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lifetime of the animal a reasonably strong axe would not easily 

 make its way through that coat of mail. 



Below the Manis are a pair of fish, whose scales, though not 

 so strong as those of the mammal, yet are arranged in the same 



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 MANIS. FISHES. BANDS OF ARMADILLO. 



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manner, and answer the same purpose. The last figure repre- 

 sents three scale-bands of the Armadillo, an animal which has 

 already been mentioned. I may as well state here that in 

 several anthropological museums there are various portions of 

 defensive armour made from the scale-clad skin of the Croco- 

 dile, Manis, and similar animals. 



