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Rh vouched for by the fact that they have no name for it. Nor did they ever see the white louse until they came in contact with the white man, previous to which the native louse was black; but, foretokening the destiny of the aborigines, the latter insect has disappeared, and the white louse is now the only kind amongst them. So rare, however, is even this kind, that in no instance has the writer seen one on a native.