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Show j Ikklmo J.uuipi. It Is not ('nernlly known that the Eskimos have from f,n-;e:t timis beon aequain'ed with a fr'niii'vo f;nn of lamp. Romo ait)i'rit!?. rf-garrt it a an independent invoiiliot:. Tho rmle:,t form onpirtH of ('tones c"!ele(! oa the beaeu with natural cavities inlo which oil or f;:t can be poui-ed, itud wick laifl at the nitle. In oilier foi-m t the cavities were nvtifleially piodnrert. At St. Lawrpneo. Island poitcrj' lampa prevail, and the size t'.ntl .Hlmue bear r.o remarltsble a relation to the isothermal lines that it Is possible by comparison to assign its gecjraDhie pcr.Srlon to any specimen. |
