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BELLE OF THE SERIS is this coy young woman as she appeared 

 one year before she became the bride of the tribal chieftain. 

 Her facial markings are applied with infinite care and may be 

 almost as permanent as tattooing. Heiress to an ancient matri- 

 archy she will some day rule her people as may her daughters' 

 daughters. Her clanspeople live on Tiburon, largest island in 

 the Gulf of California. Tiburon means shark. 



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