Show eskimos mine ivory left by ancestors ancient fossil ivory valued at came south on the first bont boat from no u this season the ivory on board represented an unintentional tent ional lonal bequest from tho the long deceased eskimos to the present generation era tion tho the natives from time immemorial feasted on walrus and the tusks having no value were t tossed ossed aside these piles accumulated e specially especially on the st lawrence and the bilof islands during the centuries theu white men came north with trading schooners ners neis and bought freshly killed walrus ivory the eskimos remembering the wasteful habits of their aLc ancestors estors promptly began sinking mince on tile the sites bites of ancient camps each summer they dig out thousands ot 0 dolln rb worth of fossil ivory valuable because of its ita deep coloring and extreme hardness |