The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . southern boundary up to MountSt. Elias and on the islands live theKoloschians, estimated at 20, are of middling stature, ofcopper-colored complexion, Avitli roundfaces, thick lips, and black hair. Tliemen Avear various ornaments in theirears and noses; the AAomen, Avhenyoung, insert a piece of ivory in a slitmade in the under lip, increasing it insize from year to year, until at last theornament gets to be four inches Avide,projecting six inches from the side ofthe face. T
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . southern boundary up to MountSt. Elias and on the islands live theKoloschians, estimated at 20, are of middling stature, ofcopper-colored complexion, Avitli roundfaces, thick lips, and black hair. Tliemen Avear various ornaments in theirears and noses; the AAomen, Avhenyoung, insert a piece of ivory in a slitmade in the under lip, increasing it insize from year to year, until at last theornament gets to be four inches Avide,projecting six inches from the side ofthe face. The baidars or canoes ofthe Koloschians are dug out of a single tree, and will carry froiii twelve tofifty persons. They are usually propelled by paddles, though upon long voy-ages they are rigged Avith two or more masts and sails of matting or , and indeed all of the tribes, do not bury their dead, but deposit theirremains in an oblong box raised upon posts, Avith the canoe and other pos-sessions of the deceased over the box. Next northAvard of the Koloschians come the Kenaians, Avho stretch almost. ^y^Ay LIP ORNAMENTS. 288 THE POLAR WORLD.
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