The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . which rapidly accumulates. Apart from the divan, almost theonly article of furniture is the stone lamp, which serves the purpose both oflamp and furnace. It reminds one of an implement common among civilizedpeople, and known as an Etna. The Innuits show great dexterity in the construction of their implementsand in the fabrication of their clothing. Their canoes have been the admira-tion of every voyager in the Arctic regions, and they are Monderfully dexterousin the management of
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . which rapidly accumulates. Apart from the divan, almost theonly article of furniture is the stone lamp, which serves the purpose both oflamp and furnace. It reminds one of an implement common among civilizedpeople, and known as an Etna. The Innuits show great dexterity in the construction of their implementsand in the fabrication of their clothing. Their canoes have been the admira-tion of every voyager in the Arctic regions, and they are Monderfully dexterousin the management of them. Their sledges have the runners made of bits ofbone ingeniously tied together with the sinews of the deer. When they wishthem to run very smoothly they shoe them withice, by simply squirting from their mouths athin stream of wa*er upon the runner, where itcongeals in an instant. The oodloo, or womansknife, is shaped like our common is made of bone, merely edged with iron ; butin the hands of an Innuit Avoman it takes theplace of the knife, hatchet, scraper, and shears of the womans 458 THE POLAR WORLD.
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