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Before entering upon the great subject of water and ice-two of the most tremendous factors in world-building-let us consider a small matter, so far as its permanent effects are concerned, yet one which enters largely into the comfort and health of mankind, and which, though an animal, may be discussed where it belongs-under "Water."
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