The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . liiiiiiiiiliiiiii I one day noticed about a dozen women seated, and busily engaged at their were mending one of the boats sails, some were chewing seal-skins for 440 THE POLAR 1, ^vi^i^ ,- ?^}^\t))^^^\7iiiAf ^\0 / PREPARING BOOT SOLES. boot-soles, others Avere sewing, Avhile one Avas tending a cross baby. It is rareto find an Innuit child who is not very quiet, but this little fellow had eaten apiece of raw blubber, which had disordered him. Some of the amusing tr
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . liiiiiiiiiliiiiii I one day noticed about a dozen women seated, and busily engaged at their were mending one of the boats sails, some were chewing seal-skins for 440 THE POLAR 1, ^vi^i^ ,- ?^}^\t))^^^\7iiiAf ^\0 / PREPARING BOOT SOLES. boot-soles, others Avere sewing, Avhile one Avas tending a cross baby. It is rareto find an Innuit child who is not very quiet, but this little fellow had eaten apiece of raw blubber, which had disordered him. Some of the amusing tricks])layed by these Esquimaux women are especially deserving of notice. The va-Iiety of games performed by a string tied at the ends, similar to a cats cra-dle, completely throws into the shade our adepts at home. I never before wit-nessed such a number of intricate ways in which a simple string could be arrangement represented a deer; another, a whale; a third, the Avalrus; afourth, the seal; and so on Avithout end. The short Arctic summer soon came to a close. On the morning of the26th of September came light Avinds from the north-Avest; by noon it began tosnow, the Avind increasing to a gale. The Avhaling-boats all came in, and prep-arations were made for bad Aveather. During the nig
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