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can be cut in sizes varying with the dimensions of the eggs, or 
the amount of writing intended to be placed upon them. Having 
made the necessary record, the very tip of the label may be 
moistened with coaguline and fastened to the egg as in Fig. 2. It 
should be placed on the border 
of the drilled hole on the side, so 
that both may occupy as little 
space as possible. Almost the 
entire surface of the egg is now 
in a condition for examination. 
The advantages of such a label 
are seen at once. Both sides 
may be written upon. They may 
=. be used as handles by which to 
hold the egg for examination, 
thus saving many eggs from 
being crushed. They may be made sufficiently large to contain all 
necessary writing, or small enough to suit the taste. They may be 
taken off at any time by simply dipping the cemented portion into 
warm water; and it is often desirable to do this, especially ‘in ex- 
changes. There is no possible danger of their being torn off when 
they are handled with the care usually bestowed on eggs. 
A practical use. of the above method is convincing proof of its 
efficiency. 
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NOTES ON INDIAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 
BY DR. EDWARD PALMER. 
The Navajoes in the presence of death-—In 1869, Colonel Dodd, 
agent of the Navajo Agency, was very sick, and Barboncito, the - 
head chief, though quite unwell himself, went to see him. After 
gazing intently upon the Colonel for a few minutes, and shaking 
hands, the chief said in Navajo, “I wish you a good journey,” 
and left the room weeping. When the agent was dead and laid 
out, all the Indians came to look on him whom they had loved 
so well, though it is their custom never to look upon the dead. 
At the funeral Barboncito expressed a desire to go with the Col- 
onel, but afterwards recovered from his sickness. 
Fe S E EE E a a wee) E E e o ia ai iarba aa e e oae ee ee e AD ee EE a 
A Navajo Indian being sick, his friends took away his ticket 1 
entitling him to food at the Agency, gave him an old blanket and- 
