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HE story of the development of transport from the days of the pack-horse to the present time is as interesting as any in the annals of Progress. Nothing has been so wonderfully revolutionized as locomotion. Science itself has made no greater strides than is seen in the methods of travelling obtaining now and, say, a hundred years ago; and for more than three-quarters of that period THOS. COOK & SON have been engaged in popularizing and in devising facilities for utilizing each new development as it appeared.

The latest development and most wonderful revolution of all is the Aeroplane, which is about