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that are nearefl the fliore being the firft vidims. In this 
manner there has been killed fifteen or fixteen hundred 
at one cut. They then fkin them, and take off a coat 
of fat that always furrounds them, which they difTolve 
by heat into oil. The fkin is ciit into dices of two or 
three inches wide, and exported to America for carriage 
traces, and to England for glue. The teeth is an inferior 
fort of ivory, and is manufadfured for the fame pur— 
pofes, but very foon turns yellow*. 
XXII. 
