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
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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