BASQUES
\bˈasks], \bˈasks], \b_ˈa_s_k_s]\
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An ancient race dwelling in the Pyrenees. Basques are said to have visited the American coasts before Columbus, in the pursuit of whales or of the fish of the banks of Newfoundland. It is not improbable, but cannot be said to have been proved to general satisfaction.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
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