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The texture is fine und close, but distinctly more porous than the 

 jiverags duck's egg ; and the eggs, in consequence, are very liable to 

 disc<doration. The surface is smooth, but has no gloss. 



Hume's ewo's varied in length between 1*9" and 2'2" and in breadth 



