THE SAVAGE ORIGIN OF TATTOOING. 



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except when threatened with death. They were connected by a 

 chain with an anchor hanging from it, which signified that the 

 women belonged to a sailor family, and a Greek cross above them 



Fig. 3. 



indicated that they were Greek. On his breast was a dancing 

 girl carrying a bird, because she bounded like a bird. On his 

 sides were a cock and a lion, the cock corresponding to women 

 who wished to be paid : " When the cock sings, Spiritelli will 



