| Show of tho the colne hie file river seine as aa well as tho the streets of paris has its only phoso who make their living by gathering whatever chev aliey find floating in tile the stream arc known as rava geurs instead of rag pickers lc kers they ply their business in skiffs and flatboats flat boats with tho ilia aid of short harpoons and nothing from a dead cat to toan an old cork comes amiss to them bodies of dead animals form the most important part of their river gleanings all kinds of dead things are to bo be met with in the seine during its progress through the city even snakes and seals being included in tho the list cheso bodies have a bonev money value to tile the ravage ur a medium sized dog for example is worth at least sixteen cents provided the skin is in reasonably good condition to bo be mado made up into leather the body is sold to an establishment that makes a specialty of extracting the fat for candle ard ar d soap manufacture if tho the body is ig too becom composed compos cd to bo be disposed of in tl aliis lis way the ravage ur buries it and as lon long as any flesh remains on the ilia bone finds a CL ready sale fo for forthe rt the maggiola arda among t the 64 fishermen who angle along th the a river bank paris cor new orleans pica vune |
