. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. OVAQES. n theso grarroenU II mere protection :limate: they dis* ror embellishment eatly sewed with iiimals; the effect being arranged in fringes along the rable taste. They Bu of which they girdles composed musk-ox, and one th a long row of t these ornaments under the charac- 0 the Esquimaux rages, the painting cuted not by the t by a species of ir the euldermis a mp-hlack
. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. OVAQES. n theso grarroenU II mere protection :limate: they dis* ror embellishment eatly sewed with iiimals; the effect being arranged in fringes along the rable taste. They Bu of which they girdles composed musk-ox, and one th a long row of t these ornaments under the charac- 0 the Esquimaux rages, the painting cuted not by the t by a species of ir the euldermis a mp-hlack and oil, re applied to the olive tint. This ;omplete success, cutioi) is seldom The face, arms, ts of the females, ificial tint. Btence under this I, and occupies a f any other race, pround, frozen for sar, yields neither tanciard article of 1 for this purpose, he last extremity 1 hence their day» animals which m y lead thus a ]it^ RECENT NOUTH-WEST VOYAnES. 240 of contrivance and atlventure, in the course of which energy and hardihood of character are formed, and many faculties amply developed. In tlie absence oi extreme scarcity of wood and iron, tl. / make use of the bones of animals, which they have of all shapes and sizes, yet this is often found too inflexible a material; while cord or line is formed by cutting their toughest and most elastic skins into long stripes. During the short summer, they pursue with bow and arrow the deer, whose flesh as meat, and whose skin as clothing, are esteemed above all otliers. The eider and other ducks also furnish thein with food; while the hide, with the feathers inwards, forms a light and comfortable clothing. The early winter, however, compels these animals, in large bands, to move into more genial climes; and hence, for nine months an- nually, their food must be found in the waters. These, indeed, are filled with the large cetaceous fishes, the seal, the walrus, and even the whale; but the hunters and the game are separated by a t
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