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DEATH OF “scales.” 
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eggs cand chopped raw beef, on which they seemed 
to thrive. The nnfortimate “ Scales ” fell a victim 
to female enriosity. Exploring the hold of the ship 
in one of her midnight rambles, she was lost for a 
time, and though she at length found her way back 
to her box, she was so exhausted by long abstinence 
that she died of starvation. 
