. Alaska and its resources. like sup- Ekogmut grave,ports before mentioned. We emptied our boat, turned her over, gave her a good oiling,and left her to dry. This is imperatively necessary when travel-ling in skin boats, and should be done at least once in ten days,if possible. We all took a good steam bath, which was a greatluxury. Once, farther up the Yukon, I had tried the experimentof bathing in the river, but the water was so cold that only asingle plunge was endurable. In this part of the river the wateris so muddy that it adds nothing to ones cleanliness to bathein it. Friday, \2th. — A
. Alaska and its resources. like sup- Ekogmut grave,ports before mentioned. We emptied our boat, turned her over, gave her a good oiling,and left her to dry. This is imperatively necessary when travel-ling in skin boats, and should be done at least once in ten days,if possible. We all took a good steam bath, which was a greatluxury. Once, farther up the Yukon, I had tried the experimentof bathing in the river, but the water was so cold that only asingle plunge was endurable. In this part of the river the wateris so muddy that it adds nothing to ones cleanliness to bathein it. Friday, \2th. — After securing a number of specimens, grind-ing our axes, and performing a variety of similar small jobs, weagain proceeded on our way. Just below the Mission we saw anative attacking a beaver with one of their bone tridents. Ku-rilla started to his assistance, in the canoe, with his gun ; after alittle while they returned, and I bought the animal, as it lay, forthree bunches of Circassian tobacco. We kept on all night, as. 228 THE YUKON TERRITORY. the air is cooler than in the day, and there is no darkness, thoughthe sun goes a Httle below the horizon. No stars were visible allnight. Saturday, iph. —About midnight we rounded the Great we met the head-wind blowing in our teeth with redoubledforce. For all the use they had been, so far, we might as wellhave left the mast and sail at Nulato. At the Bend we found acamp of natives who were waiting for the wind to subside. Theyhad nothing for sale except a few mink and some eggs. I boughtsome swans eggs for scientific purposes, and also a bow of thekind in use in the Yukon delta. These bows are made of spruce,which has little elasticity when dry, and is very liable to remedy this defect the bow is bound with cords twisted fromdeer sinew, as shown in the annexed figure. This gives it great Ekogmut bow. Strength, and overcomes the brittleness of the wood. We took teain a slough, and about noon stopped at a villag
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