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as muchtlrSr an artlcle which produces a high price, often 
which few co ‘ • ? SS pound for vei T choice specimens, a price 
short, to all but the^ . ^° duct ® attam > which prohibits its use, in 
out the submarine 7 7' 7 1S ’ t,lerefore > ver Y desirable to carry 
Jhe Acchmatization^detTof ^ ^ assistance of 
heen made in this r ' * i s ’ S01ae experiments have already 
tt‘ m l X OTenmce we " “ tt0 
St i" porb " chi9% *T 
***•«« “■oifOts tom'Tl'ict i. Ml (“ 1 f l “ 1S [ lel by ita 1 « tln « s . ■*» 
vex, Toluted, pierced with ™ * ° a on P » lts surface con- 
of which presents canals of much onfices > the concave part 
to the exterior surface in ^eter, which are prolonged 
always pierced throughout in man/placeT Th^ "T* * ^ 
blanched by the aid of caustic suLw ! 8p ° n S e 18 sometimes 
preparation shortens its duration Yd A - ° r alkalles i but this 
is specially employed for the toilet an 8® 3 lts colour. This sponge 
which are round-shaped la^e a" S om ?** “ ^ ^ 
as five or six pounds. ’ Sometlmes Produce as much 
“ -Mr distinguishable 
it IS weightier, its texture is not so f ^ YY ° leailsed ; nevertheless, 
Pierced are at once larger 1 i ^ h ° les wiih which it is 
same country as the former, in fact TheTr**’ Ifc k “ carI y of the 
Syrian coast as well as the littoral of I’ l " “S ^temliug along the 
The Fine Hard SnoZ called p Y "7 “* ** 
of the preceding ; it is useful for 1 ^ ’Y le38 S ° Ugllt for than either 
purposes. & Ls i f ° r Certain iud - tlaal 
Pact, and pierced with small holes ° ° Ul aUVe ’ ^ 18 llard and com- 
YtneTtS %££ IT‘“' h — - *» its 
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