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holds it during his lifetime and transmits it to his 

 heirs. During the gathering of the nests of a large 

 cave, the people live in roofless huts built inside it. 

 The nests are sold to Chinese traders — the black 

 nests for about a hundred dollars a hundredweight, 

 and the white nests for as much as thirty or forty 

 shillings per pound. 



