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subjected to these conditions of culture. It is certain besides, 
that the blood which flows in the veins of the Greenlander is 
not pure Eskimo blood; but is mingled with the blood of some of 
the proudest martial races in the world. When we consider how 
CHUKCH BONE CARVINGS OF BIRDS 
Size of the originals. 
rapidly, even now, when Greenland is in constant communica¬ 
tion with the European mother-country, all descendants of 
mixed blood become complete Eskimo in language and mode of 
life, how difflcult it often is, even for parents of pure European 
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