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Audubon's (John James) Birds of America, made during a ReslJcnce of TweLUy-fivc Years in the United Slates and it<i Territories. 435 Plates of liirds, all of the natural size, most beautifully Coloured after Nature. 4 vols, elephant folio, half morocco, gilt edges, enclosed in a substantial oak painted case, made for this with lock key, handles outside, and lined expressly copy, and inside with crimson baize, 200/.

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'I'he work comprises: the General History and Mental Type of the Indian Race Antiquities of the United States Physical Geography of the Indian Country Tribal Organization History and Government Intellectual ChaPopulation and Statistics, &c. &c. racter and Capacity of the Red Man The information given is of the mo'^t reliable and interesting nature, having been prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and published by authority of Congress.

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