
+me
+it
+is
+what
+one
+gets
+for
+trying
+to
+do
+good
+in
+the
+train
+that
+day
+a
+passenger
+told
+me
+some
+more
+about
+boer
+life
+out
+in
+the
+lonely
+veldt
+he
+said
+the
+boer
+gets
+up
+early
+and
+sets
+his
+niggers
+at
+their
+tasks
+pasturing
+the
+cattle
+and
+watching
+them
+eats
+smokes
+drowses
+sleeps
+toward
+evening
+superintends
+the
+milking
+etc
+eats
+smokes
+drowses
+goes
+to
+bed
+at
+early
+candlelight
+in
+the
+fragrant
+clothes
+he
+and
+she
+have
+worn
+all
+day
+and
+every
+week
+day
+for
+years
+i
+remember
+that
+last
+detail
+in
+olive
+schreiner's
+story
+of
+an
+african
+farm
+and
+the
+passenger
+told
+me
+that
+the
+boers
+were
+justly
+noted
+for
+their
+hospitality
+he
+told
+me
+a
+story
+about
+it
+he
+said
+that
+his
+grace
+the
+bishop
+of
+a
+certain
+see
+was
+once
+making
+a
+business
+progress
+through
+the
+tavernless
+veldt
+and
+one
+night
+he
+stopped
+with
+a
+boer
+after
+supper
+was
+shown
+to
+bed
+he
+undressed
+weary
+and
+worn
+out
+and
+was
+soon
+sound
+asleep
+in
+the
+night
+he
+woke
+up
+feeling
+crowded
+and
+suffocated
+and
+found
+the
+old
+boer
+and
+his
+fat
+wife
+in
+bed
+with
+him
+one
+on
+each
+side
+with
+all
+their
+clothes
+on
+and
+snoring
+he
+had
+to
+stay
+there
+and
+stand
+it
+awake
+and
+suffering
+until
+toward
+dawn
+when
+sleep
+again
+fell
+upon
+him
+for
+an
+hour
+then
+he
+woke
+again
+the
+boer
+was
+gone
+but
+the
+wife
+was
+still
+at
+his
+side
+those
+reformers
+detested
+that
+boer
+prison
+they
+were
+not
+used
+to
+cramped
+quarters
+and
+tedious
+hours
+and
+weary
+idleness
+and
+early
+to
+bed
+and
+limited
+movement
+and
+arbitrary
+and
+irritating
+rules
+and
+the
+absence
+of
+the
+luxuries
+which
+wealth
+comforts
+the
+day
+and
+the
+night
+with
+the
+confinement
+told
+upon
+their
+bodies
+and
+their
+spirits
+still
+they
+were
+superior
+men
+and
+they
+made
+the
+best
+that
+was
+to
+be
+made
+of
+the
+circumstances
+their
+wives
+smuggled
+delicacies
+to
+them
+which
+helped
+to
+smooth
+the
+way
+down
+for
+the
+prison
+fare
+in
+the
+train
+mr
+b
+told
+me
+that
+the
+boer
+jail
+guards
+treated
+the
+black
+prisoners
+even
+political
+ones
+mercilessly
+an
+african
+chief
+and
+his
+following
+had
+been
+kept
+there
+nine
+months
+without
+trial
+and
+during
+all
+that
+time
+they
+had
+been
+without
+shelter
+from
+rain
+and
+sun
+he
+said
+that
+one
+day
+the
+guards
+put
+a
+big
+black
+in
+the
+stocks
+for
+dashing
+his
+soup
+on
+the
+ground
+they
+stretched
+his
+legs
+painfully
+wide
+apart
+and
+set
+him
+with
+his
+back
+down
+hill
+he
+could
+not
+endure
+it
+and
+put
+back
+his
+hands
+upon
+the
+slope
+for
+a
+support
+the
+guard
+ordered
+him
+to
+withdraw
+the
+support
+and
+kicked
+him
+in
+the
+back
+then
+said
+mr
+b
+'the
+powerful
+black
+wrenched
+the
+stocks
+asunder
+and
+went
+for
+the
+guard
+a
+reform
+prisoner
+pulled
+him
+off
+and
+thrashed
+the
+guard
+himself
+chapter
+lxix
+the
+very
+ink
+with
+which
+all
+history
+is
+written
+is
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+fluid
+prejudice
+pudd'nhead
+wilsons's
+new
+calendar
+there
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+a
+parallel
+of
+latitude
+but
+thinks
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+would
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+been
+the
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+if
+it
+had
+had
+its
+rights
+pudd'nhead
+wilson's
+new
+calendar
+next
+to
+mr
+rhodes
+to
+me
+the
+most
+interesting
+convulsion
+of
+nature
+in
+south
+africa
+was
+the
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+the
+rand
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+fields
+are
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+marvel
+and
+they
+make
+all
+other
+gold
+fields
+small
+but
+i
+was
+not
+a
+stranger
+to
+gold
+mining
+the
+veldt
+was
+a
+noble
+thing
+to
+see
+but
+it
+was
+only
+another
+and
+lovelier
+variety
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+great
+plains
+the
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+were
+very
+far
+from
+being
+uninteresting
+but
+they
+were
+not
+new
+and
+as
+for
+the
+towns
+i
+could
+find
+my
+way
+without
+a
+guide
+through
+the
+most
+of
+them
+because
+i
+had
+learned
+the
+streets
+under
+other
+names
+in
+towns
+just
+like
+them
+in
+other
+lands
+but
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+fresh
+thing
+a
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+and
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+novelty
+very
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+people
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+the
+world
+have
+seen
+the
+diamond
+in
+its
+home
+it
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+three
+or
+four
+homes
+in
+the
+world
+whereas
+gold
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+a
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+it
+is
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+around
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+to
+see
+anything
+which
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+a
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+and
+the
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+the
+greatest
+and
+most
+select
+and
+restricted
+novelty
+which
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+globe
+has
+in
+stock
+the
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+i
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+taken
+into
+consideration
+the
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+is
+that
+they
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+and
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+familiar
+to
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+african
+world
+for
+the
+rest
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+time
+for
+this
+reason
+the
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+diamonds
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+on
+the
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+any
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+every
+other
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+the
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+a
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+bead
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+three
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+his
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+his
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+his
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+and
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+for
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+for
+glass
+beads
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+that
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+diamonds
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+to
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+there
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+human
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+one
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+'
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+teamster
+chocking
+his
+wagon
+wheel
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+rock
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+miles
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+the
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+the
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+beers
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+fourteen
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+the
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+beers
+owns
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+craters
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+under
+the
+grass
+but
+the
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+beers
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+they
+are
+and
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+them
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+if
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+originally
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diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/equator_03b.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/equator_03b.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22afb4fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/equator_03b/equator_03b.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+import treemap.*;
+
+Treemap map;
+
+void setup() {
+  size(1024, 768);
+
+  smooth();
+  strokeWeight(0.25f);
+  PFont font = createFont("Serif", 13);
+  textFont(font);
+
+  WordMap mapData = new WordMap();
+    
+  String[] lines = loadStrings("equator.txt");
+  for (int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+    mapData.addWord(lines[i]);
+  }
+  mapData.finishAdd();
+
+    // different choices for the layout method
+    //MapLayout algorithm = new SliceLayout();
+    //MapLayout algorithm = new StripTreemap();
+    //MapLayout algorithm = new PivotBySplitSize();
+    //MapLayout algorithm = new SquarifiedLayout();
+
+  map = new Treemap(mapData, 0, 0, width, height);
+
+  // only run draw() once
+  noLoop();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(255);
+  map.draw();
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/file_tree_queue_08b/Node.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/file_tree_queue_08b/Node.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6ddcf43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/file_tree_queue_08b/Node.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class Node {
+  File file;
+  
+  Node[] children;
+  int childCount;
+
+  Node(File file) {
+    this.file = file;    
+    if (file.isDirectory()) {
+      addFolder(this);
+    }
+  }
+  
+  void check() {
+    String[] contents = file.list();
+    if (contents != null) {
+      // Sort the file names in case insensitive order
+      contents = sort(contents);
+
+      children = new Node[contents.length];
+      for (int i = 0 ; i < contents.length; i++) {
+        // Skip the . and .. directory entries on Unix systems
+        if (contents[i].equals(".") || contents[i].equals("..")) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        File childFile = new File(file, contents[i]);
+        // Skip any file that appears to be a symbolic link
+        try {
+          String absPath = childFile.getAbsolutePath();
+          String canPath = childFile.getCanonicalPath();
+          if (!absPath.equals(canPath)) {
+            continue;
+          }
+        } catch (IOException e) { }
+
+        Node child = new Node(childFile);
+        children[childCount++] = child;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+
+  void printList(int depth) {
+  // print four spaces for each level of depth;
+  for (int i = 0; i < depth; i++) {
+      print("    ");  
+    }
+    println(file.getName());
+
+    // now handle the children, if any
+    for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++) {
+      children[i].printList(depth + 1);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/file_tree_queue_08b/file_tree_queue_08b.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/file_tree_queue_08b/file_tree_queue_08b.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67338bcd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/file_tree_queue_08b/file_tree_queue_08b.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+Node[] folders = new Node[10];
+int folderCount; 
+int folderIndex;
+
+Node rootNode;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(400, 130);
+  // Replace this location with a folder on your machine
+  File rootFile = new File("/Applications/Processing 0135");
+  rootNode = new Node(rootFile);
+  PFont font = createFont("SansSerif", 11);
+  textFont(font);
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(224);
+  nextFolder();
+  drawStatus();
+}
+
+
+void drawStatus() {
+  float statusX = 30;
+  float statusW = width - statusX*2;
+  float statusY = 60;
+  float statusH = 20;
+
+  fill(0);
+  if (folderIndex != folderCount) {
+    text("Reading " + nfc(folderIndex+1) + 
+         " out of " + nfc(folderCount) + " folders...", 
+         statusX, statusY - 10);    
+  } else {
+    text("Done reading.", statusX, statusY - 10);
+  }
+  fill(128);
+  rect(statusX, statusY, statusW, statusH);
+
+  float completedW = map(folderIndex + 1, 0, folderCount, 0, statusW);
+  fill(255);
+  rect(statusX, statusY, completedW, statusH);  
+}
+
+
+void addFolder(Node folder) {
+  if (folderCount == folders.length) {
+    folders = (Node[]) expand(folders);
+  }
+  folders[folderCount++] = folder;
+}
+
+
+void nextFolder() {
+  if (folderIndex != folderCount) {
+    Node n = folders[folderIndex++];
+    n.check();
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/BoundsIntegrator.java b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/BoundsIntegrator.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a568a930d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/BoundsIntegrator.java	
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+public class BoundsIntegrator {
+
+  static final float ATTRACTION = 0.2f;
+  static final float DAMPING = 0.5f;
+
+  float valueX, velocityX, accelerationX;
+  float valueY, velocityY, accelerationY;
+  float valueW, velocityW, accelerationW;
+  float valueH, velocityH, accelerationH;
+
+  float damping;
+  float attraction;
+  
+  boolean targeting;
+  float targetX, targetY, targetW, targetH;
+
+
+  public BoundsIntegrator() {
+    this.valueX = 0;
+    this.valueY = 0;
+    this.valueW = 1;
+    this.valueH = 1;
+
+    this.damping = DAMPING;
+    this.attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  }
+
+
+  public BoundsIntegrator(float x, float y, float w, float h) {
+    this.valueX = x;
+    this.valueY = y;
+    this.valueW = w;
+    this.valueH = h;
+    
+    this.damping = DAMPING;
+    this.attraction = ATTRACTION;
+  }
+
+
+  public void set(float x, float y, float w, float h) {
+    this.valueX = x;
+    this.valueY = y;
+    this.valueW = w;
+    this.valueH = h;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public float getX() {
+    return valueX;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public float getY() {
+    return valueY;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public float getW() {
+    return valueW;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public float getH() {
+    return valueH;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public float spanX(float pointX, float start, float span) {
+    if (valueW != 0) {
+      //return (pointX - valueX) / valueW;
+      float n = (pointX - valueX) / valueW;
+      return start + n*span;
+    } else {
+      return Float.NaN;
+    }
+  }
+    
+  
+  public float spanY(float pointY, float start, float span) {
+    if (valueH != 0) {
+      //return (pointY - valueY) / valueH;
+      float n = (pointY - valueY) / valueH;
+      return start + n*span;
+    } else {
+      return Float.NaN;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  public void setAttraction(float a) {
+    attraction = a;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public void setDamping(float d) {
+    damping = d;
+  }
+
+
+  public boolean update() {
+    if (targeting) {
+      accelerationX += attraction * (targetX - valueX);
+      velocityX = (velocityX + accelerationX) * damping;
+      valueX += velocityX;
+      accelerationX = 0;
+      boolean updated = (Math.abs(velocityX) > 0.0001f);
+      
+      accelerationY += attraction * (targetY - valueY);
+      velocityY = (velocityY + accelerationY) * damping;
+      valueY += velocityY;
+      accelerationY = 0;
+      updated |= (Math.abs(velocityY) > 0.0001f);
+
+      accelerationW += attraction * (targetW - valueW);
+      velocityW = (velocityW + accelerationW) * damping;
+      valueW += velocityW;
+      accelerationW = 0;
+      updated |= (Math.abs(velocityW) > 0.0001f);
+      
+      accelerationH += attraction * (targetH - valueH);
+      velocityH = (velocityH + accelerationH) * damping;
+      valueH += velocityH;
+      accelerationH = 0;
+      updated |= (Math.abs(velocityH) > 0.0001f);
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+
+  public void target(float tx, float ty, float tw, float th) {
+    targeting = true;
+    targetX = tx;
+    targetY = ty; 
+    targetW = tw;
+    targetH = th;
+  }
+
+
+  public void targetLocation(float tx, float ty) {
+    targeting = true;
+    targetX = tx;
+    targetY = ty;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public void targetSize(float tw, float th) {
+    targeting = true;
+    targetW = tw;
+    targetH = th;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public void targetX(float tx) {
+    targeting = true;
+    targetX = tx;
+  }
+  
+  
+  public void targetY(float ty) {
+    targeting = true;
+    targetY = ty;
+  }
+
+  
+  public void targetW(float tw) {
+    targeting = true;
+    targetW = tw;
+  }
+
+  
+  public void targetH(float th) {
+    targeting = true;
+    targetH = th;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/FileItem.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/FileItem.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ff648a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/FileItem.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class FileItem extends SimpleMapItem {
+  FolderItem parent;    
+  File file;
+  String name;
+  int level;
+  
+  color c;
+  float hue;
+  float brightness;
+    
+  float textPadding = 8;
+    
+  float boxLeft, boxTop;
+  float boxRight, boxBottom;
+
+
+  FileItem(FolderItem parent, File file, int level, int order) {
+    this.parent = parent;
+    this.file = file;
+    this.order = order;
+    this.level = level;
+      
+    name = file.getName();
+    size = file.length();
+
+    modTimes.add(file.lastModified());
+  }
+
+  
+  void updateColors() {
+    if (parent != null) {
+      hue = map(order, 0, parent.getItemCount(), 0, 360);
+    }
+    brightness = modTimes.percentile(file.lastModified()) * 100;
+
+    colorMode(HSB, 360, 100, 100);
+    if (parent == zoomItem) {
+      c = color(hue, 80, 80);
+    } else if (parent != null) {
+      c = color(parent.hue, 80, brightness);
+    }
+    colorMode(RGB, 255);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void calcBox() {
+    boxLeft = zoomBounds.spanX(x, 0, width);
+    boxRight = zoomBounds.spanX(x+w, 0, width);
+    boxTop = zoomBounds.spanY(y, 0, height);
+    boxBottom = zoomBounds.spanY(y+h, 0, height);
+  }
+
+
+  void draw() {
+    calcBox();
+
+    fill(c);
+    rect(boxLeft, boxTop, boxRight, boxBottom);
+
+    if (textFits()) {
+      drawTitle();
+    } else if (mouseInside()) {
+      rolloverItem = this;
+    }
+   }
+    
+    
+  void drawTitle() {
+    fill(255, 200);
+    
+    float middleX = (boxLeft + boxRight) / 2;
+    float middleY = (boxTop + boxBottom) / 2;
+    if (middleX > 0 && middleX < width && middleY > 0 && middleY < height) {
+      if (boxLeft + textWidth(name) + textPadding*2 > width) {
+        textAlign(RIGHT);
+        text(name, width - textPadding, boxBottom - textPadding);
+      } else {
+        textAlign(LEFT);
+        text(name, boxLeft + textPadding, boxBottom - textPadding);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  boolean textFits() {
+    float wide = textWidth(name) + textPadding*2;
+    float high = textAscent() + textDescent() + textPadding*2;
+    return (boxRight - boxLeft > wide) && (boxBottom - boxTop > high); 
+  }
+    
+ 
+  boolean mouseInside() {
+    return (mouseX > boxLeft && mouseX < boxRight && 
+            mouseY > boxTop && mouseY < boxBottom);    
+  }
+
+
+  boolean mousePressed() {
+    if (mouseInside()) {
+      if (mouseButton == LEFT) {
+        parent.zoomIn();
+        return true;
+
+      } else if (mouseButton == RIGHT) {
+        if (parent == zoomItem) {
+          parent.zoomOut();
+        } else {
+          parent.hideContents();
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/FolderItem.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/FolderItem.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87b30c982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/FolderItem.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class FolderItem extends FileItem implements MapModel {
+  MapLayout algorithm = new PivotBySplitSize();
+  Mappable[] items;
+  boolean contentsVisible;
+  boolean layoutValid;
+  float darkness;
+
+
+  public FolderItem(FolderItem parent, File folder, int level, int order) {
+    super(parent, folder, level, order);
+
+    String[] contents = folder.list();
+    if (contents != null) {
+      contents = sort(contents);
+      items = new Mappable[contents.length];
+      int count = 0;
+      for (int i = 0; i < contents.length; i++) {
+        if (contents[i].equals(".") || contents[i].equals("..")) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        File fileItem = new File(folder, contents[i]);
+        try {
+          String absolutePath = fileItem.getAbsolutePath();
+          String canonicalPath = fileItem.getCanonicalPath();
+          if (!absolutePath.equals(canonicalPath)) {
+            continue;
+          }
+        } catch (IOException e) { }
+
+        FileItem newItem = null;
+        if (fileItem.isDirectory()) {
+          newItem = new FolderItem(this, fileItem, level+1, count);
+        } else {
+          newItem = new FileItem(this, fileItem, level+1, count);
+        }
+        items[count++] = newItem;
+        size += newItem.getSize();
+      }
+      if (count != items.length) {
+        items = (Mappable[]) subset(items, 0, count);
+      }
+    } else {
+      // If no items found in this folder, create a dummy array so that 
+      // items will not be null, which will ensure that items.length will
+      // return 0 rather than causing a NullPointerException.
+      items = new Mappable[0];
+    }
+  }
+
+  void updateColors() {
+    super.updateColors();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+      FileItem fi = (FileItem) items[i];
+      fi.updateColors();
+    }
+  }
+
+  void checkLayout() {
+    if (!layoutValid) {
+      if (getItemCount() != 0) {
+        algorithm.layout(this, bounds);
+      }
+      layoutValid = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  boolean mousePressed() {
+    if (mouseInside()) {
+      if (contentsVisible) {
+        // Pass the mouse press to the child items
+        for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+          FileItem fi = (FileItem) items[i];
+          if (fi.mousePressed()) {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
+      } else {  // not opened
+        if (mouseButton == LEFT) {
+          if (parent == zoomItem) {
+            showContents();
+          } else {
+            parent.zoomIn();
+          }            
+        } else if (mouseButton == RIGHT) {
+          if (parent == zoomItem) {
+            parent.zoomOut();
+          } else {
+            parent.hideContents();
+          }
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+
+  // Zoom to the parent's boundary, zooming out from this item
+  void zoomOut() {
+    if (parent != null) {
+      // Close contents of any opened children
+      for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+        if (items[i] instanceof FolderItem) {
+          ((FolderItem)items[i]).hideContents();
+        }
+      }
+      parent.zoomIn();
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void zoomIn() {
+    zoomItem = this;
+    zoomBounds.target(x, y, w, h); ///width, h/height);
+  }
+
+
+  void showContents() {
+    contentsVisible = true;
+  }
+
+
+  void hideContents() {
+    // Prevent the user from closing the root level
+    if (parent != null) {
+      contentsVisible = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  
+  void draw() {
+    checkLayout();
+    calcBox();
+    
+    if (contentsVisible) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
+        items[i].draw();
+      }
+    } else {
+      super.draw();
+    }
+
+    if (contentsVisible) {
+      if (mouseInside()) {
+        if (parent == zoomItem) {
+          taggedItem = this;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (mouseInside()) {
+      darkness *= 0.05;
+    } else {
+      darkness += (150 - darkness) * 0.05;
+    }
+    if (parent == zoomItem) {
+      colorMode(RGB, 255);
+      fill(0, darkness);
+      rect(boxLeft, boxTop, boxRight, boxBottom);
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void drawTitle() {
+    if (!contentsVisible) {
+      super.drawTitle();
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void drawTag() {
+    float boxHeight = textAscent() + textPadding*2;
+
+    if (boxBottom - boxTop > boxHeight*2) {
+      // if the height of the box is at least twice the height of the tag,
+      // draw the tag inside the box itself
+      fill(0, 128);
+      rect(boxLeft, boxTop, boxRight, boxTop+boxHeight);
+      fill(255);
+      textAlign(LEFT, TOP);
+      text(name, boxLeft+textPadding, boxTop+textPadding);
+
+    } else if (boxTop > boxHeight) {
+      // if there's enough room to draw above, draw it there
+      fill(0, 128);
+      rect(boxLeft, boxTop-boxHeight, boxRight, boxTop);
+      fill(255);
+      text(name, boxLeft+textPadding, boxTop-textPadding);
+
+    } else if (boxBottom + boxHeight < height) {
+      // otherwise draw the tag below
+      fill(0, 128);
+      rect(boxLeft, boxBottom, boxRight, boxBottom+boxHeight);
+      fill(255);
+      textAlign(LEFT, TOP);
+      text(name, boxLeft+textPadding, boxBottom+textPadding);
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  Mappable[] getItems() {
+    return items;
+  }
+
+
+  int getItemCount() {
+    return items.length;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/RankedLongArray.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/RankedLongArray.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a67216dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/RankedLongArray.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+
+
+class RankedLongArray {
+  long[] values = new long[100];
+  int count;
+  boolean dirty;
+
+  public void add(long what) {
+    if (count == values.length) {
+      values = (long[]) expand(values);
+    }
+    values[count++] = what;
+    dirty = true;
+  }
+
+  public void remove(long what) {
+    int index = find(what, 0, count-1);
+    arraycopy(values, index+1, values, index, count-index-1);
+    count--;
+  }
+
+  private void update() {
+    Arrays.sort(values, 0, count);
+    dirty = false;
+  }
+
+  public float percentile(long what) {
+    int index = find(what);
+    return index / (float)count;
+  }
+
+  public int find(long what) {
+    return find(what, 0, count-1);
+  }
+
+  private int find(long num, int start, int stop) {
+    if (dirty) update();
+      
+    int middle = (start + stop) / 2;
+
+    // if this is the char, then return it
+    if (num == values[middle]) return middle;
+
+    // doesn't exist, otherwise would have been the middle
+    if (start >= stop) return -1;
+
+    // if it's in the lower half, continue searching that
+    if (num < values[middle]) {
+      return find(num, start, middle-1);
+    }
+    // otherwise continue in the upper half
+    return find(num, middle+1, stop);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/filetreemap_06b.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/filetreemap_06b.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb39f9afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch07-hierarchies/filetreemap_06b/filetreemap_06b.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+This book is here to help you get your job done. In general, you may use the 
+code in this book in your programs and documentation. You do not need to contact 
+us for permission unless youÕre reproducing a significant portion of the code. 
+For example, writing a program that uses several chunks of code from this book 
+does not require permission. Selling or distributing a CD-ROM of examples from 
+OÕReilly books does require permission. Answering a question by citing this book 
+and quoting example code does not require permission. Incorporating a significant
+amount of example code from this book into your productÕs documentation does 
+require permission.
+
+We appreciate, but do not require, attribution. An attribution usually includes
+the title, author, publisher, and ISBN. For example: ÒVisualizing Data, First 
+Edition by Ben Fry. Copyright 2008 Ben Fry, 9780596514556.Ó
+
+If you feel your use of code examples falls outside fair use or the permission
+given above, feel free to contact us at permissions@oreilly.com.
+*/
+import treemap.*;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+FolderItem rootItem;
+FileItem rolloverItem;
+FolderItem taggedItem;
+
+BoundsIntegrator zoomBounds;
+FolderItem zoomItem;
+
+RankedLongArray modTimes = new RankedLongArray();
+
+PFont font;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(1024, 768);
+  zoomBounds = new BoundsIntegrator(0, 0, width, height);
+  
+  cursor(CROSS);
+  rectMode(CORNERS);
+  smooth();
+  noStroke();
+
+  font = createFont("SansSerif", 13);
+
+  selectRoot();
+}
+
+
+void selectRoot() {
+  SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+    public void run() {
+      JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser();
+      fc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
+      fc.setDialogTitle("Choose a folder to browse...");
+
+      int returned = fc.showOpenDialog(frame);
+      if (returned == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
+        File file = fc.getSelectedFile();
+        setRoot(file);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+  
+void setRoot(File folder) {
+  FolderItem tm = new FolderItem(null, folder, 0, 0);
+  tm.setBounds(0, 0, width, height);
+  tm.contentsVisible = true;
+    
+  rootItem = tm;
+  rootItem.zoomIn();
+  rootItem.updateColors();
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  background(0);
+  textFont(font);
+  
+  frameRate(30);
+  zoomBounds.update();
+
+  rolloverItem = null;
+  taggedItem = null;
+
+  if (rootItem != null) {
+    rootItem.draw();
+  }
+  if (rolloverItem != null) {
+    rolloverItem.drawTitle();
+  }
+  if (taggedItem != null) {
+    taggedItem.drawTag();
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  if (zoomItem != null) {
+    zoomItem.mousePressed();
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/Edge.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/Edge.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..589f1cba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/Edge.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+class Edge {
+  Node from;
+  Node to;
+  float len;
+  int count;
+
+
+  Edge(Node from, Node to) {
+    this.from = from;
+    this.to = to;
+    this.len = 50;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void increment() {
+    count++;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void relax() {
+    float vx = to.x - from.x;
+    float vy = to.y - from.y;
+    float d = mag(vx, vy);
+    if (d > 0) {
+      float f = (len - d) / (d * 3);
+      float dx = f * vx;
+      float dy = f * vy;
+      to.dx += dx;
+      to.dy += dy;
+      from.dx -= dx;
+      from.dy -= dy;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void draw() {
+    stroke(edgeColor);
+    strokeWeight(0.35);
+    line(from.x, from.y, to.x, to.y);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/Node.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/Node.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bf898f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/Node.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+class Node {
+  float x, y;
+  float dx, dy;
+  boolean fixed;
+  String label;
+  int count;
+
+
+  Node(String label) {
+    this.label = label;
+    x = random(width);
+    y = random(height);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void increment() {
+    count++;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void relax() {
+    float ddx = 0;
+    float ddy = 0;
+
+    for (int j = 0; j < nodeCount; j++) {
+      Node n = nodes[j];
+      if (n != this) {
+        float vx = x - n.x;
+        float vy = y - n.y;
+        float lensq = vx * vx + vy * vy;
+        if (lensq == 0) {
+          ddx += random(1);
+          ddy += random(1);
+        } else if (lensq < 100*100) {
+          ddx += vx / lensq;
+          ddy += vy / lensq;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    float dlen = mag(ddx, ddy) / 2;
+    if (dlen > 0) {
+      dx += ddx / dlen;
+      dy += ddy / dlen;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (!fixed) {      
+      x += constrain(dx, -5, 5);
+      y += constrain(dy, -5, 5);
+      
+      x = constrain(x, 0, width);
+      y = constrain(y, 0, height);
+    }
+    dx /= 2;
+    dy /= 2;
+  }
+
+
+  void draw() {
+    fill(nodeColor);
+    stroke(0);
+    strokeWeight(0.5);
+    
+    ellipse(x, y, count, count);
+    float w = textWidth(label);
+
+    if (count > w+2) {
+      fill(0);
+      textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+      text(label, x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/data/huckfinn.txt b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/data/huckfinn.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b524c3811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/data/huckfinn.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.  That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.  There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.  That is nothing.  I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary.  Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
+
+Now the way that the book winds up is this:  Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.  We got six thousand dollars apiece--all gold.  It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up.  Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round--more than a body could tell what to do with.  The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.  I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.  But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.  So I went back.
+
+The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.  Well, then, the old thing commenced again.  The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time. When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,--that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself.  In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
+
+After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.
+
+Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me.  But she wouldn't.  She said it was a mean practice and wasn't clean, and I must try to not do it any more.  That is just the way with some people.  They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it.  Here she was a-bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see, yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it.  And she took snuff, too; of course that was all right, because she done it herself.
+
+Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on, had just come to live with her, and took a set at me now with a spelling-book. She worked me middling hard for about an hour, and then the widow made her ease up.  I couldn't stood it much longer.  Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.  Miss Watson would say, "Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry;" and "Don't scrunch up like that, Huckleberry--set up straight;" and pretty soon she would say, "Don't gap and stretch like that, Huckleberry--why don't you try to behave?"  Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there. She got mad then, but I didn't mean no harm.  All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn't particular.  She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn't say it for the whole world; she was going to live so as to go to the good place.  Well, I couldn't see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn't try for it.  But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn't do no good.
+
+Now she had got a start, and she went on and told me all about the good place.  She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever.  So I didn't think much of it. But I never said so.  I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.  I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together.
+
+Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome.  By and by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.  I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put it on the table.  Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.  I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.  The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me. Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.  I got so down-hearted and scared I did wish I had some company.  Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.  I didn't need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me. I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast every time; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away.  But I hadn't no confidence.  You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you'd killed a spider.
+
+I set down again, a-shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke; for the house was all as still as death now, and so the widow wouldn't know. Well, after a long time I heard the clock away off in the town go boom--boom--boom--twelve licks; and all still again--stiller than ever. Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees--something was a stirring.  I set still and listened.  Directly I could just barely hear a "me-yow! me-yow!" down there.  That was good!  Says I, "me-yow! me-yow!" as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and scrambled out of the window on to the shed.  Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/step_06c_variable_size_nodes.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/step_06c_variable_size_nodes.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf893b7e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_06c_variable_size_nodes/step_06c_variable_size_nodes.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+int nodeCount;
+Node[] nodes = new Node[100];
+HashMap nodeTable = new HashMap();
+
+int edgeCount;
+Edge[] edges = new Edge[500];
+
+static final color nodeColor   = #F0C070;
+static final color selectColor = #FF3030;
+static final color fixedColor  = #FF8080;
+static final color edgeColor   = #000000;
+
+PFont font;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(600, 600);  
+  loadData();
+  println(edgeCount);
+  font = createFont("SansSerif", 10);
+  textFont(font);  
+  smooth();
+}
+
+
+void loadData() {
+  String[] lines = loadStrings("huckfinn.txt");
+  
+  // Make the text into a single String object
+  String line = join(lines, " ");
+  
+  // Replace -- with an actual em dash
+  line = line.replaceAll("--", "\u2014");
+  
+  // Split into phrases using any of the provided tokens
+  String[] phrases = splitTokens(line, ".,;:?!\u2014\"");
+  //println(phrases);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < phrases.length; i++) {
+    // Make this phrase lowercase
+    String phrase = phrases[i].toLowerCase();
+    // Split each phrase into individual words at one or more spaces
+    String[] words = splitTokens(phrase, " ");
+    for (int w = 0; w < words.length-1; w++) {
+      addEdge(words[w], words[w+1]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void addEdge(String fromLabel, String toLabel) {
+  // Filter out unnecessary words
+  if (ignoreWord(fromLabel) || ignoreWord(toLabel)) return;
+
+  Node from = findNode(fromLabel);
+  Node to = findNode(toLabel);
+  from.increment();
+  to.increment();
+  
+  for (int i = 0; i < edgeCount; i++) {
+    if (edges[i].from == from && edges[i].to == to) {
+      edges[i].increment();
+      return;
+    }
+  } 
+  
+  Edge e = new Edge(from, to);
+  e.increment();
+  if (edgeCount == edges.length) {
+    edges = (Edge[]) expand(edges);
+  }
+  edges[edgeCount++] = e;
+}
+
+
+String[] ignore = { "a", "of", "the", "i", "it", "you", "and", "to" };
+
+boolean ignoreWord(String what) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < ignore.length; i++) {
+    if (what.equals(ignore[i])) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+
+Node findNode(String label) {
+  label = label.toLowerCase();
+  Node n = (Node) nodeTable.get(label);
+  if (n == null) {
+    return addNode(label);
+  }
+  return n;
+}
+
+
+Node addNode(String label) {
+  Node n = new Node(label);  
+  if (nodeCount == nodes.length) {
+    nodes = (Node[]) expand(nodes);
+  }
+  nodeTable.put(label, n);
+  nodes[nodeCount++] = n;  
+  return n;
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  if (record) {
+    beginRecord(PDF, "output.pdf");
+  }
+  
+  background(255);
+
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < edgeCount ; i++) {
+    edges[i].relax();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    nodes[i].relax();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    nodes[i].update();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < edgeCount ; i++) {
+    edges[i].draw();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < nodeCount ; i++) {
+    nodes[i].draw();
+  }
+  
+  if (record) {
+    endRecord();
+    record = false;
+  }
+}
+
+
+boolean record;
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == 'r') {
+    record = true;
+  }
+}
+
+
+Node selection; 
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  // Ignore anything greater than this distance
+  float closest = 20;
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    Node n = nodes[i];
+    float d = dist(mouseX, mouseY, n.x, n.y);
+    if (d < closest) {
+      selection = n;
+      closest = d;
+    }
+  }
+  if (selection != null) {
+    if (mouseButton == LEFT) {
+      selection.fixed = true;
+    } else if (mouseButton == RIGHT) {
+      selection.fixed = false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mouseDragged() {
+  if (selection != null) {
+    selection.x = mouseX;
+    selection.y = mouseY;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mouseReleased() {
+  selection = null;
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/Edge.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/Edge.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..589f1cba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/Edge.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+class Edge {
+  Node from;
+  Node to;
+  float len;
+  int count;
+
+
+  Edge(Node from, Node to) {
+    this.from = from;
+    this.to = to;
+    this.len = 50;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void increment() {
+    count++;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void relax() {
+    float vx = to.x - from.x;
+    float vy = to.y - from.y;
+    float d = mag(vx, vy);
+    if (d > 0) {
+      float f = (len - d) / (d * 3);
+      float dx = f * vx;
+      float dy = f * vy;
+      to.dx += dx;
+      to.dy += dy;
+      from.dx -= dx;
+      from.dy -= dy;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void draw() {
+    stroke(edgeColor);
+    strokeWeight(0.35);
+    line(from.x, from.y, to.x, to.y);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/Node.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/Node.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bf898f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/Node.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+class Node {
+  float x, y;
+  float dx, dy;
+  boolean fixed;
+  String label;
+  int count;
+
+
+  Node(String label) {
+    this.label = label;
+    x = random(width);
+    y = random(height);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void increment() {
+    count++;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void relax() {
+    float ddx = 0;
+    float ddy = 0;
+
+    for (int j = 0; j < nodeCount; j++) {
+      Node n = nodes[j];
+      if (n != this) {
+        float vx = x - n.x;
+        float vy = y - n.y;
+        float lensq = vx * vx + vy * vy;
+        if (lensq == 0) {
+          ddx += random(1);
+          ddy += random(1);
+        } else if (lensq < 100*100) {
+          ddx += vx / lensq;
+          ddy += vy / lensq;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    float dlen = mag(ddx, ddy) / 2;
+    if (dlen > 0) {
+      dx += ddx / dlen;
+      dy += ddy / dlen;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (!fixed) {      
+      x += constrain(dx, -5, 5);
+      y += constrain(dy, -5, 5);
+      
+      x = constrain(x, 0, width);
+      y = constrain(y, 0, height);
+    }
+    dx /= 2;
+    dy /= 2;
+  }
+
+
+  void draw() {
+    fill(nodeColor);
+    stroke(0);
+    strokeWeight(0.5);
+    
+    ellipse(x, y, count, count);
+    float w = textWidth(label);
+
+    if (count > w+2) {
+      fill(0);
+      textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+      text(label, x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/data/huckfinn.txt b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/data/huckfinn.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b524c3811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/data/huckfinn.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.  That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.  There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.  That is nothing.  I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary.  Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
+
+Now the way that the book winds up is this:  Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.  We got six thousand dollars apiece--all gold.  It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up.  Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round--more than a body could tell what to do with.  The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.  I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.  But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.  So I went back.
+
+The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.  Well, then, the old thing commenced again.  The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time. When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,--that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself.  In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
+
+After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.
+
+Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me.  But she wouldn't.  She said it was a mean practice and wasn't clean, and I must try to not do it any more.  That is just the way with some people.  They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it.  Here she was a-bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see, yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it.  And she took snuff, too; of course that was all right, because she done it herself.
+
+Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on, had just come to live with her, and took a set at me now with a spelling-book. She worked me middling hard for about an hour, and then the widow made her ease up.  I couldn't stood it much longer.  Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.  Miss Watson would say, "Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry;" and "Don't scrunch up like that, Huckleberry--set up straight;" and pretty soon she would say, "Don't gap and stretch like that, Huckleberry--why don't you try to behave?"  Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there. She got mad then, but I didn't mean no harm.  All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn't particular.  She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn't say it for the whole world; she was going to live so as to go to the good place.  Well, I couldn't see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn't try for it.  But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn't do no good.
+
+Now she had got a start, and she went on and told me all about the good place.  She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever.  So I didn't think much of it. But I never said so.  I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.  I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together.
+
+Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome.  By and by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.  I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put it on the table.  Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.  I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.  The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me. Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.  I got so down-hearted and scared I did wish I had some company.  Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.  I didn't need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me. I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast every time; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away.  But I hadn't no confidence.  You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you'd killed a spider.
+
+I set down again, a-shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke; for the house was all as still as death now, and so the widow wouldn't know. Well, after a long time I heard the clock away off in the town go boom--boom--boom--twelve licks; and all still again--stiller than ever. Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees--something was a stirring.  I set still and listened.  Directly I could just barely hear a "me-yow! me-yow!" down there.  That was good!  Says I, "me-yow! me-yow!" as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and scrambled out of the window on to the shed.  Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/step_07c_save_pdf.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/step_07c_save_pdf.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e16073bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_07c_save_pdf/step_07c_save_pdf.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+int nodeCount;
+Node[] nodes = new Node[100];
+HashMap nodeTable = new HashMap();
+
+int edgeCount;
+Edge[] edges = new Edge[500];
+
+static final color nodeColor   = #F0C070;
+static final color selectColor = #FF3030;
+static final color fixedColor  = #FF8080;
+static final color edgeColor   = #000000;
+
+PFont font;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(600, 600);  
+  loadData();
+  println(edgeCount);
+  font = createFont("SansSerif", 10);
+}
+
+
+void loadData() {
+  String[] lines = loadStrings("huckfinn.txt");
+  
+  // Make the text into a single String object
+  String line = join(lines, " ");
+  
+  // Replace -- with an actual em dash
+  line = line.replaceAll("--", "\u2014");
+  
+  // Split into phrases using any of the provided tokens
+  String[] phrases = splitTokens(line, ".,;:?!\u2014\"");
+  //println(phrases);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < phrases.length; i++) {
+    // Make this phrase lowercase
+    String phrase = phrases[i].toLowerCase();
+    // Split each phrase into individual words at one or more spaces
+    String[] words = splitTokens(phrase, " ");
+    for (int w = 0; w < words.length-1; w++) {
+      addEdge(words[w], words[w+1]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void addEdge(String fromLabel, String toLabel) {
+  // Filter out unnecessary words
+  if (ignoreWord(fromLabel) || ignoreWord(toLabel)) return;
+
+  Node from = findNode(fromLabel);
+  Node to = findNode(toLabel);
+  from.increment();
+  to.increment();
+  
+  for (int i = 0; i < edgeCount; i++) {
+    if (edges[i].from == from && edges[i].to == to) {
+      edges[i].increment();
+      return;
+    }
+  } 
+  
+  Edge e = new Edge(from, to);
+  e.increment();
+  if (edgeCount == edges.length) {
+    edges = (Edge[]) expand(edges);
+  }
+  edges[edgeCount++] = e;
+}
+
+
+String[] ignore = { "a", "of", "the", "i", "it", "you", "and", "to" };
+
+boolean ignoreWord(String what) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < ignore.length; i++) {
+    if (what.equals(ignore[i])) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+
+Node findNode(String label) {
+  label = label.toLowerCase();
+  Node n = (Node) nodeTable.get(label);
+  if (n == null) {
+    return addNode(label);
+  }
+  return n;
+}
+
+
+Node addNode(String label) {
+  Node n = new Node(label);  
+  if (nodeCount == nodes.length) {
+    nodes = (Node[]) expand(nodes);
+  }
+  nodeTable.put(label, n);
+  nodes[nodeCount++] = n;  
+  return n;
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  if (record) {
+    beginRecord(PDF, "output.pdf");
+  }
+
+  background(255);
+  textFont(font);  
+  smooth();  
+
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < edgeCount ; i++) {
+    edges[i].relax();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    nodes[i].relax();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    nodes[i].update();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < edgeCount ; i++) {
+    edges[i].draw();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < nodeCount ; i++) {
+    nodes[i].draw();
+  }
+  
+  if (record) {
+    endRecord();
+    record = false;
+  }
+}
+
+
+boolean record;
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == 'r') {
+    record = true;
+  }
+}
+
+
+Node selection; 
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  // Ignore anything greater than this distance
+  float closest = 20;
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    Node n = nodes[i];
+    float d = dist(mouseX, mouseY, n.x, n.y);
+    if (d < closest) {
+      selection = n;
+      closest = d;
+    }
+  }
+  if (selection != null) {
+    if (mouseButton == LEFT) {
+      selection.fixed = true;
+    } else if (mouseButton == RIGHT) {
+      selection.fixed = false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mouseDragged() {
+  if (selection != null) {
+    selection.x = mouseX;
+    selection.y = mouseY;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mouseReleased() {
+  selection = null;
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/Edge.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/Edge.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..589f1cba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/Edge.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+class Edge {
+  Node from;
+  Node to;
+  float len;
+  int count;
+
+
+  Edge(Node from, Node to) {
+    this.from = from;
+    this.to = to;
+    this.len = 50;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void increment() {
+    count++;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void relax() {
+    float vx = to.x - from.x;
+    float vy = to.y - from.y;
+    float d = mag(vx, vy);
+    if (d > 0) {
+      float f = (len - d) / (d * 3);
+      float dx = f * vx;
+      float dy = f * vy;
+      to.dx += dx;
+      to.dy += dy;
+      from.dx -= dx;
+      from.dy -= dy;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void draw() {
+    stroke(edgeColor);
+    strokeWeight(0.35);
+    line(from.x, from.y, to.x, to.y);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/Node.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/Node.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bf898f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/Node.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+class Node {
+  float x, y;
+  float dx, dy;
+  boolean fixed;
+  String label;
+  int count;
+
+
+  Node(String label) {
+    this.label = label;
+    x = random(width);
+    y = random(height);
+  }
+  
+  
+  void increment() {
+    count++;
+  }
+  
+  
+  void relax() {
+    float ddx = 0;
+    float ddy = 0;
+
+    for (int j = 0; j < nodeCount; j++) {
+      Node n = nodes[j];
+      if (n != this) {
+        float vx = x - n.x;
+        float vy = y - n.y;
+        float lensq = vx * vx + vy * vy;
+        if (lensq == 0) {
+          ddx += random(1);
+          ddy += random(1);
+        } else if (lensq < 100*100) {
+          ddx += vx / lensq;
+          ddy += vy / lensq;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    float dlen = mag(ddx, ddy) / 2;
+    if (dlen > 0) {
+      dx += ddx / dlen;
+      dy += ddy / dlen;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  void update() {
+    if (!fixed) {      
+      x += constrain(dx, -5, 5);
+      y += constrain(dy, -5, 5);
+      
+      x = constrain(x, 0, width);
+      y = constrain(y, 0, height);
+    }
+    dx /= 2;
+    dy /= 2;
+  }
+
+
+  void draw() {
+    fill(nodeColor);
+    stroke(0);
+    strokeWeight(0.5);
+    
+    ellipse(x, y, count, count);
+    float w = textWidth(label);
+
+    if (count > w+2) {
+      fill(0);
+      textAlign(CENTER, CENTER);
+      text(label, x, y);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/data/huckfinn.txt b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/data/huckfinn.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b524c3811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/data/huckfinn.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.  That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.  There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.  That is nothing.  I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary.  Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
+
+Now the way that the book winds up is this:  Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.  We got six thousand dollars apiece--all gold.  It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up.  Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round--more than a body could tell what to do with.  The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.  I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.  But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.  So I went back.
+
+The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.  Well, then, the old thing commenced again.  The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time. When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,--that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself.  In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
+
+After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.
+
+Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me.  But she wouldn't.  She said it was a mean practice and wasn't clean, and I must try to not do it any more.  That is just the way with some people.  They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it.  Here she was a-bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see, yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it.  And she took snuff, too; of course that was all right, because she done it herself.
+
+Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on, had just come to live with her, and took a set at me now with a spelling-book. She worked me middling hard for about an hour, and then the widow made her ease up.  I couldn't stood it much longer.  Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.  Miss Watson would say, "Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry;" and "Don't scrunch up like that, Huckleberry--set up straight;" and pretty soon she would say, "Don't gap and stretch like that, Huckleberry--why don't you try to behave?"  Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wished I was there. She got mad then, but I didn't mean no harm.  All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn't particular.  She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn't say it for the whole world; she was going to live so as to go to the good place.  Well, I couldn't see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn't try for it.  But I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn't do no good.
+
+Now she had got a start, and she went on and told me all about the good place.  She said all a body would have to do there was to go around all day long with a harp and sing, forever and ever.  So I didn't think much of it. But I never said so.  I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.  I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together.
+
+Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome.  By and by they fetched the niggers in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed.  I went up to my room with a piece of candle, and put it on the table.  Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.  I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.  The stars were shining, and the leaves rustled in the woods ever so mournful; and I heard an owl, away off, who-whooing about somebody that was dead, and a whippowill and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die; and the wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn't make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me. Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood, and so can't rest easy in its grave, and has to go about that way every night grieving.  I got so down-hearted and scared I did wish I had some company.  Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.  I didn't need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me. I got up and turned around in my tracks three times and crossed my breast every time; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away.  But I hadn't no confidence.  You do that when you've lost a horseshoe that you've found, instead of nailing it up over the door, but I hadn't ever heard anybody say it was any way to keep off bad luck when you'd killed a spider.
+
+I set down again, a-shaking all over, and got out my pipe for a smoke; for the house was all as still as death now, and so the widow wouldn't know. Well, after a long time I heard the clock away off in the town go boom--boom--boom--twelve licks; and all still again--stiller than ever. Pretty soon I heard a twig snap down in the dark amongst the trees--something was a stirring.  I set still and listened.  Directly I could just barely hear a "me-yow! me-yow!" down there.  That was good!  Says I, "me-yow! me-yow!" as soft as I could, and then I put out the light and scrambled out of the window on to the shed.  Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
diff --git a/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/step_08c_graphviz.pde b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/step_08c_graphviz.pde
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b2a4a842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/examples/Books/Visualizing Data/ch08-graphlayout/step_08c_graphviz/step_08c_graphviz.pde	
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+// Code from Visualizing Data, First Edition, Copyright 2008 Ben Fry.
+// Based on the GraphLayout example by Sun Microsystems.
+
+
+int nodeCount;
+Node[] nodes = new Node[100];
+HashMap nodeTable = new HashMap();
+
+int edgeCount;
+Edge[] edges = new Edge[500];
+
+static final color nodeColor   = #F0C070;
+static final color selectColor = #FF3030;
+static final color fixedColor  = #FF8080;
+static final color edgeColor   = #000000;
+
+PFont font;
+
+
+void setup() {
+  size(600, 600);  
+  loadData();
+  font = createFont("SansSerif", 10);
+  writeData();  
+}
+
+
+void writeData() {
+  PrintWriter writer = createWriter("huckfinn.dot");
+  writer.println("digraph output {");
+  for (int i = 0; i < edgeCount; i++) {
+    String from = "\"" + edges[i].from.label + "\"";
+    String to = "\"" + edges[i].to.label + "\"";
+    writer.println(TAB + from + " -> " + to + ";");
+  }
+  writer.println("}");
+  writer.flush();
+  writer.close();
+}
+
+
+void loadData() {
+  String[] lines = loadStrings("huckfinn.txt");
+  
+  // Make the text into a single String object
+  String line = join(lines, " ");
+  
+  // Replace -- with an actual em dash
+  line = line.replaceAll("--", "\u2014");
+  
+  // Split into phrases using any of the provided tokens
+  String[] phrases = splitTokens(line, ".,;:?!\u2014\"");
+  //println(phrases);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < phrases.length; i++) {
+    // Make this phrase lowercase
+    String phrase = phrases[i].toLowerCase();
+    // Split each phrase into individual words at one or more spaces
+    String[] words = splitTokens(phrase, " ");
+    for (int w = 0; w < words.length-1; w++) {
+      addEdge(words[w], words[w+1]);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void addEdge(String fromLabel, String toLabel) {
+  // Filter out unnecessary words
+  if (ignoreWord(fromLabel) || ignoreWord(toLabel)) return;
+  
+  Node from = findNode(fromLabel);
+  Node to = findNode(toLabel);
+  from.increment();
+  to.increment();
+  
+  for (int i = 0; i < edgeCount; i++) {
+    if (edges[i].from == from && edges[i].to == to) {
+      edges[i].increment();
+      return;
+    }
+  } 
+  
+  Edge e = new Edge(from, to);
+  e.increment();
+  if (edgeCount == edges.length) {
+    edges = (Edge[]) expand(edges);
+  }
+  edges[edgeCount++] = e;
+}
+
+
+String[] ignore = { "a", "of", "the", "i", "it", "you", "and", "to" };
+
+boolean ignoreWord(String what) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < ignore.length; i++) {
+    if (what.equals(ignore[i])) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+
+Node findNode(String label) {
+  label = label.toLowerCase();
+  Node n = (Node) nodeTable.get(label);
+  if (n == null) {
+    return addNode(label);
+  }
+  return n;
+}
+
+
+Node addNode(String label) {
+  Node n = new Node(label);  
+  if (nodeCount == nodes.length) {
+    nodes = (Node[]) expand(nodes);
+  }
+  nodeTable.put(label, n);
+  nodes[nodeCount++] = n;  
+  return n;
+}
+
+
+void draw() {
+  if (record) {
+    beginRecord(PDF, "output.pdf");
+  }
+
+  background(255);
+  textFont(font);  
+  smooth();  
+  
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < edgeCount ; i++) {
+    edges[i].relax();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    nodes[i].relax();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    nodes[i].update();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < edgeCount ; i++) {
+    edges[i].draw();
+  }
+  for (int i = 0 ; i < nodeCount ; i++) {
+    nodes[i].draw();
+  }
+  
+  if (record) {
+    endRecord();
+    record = false;
+  }
+}
+
+
+boolean record;
+
+void keyPressed() {
+  if (key == 'r') {
+    record = true;
+  }
+}
+
+
+Node selection; 
+
+
+void mousePressed() {
+  // Ignore anything greater than this distance
+  float closest = 20;
+  for (int i = 0; i < nodeCount; i++) {
+    Node n = nodes[i];
+    float d = dist(mouseX, mouseY, n.x, n.y);
+    if (d < closest) {
+      selection = n;
+      closest = d;
+    }
+  }
+  if (selection != null) {
+    if (mouseButton == LEFT) {
+      selection.fixed = true;
+    } else if (mouseButton == RIGHT) {
+      selection.fixed = false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mouseDragged() {
+  if (selection != null) {
+    selection.x = mouseX;
+    selection.y = mouseY;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void mouseReleased() {
+  selection = null;
+}