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motlis entire, so perfectly tlicat their flesh is still good to eat, or rather 

 very had. Que of my friends has tasted it, and found it tough as leather. 

 Owing to these favorable circumstances the ivory of Siberia is in such a 





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condition that it can be employed in the arts and in industry, but ordi- 

 nary fossil ivory is only of value in the museum. The alternations of 

 temperature and humidity to which it has been subjected have altered 

 its texture — veined and softened it so that it is of no practical use what- 

 ever. 



