. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. doors to which they mike ufc of a circular hole, jufl large enough for tlicu" bodies to pafs through. The floors of thefc huts are perfcdlly fmooth and clean, with a fquare hole "i two feet deep in the centre, in which they make their fire, and round which they are continually warming themfelves, on account of the great cold. Sucli habitations alfo fecure them, when not em- ployed out of doors, from the wind and noxious animals. Tlie men however do not wear any covering, excep
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. doors to which they mike ufc of a circular hole, jufl large enough for tlicu" bodies to pafs through. The floors of thefc huts are perfcdlly fmooth and clean, with a fquare hole "i two feet deep in the centre, in which they make their fire, and round which they are continually warming themfelves, on account of the great cold. Sucli habitations alfo fecure them, when not em- ployed out of doors, from the wind and noxious animals. Tlie men however do not wear any covering, except the cold is intenll>, when indeed they put upon their fhoulders the ikins of lea-wolves, otters, deer, or other animals : many of them alfo have round their heads â â fwect-fmclHng herlis. They likcwife wear their hair either diflievcllcd over tlieir fliouldcrs, or other- wife en cajlanna ^ In the flaps of their cars they have rings like thofe at the end of a mufquet'. They bind their loins and legs quite down to the ancles,, very clofely, with ftrips of hide or thread. They paint their face, and greater part of their body, regularly either with a black or blue "colour. Their arms arc covered witli circles of fniall ])oints in tlie fiime manner that common people in Spain often paint fliips and. anchors. r/ 1 O'vo or c; c lircrallw ' Una rucdr., literally ;-, f;.irlan(l in the form of a \\hccl, = The Sinini:iri's apply caihinn:i to a particular inctho 1 of i\;^K\n^ the \rx\xâpiiiud<j en , 1 fignifics, hair dniild to rdcniblc a chi-uuit tree. ' I am informed by a long rcfidont in Spain, that it is not vnufi.'al to have rings io plaeeci, and that thcv are of ule to prevent the l;:';',ph!ck fron; falling off. ' Azarcoir. W^ I. ill! S'PIl. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble
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