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by Henri Milne-Edwards, completed in 1840, though 

 perhaps three times as valuable as Desmarest's, was also 

 three times as large. Since that date no work of similar 

 scope has been carried out with any success in smaller 

 compass, nor is it likely now that such a feat could be 

 accomplished. The Jinnee has escaped from the casket, 

 and no magician can ever again reduce its gigantic expan- 

 sion to occupy the narrow receptacle from which it 

 issued. 



