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esting conditions of the internal organs, perhaps even blood, and of 

 physiological as well as chemical and pathological peculiarities. This 

 opportunity, together with the excellent and important, opportunities 

 for archeology in the Bering Sea and neighboring region*, should be 

 utilized to the possible limit within the present generation, for the 

 western Eskimo, on one hand, is rapidly becoming civilized, changing 

 his food, clothing, housing, and habits ; is also becoming more mixed 

 with whites; and is most assiduously exploiting the archeological 

 sites in his region for the sake of the income that comes to him from 

 the ever-rising demand for beads, etc., and from " fossil " ivory. 



