function PreloadConsecutiveImages(stem,ending,first,n)
{
  if(document.images)
  {
    if(!document.imageArray) document.imageArray = new Array();
    var i
	var j = document.imageArray.length + 1
    
    for(i=first; i<(n+1); i++)
    {
      if (stem+i+ending.indexOf("#")!=0)
      {
        document.imageArray[j] = new Image;
        document.imageArray[j++].src = stem+i+ending;
      }
    }
  }
}