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can be fairer. This latter, we believe, is the idea 

 now entertained by the most competent judges. 

 The Greenlanders, and other northern nations, 

 are in the habit of converting it into their most im- 

 portant hunting weapons, and into tools and instru- 

 ments for domestic uses. Among the Chinese it is 

 employed for those curious uses to which they so 

 wonderfully turn ivory ; and, in most civilized na- 

 tions, it is extensively used for the invaluable pur- 

 pose of giving teeth to the toothless. 



