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THE SAVAGE ORIGIN OF TATTOOING.
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left arm of a prisoner Lacassagne found the words, Quand la neige tombera noire, B—— sortira de ma mémoire (When the snow falls black, B—— will pass out of my memory).

The multiplicity of marks results from the strange liking these curious heroes have of spreading on their body, just after

Fig. 1. Fig. 2.

the fashion of the American Indians, the adventures of their lives. For example, M—— C——, twenty-seven years old (Fig. 1), who had been condemned at least fifty times for rebellion and assaults