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vouched for by the fact that they have no name for it. Nor did they ever see 

 the white louse until they came in contact with the white man, previous to 

 which the native louse was black ; but, foretokening the destiny of the aborigines, 

 the latter insect has disappeared, and the white loiLse is now the only kind 

 amongst them. So rare, however, is even this kind, that in no instance has the 

 writer seen one on a native. 



